What's Stalin Doing At A Kalyanam?

What some of our leaders have been up to.   IMAGE: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin presents a thali to a couple as he presides over the mass marriages of 31 couples at the Marundeeswarar......

CMs Mamata, Soren, Majhi mourn death of Ratan Tata

Chief ministers of West Bengal, Jharkhand and Odisha on Wednesday evening condoled the demise of Tata Group's chairman emeritus and veteran industrialist Ratan Tata, and said his legacy will live......

GOAT, Vijay's Failed Political Launch Vehicle

Vijay has a lot of young and middle-aged women fans, but as voters, they are possibly now with the DMK, or remain with the AIADMK. Recapturing this constituency would have helped Vijay's political......

More BJP-ruled states roll out police quotas for ex-Agniveers

Rajasthan and Arunachal Pradesh have joined other Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled states that have announced reservation or preference to ex-Agniveers for jobs in uniformed services like police, amid......

Jobs for locals have remained on paper

While the Constitution makes everyone in India eligible to work anywhere in the country, states have used legal loopholes to frame laws. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com   Earlier this......

Modi needs to listen to our economists

We have a government with an extremely weak economic team advising a PM who hardly pays attention to their thoughts, says Jayanta Roy. Photograph: Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   I......

Can Murari Lal Jalan revive Jet Airways?

For Jet's revival, Mr Jalan should be on the scene long enough for everyone to get to know him, appreciate his skills, and not vanish into thin air within a matter of months or even weeks, observes......

'Today Is A Big Loss For All Of Us'

Quite a few film folk from the Marathi film industry attended the funeral of veteran actor Atul Parchure, who died on October 14 after a long battle with cancer. He was 57. Parchure's filmography......

Cinema Has Loved Gandhi; Get Ready To See Him Again

IMAGE: Ben Kingsley as Mahatma Gandhi in Richard Attenborough's Gandhi. For Mahatma Gandhi, cinema was a corrupting influence on young minds, a 'sinful technology'. It is that very medium which......

The Path-Breaking '70s Actor You Didn't Know

Rehana Sultan was all set to be a path-breaker.The time was right.Hindi cinema had emerged from the 1960s musicals era.But somehow, leading film-makers of the time did not believe Rehana had that......

GOAT Review: No Logic Here

Divya Nair recommends that non-Vijay fans save their money and wait for GOAT to drop on Netflix. At least you can fast forward and get to the climax faster. It's no longer unusual to see an actor......

Ranji Roundup: Uttarakhand, Himachal off to good start

Photograph: BCCI Domestic / X Khanduri ton powers Uttarakhand to 232/1 against Andhra Opener Priyanshu Khanduri struck only his second century in a first-class career spanning seven years, helping......

Ranji Trophy: Mum teen Mhatre hits century; Double century for Sudarshan

A round-up of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Friday. Teenager Mhatre hits ton as Mumbai in command IMAGE: Tamil Nadu's Sai Sudarshan celebrates his double ton against Delhi on Friday.......

Ranji round-up: Padikkal's ton gives Karnataka lead

A round-up of Wednesday's play in the Ranji Trophy matches across the country. IMAGE: Tamil Nadu's players celebrate after Sandeep Warrier claimed wicket of Saurashtra's Sheldon Jackson during Day......

Ranji: Bengal lose three in chase of 177 against Baroda

A round-up of Ranji matches played on Thursday. IMAGE: Jammu and Kashmir moved to 18/1 in the second innings after Punjab skipper Mandeep Singh led from the front with the bat on Day 3 on......

Vengaskar, Kulkarni to represent ICA on BCCI Apex body

IMAGE: Dilip Vengaskar at a conference. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com Former India captains Dilip Vengsarkar and Shubhangi Kulkarni were on Saturday elected to represent the Indian......