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Leo Varadkar, The PM Who Likes Jalebis

'When my father travelled 5,000 miles to build a new home in Ireland, I doubt he ever dreamed that his son would one day grow up to become its leader.' Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff.com profiles Dr......

'The terrorists were lobbing grenades, firing indiscriminately'

'I could see the silhouettes of three men on the sixth floor.''I pointed them out to the NSG personnel standing beside me and suggested they take them out.''They did not have the clearance to......

Is COVID-19 lethal for your heart?

'The larger number of patients, who are being affected by COVID-19, are essentially people who have a history of heart disease to begin with, and then experience a more severe form of the infection......

Sheena Bora Trial: Will Peter's nightmare end?

'I am an old man. 64 years... Never used influence.''I am not a politician or a criminal. What influence?''Retired. I could not protect myself even (from fabricated charges)?''Have no money now......

Sheena Bora Trial: The tricks memory plays

When it came to his cross examination by Sanjeev Khanna's lawyer Niranjan Mundargi, Imtiaz Shaikh appeared to be afflicted by that peculiar gap-in-one's-memory or Choosy Memory Syndrome with his......

Heat wave hurting farmers' income as yields drop across several crops

Santosh Patkar of Devgadh Taluka Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra is a worried man these days. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters Devgadh, which is known as the home to world famous Alphonso......

#Notebandi: India's fisherfolk stare at a dark future

Distress sales, market closures and anchoring of fishing fleets have been reported from West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. A particular hammer blow appears to have been dealt by......

Tatas strike back: 'Unforgivable attempt to besmirch group'

Hitting out at Cyrus Mistry for making 'unsubstantiated claims and malicious allegations', Tata Sons on Thursday said the former chairman was fully empowered to lead the group and its......

Few mind-blowing events that rocked India Inc in 2014

India Inc will remember 2014 as the year when the threat and the opportunity of the digital world became real, says Sailesh Dobhal. Image: Virgin Group founder Richard Branson plays a dhol while......

Oil spill: BMC conducts checks on seafood items

Following collision between two ships and the subsequent oil spill off the coast in Mumbai, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has started conducting random checks of seafood items in civic markets......

Do you know these HIDDEN MEANINGS in movies?

Looking back on my brief life as a film critic, I can see clearly the key role that subtexts and their uncovering had played in my getting started on this path. It was, over those many casual......

PIX: Bipasha's Beautiful British Break

Bips plays tourist with her dad, mum, sis and hubby. Stars go for the loveliest holidays. Sonakshi Sinha went on a fun Thai holiday. Aamir Khan had a Roman Holiday. Ranveer Singh had an amazing......

SRK's autobiography to release soon

Shah Rukh Khan is all set to fulfill one of his fondest dreams -- releasing his autobiography -- titled Twenty Years In A Decade, soon. Penning his experiences and thoughts, SRK takes his fans......

The worst onscreen accents in Hollywood

A new poll by a US ticket agency has revealed the top three actors with the worst onscreen accents of all time. At third position is Tom Cruise, who put on an Irish lilt for his......

Remember November 15, Sachin?

IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar at his last match at the SCG. Photograph: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images In the world of cricket, one rarely, if ever, comes across a person who has not heard the name, Sachin......

Watch Out For These Ranji Stars!

IMAGE: Jharkhand's Kumar Kushagra celebrates his century on day one of the Ranji Trophy match against Nagaland at the Eden Gardens, in Kolkata, March 12, 2022. Photograph: ANI The Ranji Trophy --......

India's Exclusive 100 Tests Club

Virat Kohli is all set to become the 12th Indian man to play 100 Tests, notes Rajneesh Gupta. Virat Kohli will join the elite company of eleven other Indians and a total of 70 other players across......

Sunil Gavaskar, Indian Cricket's Real Master

When he ended his Test career, he held the following Test records: Most Tests (125). Most consecutive Tests (106). Most runs (10,122). Most hundreds (34). Most scores of 50 or more (79). Most......

A dinner invitation none would refuse!

To the future Chairman of Selectors, it revealed how simple and humble the batting colossus was.A Joseph Antony reports. IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar celebrates his birthday with wife Dr Anjali......

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