NDRF teams return from Turkiye with stories of love and affection

A paramedic leaving her 18-month twins behind to serve the call of duty, officials processing hundreds of documents to prepare more than 140 passports overnight and rescuers not being to able to......

Case against Setalvad, Sreekumar, Bhatt sent to sessions court for trial

A metropolitan magistrate's court in Ahmedabad on Monday committed to the sessions court for trial a case against social activist Teesta Setalvad and two former IPS officers wherein they are......

'Trying to take PoK will lead to war with China'

'They keep issuing statements to win a few rounds of applause.' IMAGE: Soldiers guard the Line of Control in Poonch district. Photograph: PTI Photo Before he retired as Meghalaya's governor Satya......

Amit Shah-headed panel wants Hindi replace English in IITs, courts in north India

A parliamentary committee has recommended that the medium of instruction in technical and non-technical higher education institutes such as IITs in Hindi-speaking states should be Hindi and in......

Caribbean court stays Choksi's repatriation from Dominica

The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court in the High Court of Justice Commonwealth of Dominica on Friday put a stay on the repatriation of India-born fugitive Mehul Choksi from Dominica. "This order is......

Budget: Easier tax administration to boost revenue

The Budget proposed abolishing the under-performing, authority of advance ruling, to replace it with a two-member board of advance ruling, reports Dilasha Seth Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman......

What Telecom Man reveals about India's business-politics links

'It's the brazen corruption involving politicians that makes you sit up years after the event,' notes Nivedita Mookerji after reading B K Syngal's Telecom Man. IMAGE: Brijendra K Syngal. Some......

No wonder they call him Ustaad

Shamsheer Ustaad refused to become collateral damage when his industry modernised, discovers Geetanjali Krishna.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com We often hear of people who have lost their......

Memories from Mrinalda

Mrinal Sen, one of India's greatest film directors, passed into the ages on December 30.In this excerpt from a conversation with Samik Bandopadhyay, Mrinalda discusses three legendary actors he has......

Review: Azhar: Such a wasted chance!

Emraan Hashmi and director Tony D'Souza try hard, and their effort shows. But Raja Sen wishes he could have said the boys played well. When news of the match-fixing scandal broke, my very first......

Review: Tarzan is so bad that it's actually good

Tarzan is one of those rare scripts that Hollywood should have faxed to Bollywood and let them do it their way because only Karan Johar could have saved this film with a decent love triangle and......

'Lalit Modi threatened to end my career'

'There was one senior player who wanted to spoil my name.' IMAGE: After his playing days Praveen Kumar said he slipped into depression. Photograph: Praveen Kumar/Instagram   Former India......

Kevin Pietersen's Pataudi Memorial Lecture: Full Text

Full text of Kevin Pieterse's Pataudi Memorial Lecture in Bengaluru IMAGE:  Kevin Pietersen during the 6th M.A.K. Pataudi Memorial Lecture and BCCI Awards.Photograph: BCCI Office bearers,......

Decision to give Tendulkar Bharat Ratna taken in 24 hours, reveals RTI

The process of conferring the country's highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna on batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar was initiated on the first day of his farewell 200th cricket Test on November 14,......

Cop heading Pistorius's girlfriend's murder case quits

The head of police who took charge of the crime scene after Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius shot dead his model girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, has resigned. Several police officers said Boschkop......