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......
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......
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......
In the absence of Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran, Commonwealth champion GM Dibyendu Barua will spearhead the Indian challenge in the Smith and Williamson 2003 British chess championship, whichgets......
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......
Swati Ghate movedcloser to the coveted Women Grandmaster norm after playing out a draw with Grandmaster Peter Wells of England in thefifthround of Smith and Willaimson British Chess Championship at......
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......