Kerala's Director General of Police P K Hormis Tharakan, who belongs to the 1968 batch of the Indian Police Service, took over as the new chief of the Research & Analysis Wing (R&AW), the external......
Former army chief General Sunderrajan Padmanabhan thinks America is a rogue state in a class of its own. And, he is not afraid to say so.On Monday, he spoke to reporters about his forthcomingbook,......
Assam GovernorLieutenant General (retired) Srinivas Kumar Sinha could be the next governor of Jammu and Kashmir, a senior Cabinet minister told rediff.com in New Delhi on Thursday.Theappointment......
E-kiosks for services like bill payment and job queries are mushrooming all over rural India. Pradipta Mukherjee visits one such centre in a Bengal village.Gorachand Banerjee runs a common service......
"You have an MBA from IIM-Ahmedabad. You worked in a bank in New York. What made you give up all that and pursue acting?"'A little bit of courage and a lot of stupidity.' IMAGE: Mukul Chadda who......
The theatre is filled with an electric hush, as exhilarated fans wait with bated breath to see their star. Screams fill the air as the star's name appears onscreen. Yes, the most awaited......
When Sreekumaran Thampi, a veteran Malayalam film director whose most prolific period was the seventies, cast Srividya in the title role of the television serial Amma Thampurati, he was hoping......
Commonwealth champion Dibyendu Barua's winning streak was halted by International Master Tahir Vakhidov of Uzbekistan in the seventh round of the Tata International Open Chess tournament in......
Grandmaster Dibyendu Barua shot into sole lead with an emphatic victory over compatriot GM Pendyala Harikrishna in the sixth round of the Tata International Open Chess tournament, at the J R D Tata......
Call it an emergency rescue by the Indian Army.Tired of a sports infrastructure that has onlymanaged three medals in the last six Olympics, the Army has launched Operation Olympicsto winlaurels for......
Call it an emergency rescue by the Indian Army.Tired of a sports infrastructure that has onlymanaged three medals in the last six Olympics, the Army has launched Operation Olympicsto winlaurels for......
Grandmaster Abhijit Kunte scored a fine victory over local favourite GM Jonathan Rowson to move to joint second placeafter the seventhround inthe Smith and Willamson British chess championship in......