When our newsmakers became movie stars

As 2016 winds down and we start to look forward to the coming year, some personalities and events struck the right chord whilst others triggered debates, controversies and set rumour mills......

Azam Khan: 'I am well within my rights to write to the UN'

'I have tried to draw the UN's attention to the very obvious attempt of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to convert a secular India into a theocratic Hindu State.' Sharat Pradhan reports from Lucknow.......

HIGHLIGHTS: President Mukherjee's address to Parliament

President Pranab Mukherjee addressed a joint session of Parliament ahead of the budget session which began on Tuesday.  Read the full text of President Pranab Mukherjee's speech HERE......

PM warns those pushing children to create unrest in Kashmir

Modi said unity and love are the basic mantras for addressing the Kashmir problem. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that ‘ekta’ (unity) and ‘mamata’ (love) are......

How to raise India's poor tax to GDP ratio

A combination of reduced cash intensity, a focused strategy of tax administration and GST is the way to go, say Sakshi Gupta, Tanvi Garg and Abheek Barua. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com.......

Sakshi Pradhan's pregnancy scare on Bigg Boss!

Bigg Boss4's youngest housemate Sakshi Pradhansuffered a pregnancyscare recently.The chirpy actress seemed rather tensefor the past two days. It was only when sheconfided to Sara Khan that the......

Wild days ahead on Bigg Boss 4!

Like them or not, reality shows are here to stay. And it's a definite in the case of the increasingly popular and unabashedly voyeuristic Bigg Boss, season 4. After the likes of Arshad Warsi,......

'National Award has come as a big surprise'

The hugely talented singer Shreya Ghosal bagged her third National Award for her song, Yeh Ishq Hai, from the film Jab We Met. She had earlier bagged awards in the Best Playback Singer category......

Bigg Boss's Sakshi in MMS scandal

Sakshi Pradhan may be locked up in the Bigg Boss house but out in the real world, she seems to be locked in controversy.According to a report in Mumbai's tabloid, Mid-Day, Sakshi has a new MMS......

Spotted: Brian Lara in Barbados

Reader Aslam Khan sent us this photograph from Barbados. 'I was in Barbados for a business visit and happened to attend their annual carnival. I met Brian Lara who was a good......

Wrestlers write to PM Modi, IOA: 'Biased, unjustified, against right of equality'

IMAGE: The exemption will benefit the protesting wrestlers. Photograph: Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters Several women wrestlers, including medal winners from Commonwealth Games and Asian Championship,......

Wrestlers' meeting with sports minister Thakur inconclusive

IMAGE: India's top wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Ravi Dahiya, Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat refused to back down from their demand that the government immediately disband the Wrestling Federation of......

Deeply concerned, disturbed by wrestling fiasco: PT Usha

‘I also have full faith in the Government of India, who I am sure will take the correct step in the right direction in this regard. However, as the IOA President, I sincerely hope the......

Babita Phogat meets wrestlers with 'message' from govt

IMAGE: Former wrestler and BJP leader Babita Phogat speaks to protesting wrestlers at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Thursday. Photograph: ANI Photos Three-time CWG medallist and BJP leader Babita......