Subramanian Swamy is first foreign visitor to meet Lanka's Rajapaksas

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Dr Subramanian Swamy on Thursday met Gotabaya Rajapaksa in Colombo, becoming the first foreign visitor to call on the ousted Sri Lankan president, following his......

Sonia Gandhi tests positive for COVID-19 again

Over two months after contracting the coronavirus infection, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday tested positive for COVID-19 again and will remain in isolation. IMAGE: Congress president......

Those Who Could Not Be Rashtrapati

Two women candidates; Lok Sabha Speakers; Chief Justices; A Chief Election Commissioner; drafters of the Constitution; the RBI's first Indian governor; a farm leader who unsuccessfully contested......

India Gate turns a page: Amar Jawan Jyoti merged with war memorial flame

After flickering continuously for 50 years beneath the arches of the India Gate, the Amar Jawan Jyoti was on Friday merged with the eternal flame at the National War Memorial, while an imposing......

'Flats sold after getting OC not liable for GST'

Rama Krishna Sangu, partner, Manohar Chowdhry & Associates, Chartered Accountants, and a member of the Indirect Tax Committee of ICAI, fielded readers’ questions on GST on Rediff Chat.......

Fans Celebrate Rajinikanth's Birthday

Photograph: ANI Photo As Rajinikanth turned 73 on December 12, fans gathered outside his residence in Chennai to celebrate his birthday.   Photograph: ANI Photo Fans also organised a hawan......

Aamir, Suriya Party With Kamal Haasan

Photograph: Kind courtesy Vishnu Vishal/Instagram Kamal Haasan, who turned 69 on November 7, hosted a birthday party for his friends and family in Chennai. Among his guests were Aamir Khan and......

'Film-making is a soul-sapping profession'

'Or because I am getting a s**tload of money.' IMAGE: Vikram Gokhale, Jitendra Joshi, Saniya Bhandare, Neena Kulkarni and Sanjay Mone in Nikhil Mahajan's Godavari. He was floating on air,......

'Today's heroes do anything they want'

'Earlier, it was four songs and four fights, and some story. That was enough.''Maybe we are in a box then and the audiences were not prepared for anything new.''Now we have got bigger scope.'......

Sharath Kamal bestowed with Khel Ratna

Photograph: Kind Courtesy rashtrapatibhvn/Twitter.com Table tennis legend Achanta Sharath Kamal was on Wednesday bestowed with the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna, the country's highest sporting......

CWG 2022: How India fared on Sunday, July 31

IMAGE: Jeremy Lalrinnunga first bettered the Commonwealth Games snatch mark with a successful 140kg attempt and then lifted 160kg in clean and jerk to take his aggregate to 300kg, a new CWG......

TT legend Chandrasekhar passes away in Chennai

IMAGE: India's table tennis player Gnanasekaran Sathiyan with Venugopal Chandrasekhar. Photograph: Kind courtesy Gnanasekaran Sathiyan/Instagram Former India table tennis player Venugopal......