SC refuses to direct ECI to upload voter turnout data

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to issue directions to the Election Commission on an NGO's plea for uploading polling booth-wise voter turnout data on its website during the Lok Sabha elections......

Will cause chaos, vitiate atmosphere: EC to SC on voter turnout data plea

The Election Commission has opposed in the Supreme Court an NGO's demand to upload polling station-wise voter turnout data on its website within 48 hours of the conclusion of polling for each phase......

Aditya L1 to reach destination on Jan 6, collect data on Sun for 5 yrs: ISRO

India's maiden solar mission 'Aditya L1' will reach its destination, the Lagrangian point which is located 1.5 million km from Earth, on January 6, Indian Space Research Organisation chairman S......

Can Vijay Succeed Where Rajini Couldn't?

Will Vijay will go the most successful MGR/Jayalalithaa way, or that of Vijayakanth, Seeman or Kamalahaasan, or end up as another Rajinikanth who cries wolf at the last minute and quits the scene......

Unravelling what awaits us in 2022

As the industrial era wanes, the network era looms, notes Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   I woke up one day, the eve of the new year, with a nightmare: A vision......

Salil Parekh: 'Infosys is building a business for the future'

'What we are doing is in the context of where the market is. There are two elements that need attention.' 'The first is digital. We are trying to expand the capability in a $160-billion market that......

Indian Railways should be made disable-friendly: NGO

  Ramps with proper gradient and holding bars on both sides should be added, allowing wheel chairs to enter and move around in the station along with electric carts Every Indian railway......

Why environmentalists are worried about rubber plantations in Northeast

These plantations are not only eating into the land occupied by the region’s native forests, they could also disturb the ground water reserve and soil quality, says Ankur Paliwal. Rubber......

Writing With Fire: Only Indian Film In The Oscar Race

'This is a film that speaks to the spirit of women who have been cast into the bottom of India's social hierarchy, and how they have navigated their way to redefine the meaning of power.' IMAGE: A......

The Girl Salman Khan Noticed!

'When the camera rolls, he is Salman Khan and he is Aayush Sharma.''No family comes into the picture.''That became quite a challenge for Aayush because he knew this film will make or break his......

Malik: When God takes over a human colony

'We feel thrust into a motion picture that has all the makings of a carnival but no real fireworks,' Sreehari Nair notes after watching Malik. IMAGE: Fahadh Faasil as Ahamaddali Sulaiman in Malik.......

Shraddha, Parineeti's HOT pictures!

Photographer Dabboo Ratnani captures Bollywood's stars in a way only he can! A picture speaks a thousand words.  Ace photographer Dabboo Ratnani, who recently launched his 2016 celebrity......

Bajrang justifies use of facilities as wrestlers accuse police of misleading

IMAGE: After pictures emerged on social media, Bajrang Punia said the women need to use the facilities and can’t bathe on the streets. Photograph: PTI Bajrang Punia on Wednesday justified......

Sindhu eyes comeback at World Tour Finals in December

IMAGE: PV Sindhu will miss the next two BWF World Tour Super 750 events, the Denmark Open (Oct 18-23) and the French Open (Oct 25 to 30). Photograph: ANI Photo Double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu,......

One more reason to adore Anushka-Virat!

IMAGE: Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma with Bruno who passed away last year. Photograph: Kind courtesy Anushka Sharma/Instagram   Virat Kohli will help stray animals in Mumbai and India's......

Unlike Olympics, no TV coverage for Rio Paralympics in India

IMAGE: File photo from 2012 Paralympic Games. Photograph: Eddie Keogh/Reuters. Unlike the Olympics that was widely covered, the Rio Paralympics set to begin tomorrow will not have any television......

My Daughter Mithali Raj

'From the beginning (I have told her) "Whatever it may be -- you are losing or winning -- on the ground you're not going to cry!" She never cried.''"I don't want you to project that you are a......