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Rains claim 27 lives in 3 western Maharashtra districts

At least 27 people have died in rain-related incidents in Solapur, Sangli and Pune districts of Western Maharashtra, officials said on Thursday. IMAGE: A bus moves through waterlogged......

2G scam: ED questions Nira Radia for 7 hours

The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday questioned corporate lobbyist Nira Radia for about seven hours regarding financial transactions and shareholding patterns of her firms as part of its probe......

In jolt to Pawar, govt stops dam water diversion to Baramati

The Maharashtra government has decided to stop diversion of water from a dam to Pune's Baramati area, the bastion of Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar, and move the......

No evidence against Nira Radia: CBI

A top official of the Central Bureau of Investigation, currently investigating the 2G spectrum scam under the direct supervision of the Supreme Court of India, told this correspondent in an......

Cracking your iPhone, piercing your privacy

Sadly, governments and their agencies can’t be trusted to use private data, or decryption methods responsibly, says Devangshu Dutta. What happens when an irresistible force meets......

Your WhatsApp messages are encrypted but are they safe?

Apart from physical access to handsets, metadata and backups are two common ways in which private communications can be broken, says Devangshu Datta. *IMAGE: WhatsApp messages are encrypted......

What makes Ratan Tata regret

Tata group Chairman Ratan Tata says he has not been able to make the conglomerate a 'truly open, flat, transparent organisation'. "Perhaps internally, I have not been able to create the truly......

Jubilant acquires DRAXIS for $225 mn

Leading contract drug maker Jubilant Organosys on Friday announced the acquisition of Canadian speciality drug company DRAXIS Health for $255 million (around Rs 1020 crore). The board of DRAXIS......

Tatas buy 7.5% in SpiceJet

In its first investment in the aviation sector, the Tata group has picked up a 7.5 per cent stake in Delhi-based budget carrier SpiceJet for less than Rs 100 crore (Rs 1 billion). The stake is......

PIO cap for domestic carriers to remain at 49%

Persons of Indian origin spiring to hold 100 per cent stake in private Indian carriers will have to wait for some more time before they can make their move.This is because the Directorate-General......

'Shyam Had The Answer To Every 'Why' Under The Sun'

'I find his sense of history astounding, not just history of film, but of life in general.'Another fascinating excerpt from Sangeeta Datta's book Shyam Benegal. PART I: 'Smita Didn't Want Anything......

Paying Homage To Shyam Babu

Actors, directors and admirers mourned legendary filmmaker Shyam Benegal who passed into the ages on December 23 at the age of 90 at the Y B Chavan centre in south Mumbai on Saturday evening.......

'Shyambabu Made You Work Hard But...'

'Each of us will have a beautiful story about him because he went beyond work and touched our lives. That's a rarity in this industry.' IMAGE: Divya Dutta with Shyam Benegal. Photograph: Kind......

Shyam Benegal, Movie Legend, Dies At 90

'If there is one thing Shyam Benegal expressed best: It was the Poetry of the ordinary face and ordinary lives.' Photograph: Rediff Archives Shyam Benegal, who heralded the Indian parallel cinema......

'I Would Have Remained A Secret If...'

'...Shyam had not given me the roles he did.' IMAGE: Shyam Benegal with Smita Patil and Shabana Azmi in Cannes with their film, Nishant, 1976. Photograph: Kind courtesy Film History Pics/Instagram......

Silly Point: Watch out for pink-haired demolisher!

Manu Shankar and Abhishek Mande cheer for Ireland and look forward to the India-Ireland match. How has the England-Ireland match changed the rules of the India-Ireland game this......

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