JP stir to rath yatra: How Bihar events influenced Indian politics

Bihar is no stranger to being at the centre of a tectonic shift in national politics fuelled by turbulent regional forces. IMAGE: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar speaks to media-persons along......

An IAS officer changes children's lives

How Raipur's District Collector Om Prakash Choudhary ensures that poor children study at good schools.R Krishna Das reports.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The daughter of a cook sharing a......

IMA puts out names of 382 doctors martyred in war against Covid

Taking exception to Health Minister Harsh Vardhan not mentioning the death of healthcare workers due to Covid-19 in his statement in Parliament, the Indian Medical Association has published a list......

How India is undoing China's string of pearls

New Delhi's defence establishment has quietly put in place India's own counter-measures to woo and bolster China's neighbours as a long-term strategy, says Nitin Gokhale One of the least......

Tata still chasing Orient-Express tie-up

Tata's hotel arm said it was still attempting to lure the management of Orient-Express Hotels, Trains & Cruises into talks over an alliance in spite of a rebuff from the US company last month.......

Tata takes umbrage at Orient's rejection

Tata Group on Wednesday accused the management of a US-listed luxury hotel group of a "fossilised frame of mind" for suggesting the Indian group's hotel chain would be an unsuitable strategic......

Taj closes in on Boston hotel

The Indian Hotels Company, promoted by the Tata group, is in the process of acquiring the Ritz-Carlton, a Boston-based luxury hotel, for around $170 million (around Rs 765 crore).Due diligence was......

Tata Tea on $1-bn shopping spree

Tata Tea is set to sew up a global acquisition that can cost up to $1 billion, dwarfing its 271 million acquisition of Tetley in early 2000.Elaborating on the company's plans, RK Krishna Kumar,......

Athiya-Rahul's Wedding Album

After getting married at her father's picturesque farmhouse in Khandala on January 21, Athiya Shetty posted some lovely pictures on social media. She made such a pretty bride that K......

The Best Of Yash Chopra On OTT

In recent years, Yash Chopra has been labelled King Of Romance, when in fact, his best film, Deewar (1975) did not have a chiffon-clad heroine dancing in the snow. Unfortunately, it is not......

Top 20 Scenes From Yash Chopra's Movies

Dreams and drama coexist in Yash Chopra's universe. From painting the screen in scenic splendours and chiffon soft romances to delving in the dark, grey areas of human behaviour and ardour, his......

'The trick is to look forward with excitement, then you're alive all the time'

Varsha Bhosle salutes that effervescent icon of Indian cinema, Dev Anand, who would have turned 99 today, September 26. IMAGE: Dev Anand. This feature was first posted on Rediff.com on April 4,......

Ranji Roundup: Gambhir, Rana hit tons after Ishant picks five

IIMAGE: Gautam Gambhir. Photograph: Tony Marshall/Getty Images New Delhi: Gautam Gambhir started his new season in the right earnest with a patient century as Delhi made a pedestrian Assam attack......