Meet the world's most powerful women politicians

Congress President Sonia Gandhi has been ranked among top 50 of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women list compiled by Forbes. Gandhi improved her ranking from 21 last year to 13 this year. The......

Army begins celebrating Kargil war anniversary

The Indian Army in its full military grandeur on Wednesday began the two-day celebrations of the 13th anniversary of its victory in the 1999 Kargil war with the hoisting of a massive national flag......

Munnabhai MBBS wins National Film Award

Veteran Bengali filmmaker Gautam Ghose won the best director and screenplay award for his Abar Aranye while Marathi film Shwaas was adjudged the best feature film in the 51st National film Awards......

IPL cash registers start ringing

With the DLF Indian Premier League ready to kick off on Friday, serious cash flows have started for the high profile team owners. Vijay Mallya, whose team Royal Challengers will take on Shah Rukh......

Watch: Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy jam!

Amazing talent, all on one stage!Photographs/Videos: Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com How often do you see Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Pankaj Udhas and Louis Banks get together with other singers on stage? It......

Javed Akhtar, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy to make a song for Swacch Bharat

Poet-writer Javed Akhtar has decided to become a part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Swacch Bharat programme, and it's all thanks to singer-turned-parliamentarian Baabul......

Sangeet Manapmaan Review: A Lost Opportunity

For a film with such a grand vision, Sangeet Manapmaan needed more flamboyance to make it a memorable affair, feels Mayur Sanap. What can be more pure and primal than seeing a piece of......

'If Pushpa Is Celebrated, Sangeet Manapmaan Must Be Watched Too'

'It pains me when Marathi film-makers say Marathi cinema is not getting the right platform.' IMAGE: Jio Studios President Jyoti Deshpande and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.......

Federer wants to thank fans with sixth US slam

Roger Federer would like to repay New York fans for their support by treating them to a sixth successive US Open triumph at the year's last Grand Slam beginning on Monday. Federer is one step away......

5 Things I Didn't Like about the World Cup

Old rediff.com hand and cricket aficionado Faisal Shariff on five things that put him off Cricket World Cup 2011  1. The opening ceremony. Drab and devoid of any entertainment value.......

Why not have an eight team World Cup?

The ICC's decision to trim the number of contestants at the World Cup to ten, says M P Anil Kumar, is like a line commentators often spew forth: Brilliant shot, but straight to the fielder. The......

1964 - India's first tyrst with the Olympic flame

As the capital gears to receive the Olympic torch with much fanfare on June 10, some old timers recollect the flame's first journey through India in 1964."There were no TV channels and no live......