63rd Republic Day: The gallantry award winners

President Pratibha Patilon Thursday conferredawards of 368 Gallantry and other Defence decorations to Armed Forces personnel and others as part ofthe 63rd Republic Day Celebrations.This includes......

List of military honourees

List of honours conferred upon individuals from the armed forces on Republic Day Ashoka Chakra Sr No Name Position 1 Major Dinesh Raghu Raman 34 Rashtriya Rifles (posthumous) Kirti......

Buy a retirement home five years in advance

These homes offer services that help lead a smooth retired life. They can be bought, leased or taken on a pure rental basis.   Dr Sharad Apte, in his early 80s and a Mumbai resident, decided......

Bengaluru real estate, a hotspot for PE funds

PE funds have invested Rs 13,000 cr into the property market in Bengaluru over 5 years. Mumbai and the National Capital Region (NCR) have the biggest real estate companies. And, despite Mumbai......

Bengaluru realtors poaching execs from Mumbai peers

An office market boom has fuelled demand for homes in Bengaluru, say experts Buoyed by strong commercial and residential offtake, Bengaluru-based real estate firms are poaching senior executives......

Bengaluru, India's hot property market!

A 10th of all home sales here have buyers from Mumbai, NCR, Kolkata; half of entire country’s office space sales last year Image: The Bengaluru airport. Photograph: Rediff Archives......

Meet the GORGEOUS BRIDES of Bollywood

'Sonam is my lucky charm.''Because of her, the year 2018 went well for me, as I got four big weddings.''It started with Sonam's in November, then Deepika Padukone-Ranveer Singh's, Kapil Sharma's......

Naseeruddin Shah: 25 TOP Performances

Sukanya Verma celebrates Naseeruddin Shah, acting legend. There's a beautiful quote I once read by Swedish film-maker Ingmar Bergman: 'No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film......

Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro Review: The Five-Star Classic

Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro is one of the best and most uncompromised films of Indian cinema, says Sukanya Verma. This story was first published in November 2012. IMAGE: Ravi Baswani, Satish Shah and......

The BEST Films of Om Puri

Among the finest Indian actors, voices and smiles to grace the stage and screen, Om Puri’s uniqueness, always so fluid and natural, cannot be summed up in a few words, feels Sukanya Verma.......