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Romila, Naseer, Dreze among 750 citizens to come out in support of NewsClick

More than 750 eminent citizens, including historian Romila Thapar, economist Jean Dreze and actor Naseeruddin Shah, on Wednesday came out in support of a news website which is alleged to have......

3,500 jurists, artists slam FIR against Varadarajan

About 3,500 jurists, academics, actors, artistes, writers and people from other walks of life have slammed the Uttar Pradesh government and police for filing an FIR against Siddharth Varadarajan,......

Over 600 authors, scientists seek withdrawal of citizenship bill

Several academicians, former bureaucrats and judges, writers, artistes and scientists have expressed outrage over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill calling it 'divisive' and violative of the......

Still a long journey for young Thackeray

One is hopeful that if he becomes CM, Mr Thackeray will not be as trigger happy in calling for bans or encouraging outrage, says Uttaran Das Gupta. IMAGE: Yuva Sena chief Aaditya Thackeray......

Vote against BJP, say 600 theatre artists in letter

More than 600 theatre personalities, including Amol Palekar, Naseeruddin Shah, Girish Karnad and Usha Ganguli, have signed a letter asking people to "vote Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies" out......

'Nice mosquito bite' in Paris

At the Paris climate change summit, there is talk of restricting temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius instead of 2 degrees Celsius, which has been negotiated so far. This would give India less......

Trusts, NGOs under ambit of money-laundering law

Charitable trusts, whether temples, churches or mosques, non-government organisations (NGOs), educational institutions or societies, if registered as non-profit organisations (NPOs), will not only......

Drowned in debt, what do you do?

When RV, the car racer from the movie Tara Rum Pum, has a fateful accident, his whole life changes. His inability to continue racing after the accident leaves him penniless. He loses his home, for......

Buying a house? Beware of builders' tricks

Everybody wants a piece of real estate. The sector has been growing at 25-30 per cent a year since 2003, fired primarily by low interest on housing loans and the rising affluence of homebuyers.......

How to deal with recovery agents & debt

Once upon a time, Anil Chawla of Bhopal was a bright young engineer just out of the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai. Unlike most of his classmates, he did not go to the US for......

'I was attacked for being anti-national'

'What the film shows is an India, which was headed in a completely different direction than where we are headed.' IMAGE: Anand Patwardhan with his mother Nirmala and father Balu in the documentary......

The Legend Called Shashi Kapoor

'Shashiji was a terrific co-star' IMAGE: Shashi Kapoor in Jab Jab Phool Khile. Shashi Kapoor's five favourite leading ladies speak on his 84th birth anniversary to Subhash K Jha: Shabana Azmi:......

'Shashi Kapoor was a dearly loved man'

'We will never really lose him because in death, his spirit, trapped in a frail body, has been set free and will surround us like the air we breathe.'Shabana Azmi, Asha Parekh, Zeenat Aman,......

'We are obsessed with who wore what instead of the films'

'Fashion brands that have leading stars as brand ambassadors spend a fortune on showcasing them.' IMAGE: Satinder Sartaj and Shabana Azmi in The Black Prince. Shabana Azmi, who first visited......

Riteish Deshmukh launches Marathi Filmfare awards

A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities: Riteish Deshmukh launched the Marathi segment of the celebrated Filmfare Awards.Riteish posted a picture, above, and wrote:......

'Davis Cup row isn't about Paes-Bhupathi'

The Davis Cup revolt by Prakash Amritraj and Rohan Bopanna against captain Leander Paes was a disaster waiting to happen, according to former India player Anand Amritraj. "It was a ticking......

Indian football's next star

The power of a superstar can never be underestimated. Viswanathan Anand did it for chess, Sania Mirza is doing it for tennis in India. Apart from making the game popular they have galvanised a......

'Vijay was a better player than Borg, Connors'

Vijay and Anand Amritraj not only played in the golden era of tennis, but were also the champions of India's most successful generation. They led India to two Davis Cup finals -- 1974 and 1987 --......

Karlovic too good for Prakash Amritraj

Ivo Karlovic proved too tall a task to surmount for Prakash Amritraj. The Indian Davis Cupper wilted in straight sets in the first round of the ATP Chennai Open at the Nungambakkam stadium on......

Rediff.com wins sports journalism award

Rediff.com Special Correspondent Deepti Patwardhan was a top winner in the second Tata Indian Sports Journalism Awards held in Mumbai on Thursday.Her article 'India's reluctant hero' was adjudged......

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