Maharashtra chemist stabbed to death for post supporting Nupur Sharma

A 54-year-old chemist was stabbed to death in Amravati city of Maharashtra, with the police suspecting that the accused committed the offence as the victim had allegedly shared a post on a social......

IAS probationers to learn critical thinking through crosswords

Solving crosswords as part of training modules will enable future civil servants to enhance their critical thinking and decision-making, and a plan towards that objective is afoot, the director of......

Don't Miss! The Best Videos of the Week

Shailajanand Mishra lists the Hottest Videos of the Week! Take a look. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi offers prayers at Bangladesh's Kali temple. Photograph: ANI Photo  ......

The Maha village where children speak Japanese

A fascination for robotics and technology has pushed students of a Zilla Parishad-run school in a remote village of Maharashtra's Aurangabad district to learn Japanese.  ......

As commodity prices rise, cars, home appliances to cost more

Metal prices from copper to aluminum and tin have shot up by about 7-32 per cent in the past three months. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Recently, consumer durables firm Blue Star launched......

Working with Ratan Tata

Mukund Rajan, who worked closely with Ratan Tata, recalls the unique experience of working with the corporate titan. IMAGE: J R D Tata, left, with Ratan Tata. Photograph: Gopal Shetty As the first......

How life insurance companies get celebrities on a small budget

Life insurance companies are balancing the increasing use of celebrity endorsers by limiting the association to short, event-led campaigns, finds M Saraswathy.     It seemed like an......

CBI to probe Tata Realty-Unitech land deal

CBI has registered a Preliminary Enquiry (PE) to probe into an alleged Rs 1,700 crore (Rs 17 billion) land deal between Tata Realty and Unitech in 2007 to purportedly fund the latter's telecom......

Where was Salman off to?

Here's how the week started in Bollywood. It was a manic Monday for film folk as they went about promoting their movies.   Salman Khan takes the cast from his coming film Race 3 to the sets......

Meet moms-to-be Shweta Tiwari, Teejay, Manasi

There's a baby boom in tinsel town! After Shahid-Mira and Harbhajan-Geeta, there's some more 'good news' coming up this year. Television actresses Shweta Tiwari, Manasi Parekh and Teejay......

Aamir Khan's heartwarming gesture

The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities: Following a post on Facebook, actor Aamir Khan decided to meet a 14-year-old fan, Nihal Bitla. Nihal suffers......

'I want to do everything that comes my way'

'Karan Johar said you can be the next Khan of Bollywood. That was the best compliment I received.' Jhalak Dhikhhla Jaa 8 winner Faisal Khan is enjoying the spotlight. Faisal Khan, 16, is the......

World Jr Chess: Harshit Pawar shocks top seed USA's Mishra

IMAGE: Image used for representational purposes. Photograph: International Chess Federation/Instagram Playing the game of his life, India's Harshit Pawar shocked top seed and youngest ever......

Change of guard in women's hockey team: Salima replaces Savita as skipper

Photograph: Kind courtesy Hockey India Mid-fielder Salima Tete on Thursday replaced veteran goalkeeper Savita Punia as captain of the 24-strong Indian women's hockey squad for the Belgium and......

BCCI Awards: Meet The Winners!

Farokh Engineer, the swashbuckling wicket-keeper of the 1960s and early 1970s, and Ravi Shastri, who was the first Indian to win an Audi car as player of the tournament in the 1985 Benson and......

India's Paris dreams crumble: USA upset adds to agony

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Hockey India/X A profligate Indian team squandered chances galore to lose 0-1 to lower-ranked United States of America in its opening match of the FIH Women's Olympic......

Asian Games: Dominant India register second win on the trot

IMAGE: The Indian women’s hockey team handed Malaysia a 6-0 defeat. Photographs: Hockey India A dominant India defeated Malaysia 6-0 to register their second consecutive win in the......