The prime minister and his Cabinet will be compelled to do what governments in other democracies must: Listen to criticism from citizens and tolerate it and even learn from it. In doing so, perhaps......
IMAGE: Gay rights activists shout slogans during a protest against Section 377 in Mumbai. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the right to sexual orientation is......
Well-known Punjabi litterateur Amrita Pritam, noted astronomer Jayant Vishnu Narlikar and former Chief Justice of India M N Venkatachalliah have been selected for the Padma Vibhushan, the second......
54 year-old Shyam Kothari who succumbed to cancer, was part of $100-mn H C Kothari Group with interests in sugar, chemicals and petrochemicals Bhadrashyam Kothari, better known as Shyam Kothari,......
The settlement of the dispute over the ownership of the Reliance group between Reliance Industries chairman and managing director Mukesh D Ambani and Reliance Industries vice-chairman and managing......
Smita Patil would have been 60 on October 17 had fate not cruelly snatched her from us in 1986. She was only 31 when she died. Rediff.com salutes the incomparable actress in a special......
Priyanka Kothari returns to the marquee this Friday after a long spell. Her last release was the dismal Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag, way back in 2007, where she tried to pull off Hema Malini's Basanti.......
Actor, social activist and now director, Nandita Das wears the many hats with considerable lan. She believes in choosing films that resonate with her sensibilities, regardless of the genre of the......
Subhash 'Showman' Ghai isa filmmaker who likes to do things in style.And Monday's inauguration of his dream project,the film school Whistling Woods International, was no exception. In attendance......
Sachin Khedekar is essaying the lead in Shyam Benegal's Bose: The Forgotten Hero and eagerly awaits the film's release on May 13. This actor of theatre, television, and cinema spoke to Amberish K......
IMAGE: Tamil Nadu's N Jagadeeshan (116) was one of the three batters who scored a century to help the team put on a mammoth 510 in their first innings against Hyderabad on Thursday.. Photograph:......
A roundup of Day 2 of the Ranji Trophy matches on Friday.Rohan's century leads Kerala's strong reply IMAGE: Kerala opener Rohan Kunnummal celebrates his century on Day 2 of the Ranji Trophy match......
Dhruv Sitwalla pulled off a 4-2 upset victory over former World champion Geet Sethi to enter the men's semi-finals, while Maharashtra's Meenal Thakur claimed the women's crown in the National......
The semi-finals of the ONGC-IBSF World Billiards (Time Format) championship will be an all-Indian affair, after defending champion Pankaj Advani, eight-time World champion Geet Sethi, Rupesh Shah......
Pankaj Advani survived a scare before beating New Zealand's Gary Oliverin a league encounter of the ONGC IBSF World Billiards Championship in Bangalore on Tuesday. The 23-year-old local boy......