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The A-W Of Desi Guests At the White House Dinner

The dinner Jill Biden and her husband US President Joe Biden hosted for Prime Minister Narendra D Modi, June 22, at the White House brought together, Indians and Americans from so many firmaments,......

Padma Vibhushan for Gen Rawat, Kalyan Singh; Padma Bhushan for Azad

Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Hindutva poster boy late Kalyan Singh, India's first Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad and former West......

From Rediff Archives: The strange case of Yakub Memon

1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon is set to be hanged after his final petition was rejected by the Supreme Court on Tuesday. Back in 2007, Rediff.com's Sheela Bhatt had profiled Yakub after he......

From Rediff Archives: The strange case of Yakub Memon

Reports suggest that the 1993 Mumbai blasts accused Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, the sole death row convict in the serial blasts case in which around 257 people lost their lives, may be hanged on July......

1st BJP govt in Maha to be sworn-in on Friday, Sena presence unlikely

Image: Mumbai BJP President Ashishji Shelar and Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria inspect the Wankhede Stadium where Maharashtra's next CM will be sworn in. Photograph: BJP Facebook The first......

Delhi, Mumbai among world's cheapest cities

India's capital city New Delhi and financial hub Mumbai have been ranked among the least expensive cities around the world by a survey, even as cost for food and housing in the country continues to...

Will Hero Honda remain the leader?

The ride so far has been a smooth one. But to protect market share, Hero Honda will need to have a bigger presence in the executive segment. If ever a company had the ability to continuously......

Bollywood's Getting All Mushy On V-Day!

Bollywood stars celebrate Valentine's Day with loved-up pictures and messages.  Photograph: Kind courtesy Arjun Kapoor/Instagram Arjun Kapoor gets romantic with ladylove Malaika Arora.  ......

Is Virat Making Anushka BLUSH?

Bollywood loves to travel. While summer may be over, the stars remain in vacation mode. From Amsterdam to Cannes, the fun times continue. Please click on the images for a better look at where......

Bollywood 2021: A to Z RECAP

Even with an ongoing pandemic, theatres in many states functioning at 50 per cent occupancy, a quieter social life and fewer movies, Bollywood still managed to pack in plenty of drama and trauma,......

2021 Oscar nominations: The Complete List

Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas announced the 93rd Academy Awards nominations on March 15. It must have been a thrill for the actress to announce her film, The White Tiger, in the& Best Adapted......

Why Black Friday deserves to be a Web series

. I remember meeting Anurag Kashyap at a film festival in Gurgaon in 2006. This was before the times of social media, but the man had gained quite some attention for himself. As someone who had......

Sports Shorts: Prajnesh stuns World No. 67 Millman

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday IMAGE: Prajnesh Gunneswaran converted 5 of 16 break points against John Millman. Photograph: Mike Owen/Getty Images India's top......

Lu Shanglei crowned World Jr chess champion

From left to right: Aniruddha Deshoande (Chairman, organising committee, World Junior Chess Championships), Venkatrama Raja (President AICF), girls' champion Aleksandra Goryachkina, former......

World Jr Chess: Shanglei, Yi lead Chinese charge

China’s Lu Shanglei and Wei Yi emphatically exhibited their rising chess prowess with convincing victories over Russians Vladimir Fedoseev, the top seed, and Mikhail Antipov, in the 10th......

World Jr Chess: Padmini Rout bounces back into reckoning

If Mae Frayna Janelle hoped to shock Padmini Rout with her choice of the ‘Alekhine Defence’ (which very rarely makes an appearance these days) on the very first move, then it was......

Paes survives tough test

India's Leander Paes and his Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy have moved into the semi-final of the men's doubles at the US Open. Paes and Dlouhy, seeded fourth, beat seventh seeded Wesley Moodie of......

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