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Blue Economy Needs Strong Navy Protection

Naval assets take years to build, and therefore, not only is futuristic force planning essential, but indigenous projects must also be put into the pipeline, technologies developed and contracts......

A Rogue Wave Rising In The North

While people voted in a fifth round that will set the tone as this election rounds into the straight, and while Modi on the stump chews the cud of personal grievances and hackneyed promises that......

Farmers to intensify anti-govt protest, to continue stir during LS polls

Thousands of farmers on Thursday participated in the "Kisan Mazdoor Mahapanchayat" at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan where a resolution was passed to intensify the protest against the Centre's policies......

How To Prevent Terror On The High Seas

The world needs to wake up to this new dimension of war at sea and be prepared to face the 'unknown enemy' who have the advantage of attacking at their choice of location and time, cautions......

The Woes Of Wayanad Continue

Away from the distraction of its new high-profile politics, Wayanad's worries seemed very down to earth, discovers Shyam G Menon. IMAGE: Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on......

Lessons to learn from the Jet pilots' strike

Now that the Jet Airways pilots' strike is over and the airline's services are back to normal, it is tempting to forget about the episode as yet another example of an industrial dispute getting......

Swades heads for videsh

What is being touted as Shah Rukh Khan's best performance as an actor ever, will be seen on the global screens on December 17. Swades, directed by Oscar nominee Ashutosh Gowariker, is about a man's......

Kodiaq, Skoda's 1st 7-seater SUV, hits Indian roads

Skoda's latest offering will compete with the likes of Toyota Fortuner, Ford Endeavour and Isuzu MU-X as well as Volkswagen Tigua. Photographs: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com. The Kodiaq is......

Samsung shakes off the blues

Aided by the booming mobile-phone business in the country and the company's focus on high-technology products, Samsung has emerged as the fastest growing umbrella durables-manufacturer in......

4 mn garments. 300 stores. Rs 6.8 bn. The Anita Dongre story

'Fashion changes fast and if you are not keeping up you're getting left behind,' design diva Anita Dongre tells Pavan Lall. IMAGE: At the lounge in her office Photograph: Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com......

When Bollywood Played Holi With Titles

Bollywood has a vibrant equation with Holi. But the love for the Festival of Colours is not restricted to just songs and moments in the movies. The various hues of colours are used in film titles......

Meet Blue Umbrella's Biniya

She was not interested in acting but she made her debut as the 10-year-old Biniya in Vishal Bhardwaj's The Blue Umbrella, which also starred Pankaj Kapur. Two years after the film was made, Shreya......

Navratri: Bollywood Says Yay To Yellow

And the fourth and fabulous shade on the Navratri colour time table after orange, white, red and royal blue is... The colour of joy -- bright, bouncy and jolly yellow. Sukanya Verma notes its nine......

An irresistible Blue Umbrella

Nothing can make you smile like a fable. The setting is as idyllic as can be. A small village up in Himachal Pradesh, one of those Malgudi-type worlds where everyone knows everyone else, where......

PIX: Umbrella ideas from Bollywood!

Umbrellas lend a lot of drama to Bollywood's rain sequences. We take a look. With the onset of monsoons, which is a few weeks away (fingers crossed!) for Mumbaikars, comes the frenzied preps to......

Spotted: Mahesh Bhupathi and Sitaram Sudarwa at the US Open

Reader Radhakrishna Gowrishankara spotted Mahesh Bhupathi and Sitaram Sudarwa at the US Open. 'I am Radhakrishna and work in Boston. Had gone to see the US Open with my wife Ramya Gopalakrishnan.......

Spotted: Bhajji and Dhoni at Mumbai airport

Reader Puranmal Agarwal sent us this photograph from the Mumbai airport. 'I met Dhoni and Bhajji at the Mumbai airport an hour ago today,' writes Puran. Thank you, Puran, for sharing this......

Tottenham sign off from the Lane in a blaze of glory

It is their best finish for 54 years, since the glory days of the 1960s when the club was setting new standards in English football under Bill Nicholson. IMAGE: Tottenham's players celebrate after......

The best footballer ever: Pele or Maradona?

It seems Diego Maradona can never stop entertaining. If it was his sublime skills on the soccer field that amazed millions worldwide during his playing days, he stills attracts a lot of attention......

Federer clinches sixth Wimbledon title

Switzerland's Roger Federer beat Andy Roddick in one of the most extraordinary finals ever seen at Wimbledon on Sunday, holding off an incredible challenge from the American to win 5-7, 7-6, 7-6,......

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