Pawar settles the Chanakya question. Sorry, Modi-Shah, you lose

Thanks to Sharad Pawar and him alone, Maharashtra has shown that the Modi-Shah duo can be halted.The next step is to take the battle to Dilli, says Saisuresh Sivaswamy. IMAGE: Sharad Pawar, right......

When I kept Charles Sobhraj alive...

'I had to convince myself that I was steely enough to operate on a cold-blooded killer.''For all my medical experience, this was something I had never done!''If something happened to Charles, I......

Sheena Bora Trial: The Accidental Witness is Stumped

After ten minutes no one could keep track of the legal team's questions on the geography of the route Sandeep Patil took on his Pulsar Bajaj motorcycle, on the morning of April 25, 2012.Not the......

The soldier who became a legend

A fortnight after he became the face of the Indian soldier in the Kargil war, on July 8, 1999, Vikram Batra died. He was mortally wounded after fighting through the night while recapturing Peak......

Infosys extends Sikka's term, raises base salary to $1 million

His raised package brings him closer to Cognizant chief executive Francisco D’souza Infosys has been terming its 2020 Vision of touching $20 billion in revenues with an operating margin of 30......

What lies in store for start-ups in 2016?

  In 2015 the term start-up became a brand in itself, bestowing automatic glory to companies that label themselves thus, rues Ramesh Jude Thomas The year gone by will go down as the year of......

Telcos to be blamed for call drops? Not really, the issue is far deeper

A bigger problem is that there is no clear definition of "call drops". A lot of telecom operators have kept their benchmarks very loose, which helps them report very low rates of dropped......

How Deveshwar turned ITC around

At a time when even successful professional CEOs in Indian companies find themselves playing musical chairs and merry-go-round, Yogesh (Yogi) Chander Deveshwar is clearly in a class of his own.......

Why Merry Christmas Left Me Feeling Shortchanged

If you have never seen Sriram Raghavan fly, you would hardly realise that this time, he is happy in his cage, this time he isn't reaching for the skies, notes Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: Katrina Kaif in......

'Just on the basis of beauty, you can't survive for so long'

'She is a very thoughtful actor.''She is in the industry not only because she is beautiful, but also because she is sensible.' IMAGE: Katrina Kaif with Vijay Sethupathi at the Merry Christmas......

S P Balasubrahmanyam's TOP 50 Songs

Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire. S P Balasubrahmanyam passed away in his 75th year, and so we celebrate the singer with 75 of his top songs, in a multi-part......

10 Ways to Survive the Lockdown

Entertainment that's the equivalent of easily digestible food can only make this lockdown more frustrating for you. You know what can be equally frustrating? Watching movies with apocalyptic......

Ranji roundup: Karnataka, MP, Bengal cruise into semis

A round-up of Day 4 of the Ranji Trophy quarter-finals on Friday.Karnataka rout Uttarakhand, enter semis IMAGE: Karnataka's players celebrate winning their Ranji Trophy quarter-final match against......

Ranji Trophy: Prithvi Shaw smashes triple ton against Assam

IMAGE: Prithvi Shaw celebrates his triple century. Photograph: PTI Mumbai’s Prithvi Shaw scored a triple hundred against Assam in the Ranji Trophy on Wednesday in Guwahati.   The......

The four nails in India's T20 WC coffin

IMAGE: Rahul Dravid missed out on having Jasprit Bumrah as an option due to injury. Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty Images A dated batting approach in the powerplay by the biggest stars, failure......

Meet India's medallists at Birmingham CWG

Indian athletes are on a roll at the ongoing Birmingham Commonwealth Games. With 55 medals thus far, India are 5th on the list of medal winners.    Rediff.com introduces you to the......

Chappell acknowledges skills in India's bowling reserves

IMAGE: Bowlers like Shardul Thakur and Mohammed Siraj (extreme left) had impressed during India's tour of Australia. Photograph: BCCI Former Australia skipper Ian Chappell believes that the life......