EXPLAINED: How chit fund scams work

'Around 15 crore poor people have lost their money.' The political stand-off between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the Narendra Damodardas Modi government after a Central Bureau......

How did Indrani get the hair dye?

'People wondered aloud why she had given up on the aging, getting-day-by-day-more-infirm avatar. And was freshly blooming.'Rediff.com's Vaihayasi Pande Daniel reports from the Sheena Bora......

Why should the people of Bengal suffer lung cancer?

Mamata Banerjee has announced a Rs 500 crore relief package to assuage those who lost their money to the Saradha chit fund. As West Bengal is dancing on the edge of bankruptcy, this money will be......

Thanks to Marans, the 'Sun' rises in Hyderabad

For those who have been observing the phenomenal growth of Sun TV in the last decade and more, its acquisition of the Indian Premiere League franchisefor Hyderabad will come as no surprise, says S......

How Skymet weathered the storm

If Jatin Singh is right in the long run and his morphed business can help reduce farmer distress, Skymet will provide a service of far more value from where it began Where you start, where you......

Jail life is painful but I am stress free: Subrata Roy

While asserting that "time is a great healer", Subrata Roy said money is a good servant but a bad master. Image: ‘My judicial custody in Tihar jail and being confined to a prison cell......

Sahara uses small savers to keep hill resort afloat

Sahara has ploughed at least Rs 1,500 crore from two of its credit cooperatives into the Aamby Valley resort project India's embattled Sahara conglomerate has been funnelling cash from small......

Savers in dark over Sahara's latest shadow banking schemes

Sahara and its founder Subrata Roy have been under scrutiny for years over its financial products, including for possible money laundering In 2004, Khitish Kumar Pandey took Rs 10,000 ($150) out......

Can you watch 309 films in a year?

On planes, on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hotstar, Zee5, Hulu, MUBI, Kanopy, film festivals... Aseem Chhabra tell us how he watched 309 films in 365 days. IMAGE: Joanne Froggatt in Downton Abbey. I......

He quit a well paying job to write Bala

'The most difficult thing in the world is to convince someone to put Rs 20 crore on your movie script.' IMAGE: Ayushmann Khurrana in Bala. Photograph: Kind courtesy Niren Bhatt/Instagram  ......

Sadhana: What movies! What songs!

'As the burkha-clad beauty Husna in Mere Mehboob, she inspired Shakeel Badayuni to compose Mere Mehboob Tujhe Meri Mohabbat Ki Kasam/Phir Mujhe Un Nargisi Aankhon Ka Sahara De De. Hasrat Jaipuri......

Shah Rukh Khan: A life in pictures

Photographs tell us so much about the person! Shah Rukh Khan's phenomenal success story is one few can equal. It would seem things had to turn out great for a man whose name translates to one with......

Events That Changed Indian Cricket Forever

Would there have been an incomparable batsman named Sachin Tendulkar had Doordarshan not telecast Guide one summer afternoon?A fascinating excerpt from Abhishek Mukherjee and Joy Bhattacharjya's......

Depleted India might just get the best out of resources available: Tendulkar

'Bhuvi's injury (stiff back) is a real setback for India' 'If the pitches remain flat and dry like the ones during the limited overs leg, India are in with a very good chance. But if it's a green......

Is IPL no longer the world's top T-20 contest?

The IPL, all of a sudden, may have some catching up to do with the Big Bash, says Dhruv Munjal. IMAGE: Royal Challengers Bangalore cheerleaders perform their gig to Bollywood songs. Photograph:......

1st Test: Elgar digs in for South Africa after Broad shines

IMAGE: South Africa's Dean Elgar bats during the Day 2 of the 1st Test against England at Sahara Stadium Kingsmead. Photograph: Anesh Debiky/Getty Images Opener Dean Elgar provided stubborn......

Sahara's problems not affecting Force India F1 team, says Mallya

- 'I am very happy with Sahara Group as partners. There is no issue at all. I feel very sorry for Subrata Roy but this unfortunate situation is not affecting the team in anyway.' IMAGE: Force......