When Jaipur's Maharaja Madho Singh was invited to attend King Edward VII's coronation in 1902, he chartered a ship for Rs 15 lakh for the journey.He also carried 27,000 litres of Ganga jal on......
The going is not going to be easy for the DMK and its allies in Elections 2024.Despite the seats sweepstake in the 2021 assembly polls, the vote-share difference of 5.6% (DMK's 45.38% versus......
Paswan was a minister under six different prime ministers, hardly out of government since he was first elected to the Lok Sabha in 1977, observes Virendra Kapoor. IMAGE: Ram Vilas Paswan, who......
Murali Kamma remembers the notables we lost in 2015. IMAGE: President A P J Abdul Kalam, who India and the world lost this year. As another year winds down and the revelry begins, one naturally......
Image: A family rush for safety during a strong aftershock after an earthquake, in Kathmandu, Nepal. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters Racing against time, rescuers on Sunday waded through......
What do we need more of? Leaders who dominate global institutions or local leaders with a 'Make-in-India' mindset? Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com A couple of weeks ago, the news about......
The second day of pre-Diwali Dhanteras witnessed a tepid response from shoppers on Friday as gold and silver sales have likely to be fallen by up to 35 per cent year-on-year due to high prices and......
Pre-Diwali Dhanteras sales of gold and silver witnessed a tepid response from consumers on Thursday on account of high prices of the precious metals and sluggish demand due to COVID-19 induced......
The concept of gold as an asset capable of getting anytime money is evaporating. Gold has traditionally been considered this country’s most liquid asset -- at any time, people were prepared......
Several promoters of suspended companies have floated new entities or taken board seats in other listed companies, which are functional and trading Their listed firms might have gone defunct long......
Dev Anand would have turned 100 on September 26, 2023. His movies, his music and his mannerisms are etched in our hearts, and we salute the man who gave us so many cine memories to cherish with a......
Disha at a fashion show... Huma takes a selfie... Prajakta goes to San Francisco... Photograph: Kind courtesy Deepika Padukone/Instagram Deepika Padukone is the face of Cartier's latest Le Voyage......
'Every story has a heartbeat of its own.''Sometimes you want to go thak thak thak and finish the screenplay fast.''In other stories, you go thak (pause), thak (pause), thak (pause). That also......
Faadu: A Love Story looks like one of those old movies with a socialist bent that glorified honest poverty and looked down upon ambition and enterprise, notes Deepa Gahlot. That slang word in the......
'There was no other Lata Mangeshkar, there is none and there won't be any.' IMAGE: Master Dinanath Mangeshkar with wife Shevanti and daughter Asha (on her mother's lap), Lata (to her father's......
IMAGE: Bollywood actress Geeta Basra. Photograph: David Moir/Reuters Actress Geeta Basra, who is all set to marry Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh, will wear royal and timeless jewellery on her......
Riding on Holicharan Narzary's first half strike, five-time champions Dempo returned to winning ways with a narrow 1-0 victory against Mohun Bagan in a Round 15 I-League in Kolkata on Saturday.......