Bhilar, a strawberry farming hub in Maharashtra, has been transformed into India's first 'books village', discovers Ranjita Ganesan.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com It is the fifth visit to......
'Anyone who looks at our proposed amendments without politically-tinted glasses will give us full marks.' 'An isolated India is not in our interest. Just because we are a large country, we cannot......
Narendra Modi has a once in a lifetime chance to change and take the RSS-BJP-VHP to a new level. Varanasi is the right place to turn the page on saffron history. By surrendering to the spirit of......
Cashing-in on the anti-incumbency factor in a big way, the Bharatiya Janata Party-Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party combine on Wednesday rode to power in Goa, ousting the Congress and securing......
Uttar Pradesh The Samajwadi Party is emerging as the single largest party in Uttar Pradesh by leading in 190 of the total 403 seats in the assembly. The Bahujan Samaj Party, which had won an......
If you leave too much money lying in your trading account or hand over your securities to brokers, there is always the risk that they could use it to trade in the markets.Experts tell Sanjay Kumar......
In a move that could turn around the fortunes of two imported coal-based power plants in Gujarat, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has allowed compensation of Rs 830 crore (Rs......
When Vikas Parekh's 32-inch LCD TV stopped working, its panel needed replacing. That alone would have cost Parekh Rs 17,000. Add the service cost and he would have spent more than half the Rs......
The markets remained volatile the first two days of the week. However, on Wednesday it has traded in the positive region from the start of the trading hour. Will the Sensex move up from this point?......
Mirroring the weak trend in global markets, the Sensex opened with a huge negative gap of 171 points at 20,080 on Wednesday. Unabated selling saw the index drift deeper into red as the day......
Producer Madhu Mantena and yoga guru and Rediff.com Contributor Ira Trivedi wed on June 11 in Mumbai, and hosted a reception to celebrate with their starry friends. Stars attended the mehendi......
So lovely to see Sonali at Hrithik's cosy party. As Hrithik Roshan turned 45, he celebrated his birthday with close friends. Ex-wife Sussanne Khan, her brother Zayed Khan and his wife Malaika......
Telly folk step out for a glamorous night. Even as Bollywood stars attended the Hello Hall Of Fame Awards, television celebs had their own awards function to go to. The first IWM (IndianWikiMedia)......
It's screenings galore for Padmaavat! Now that Padmaavat has released, its makers want to make sure *everyone* in Bollywood watches it. After the cast, including Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone and......
Aseem Chhabra, author of Shashi Kapoor: The Householder, the Star, pays rich tribute to the iconic actor. IMAGE: Shashi Kapoor with Felicity Kendal in The Householder. 'Last night I was woken up......
Second seed Ritwik Bhattacharya of India shocked top seed and world No 11 Mohd. Azlan Iskandar of Malaysia in straight games to clinch the men's Open title in the 33rd Bombay Gymkhana-HSBC......