A businessman was shot dead by three unidentified assailants in Palamu district, Jharkhand. Police are investigating the incident and reviewing CCTV footage.
Mammootty's greatness lies not in hiding his flaws, but in turning them into his most powerful acting tools, observes Sreehari Nair.
Karwar, a coastal town in the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, is known for its many culinary traditions, reflecting the numerous communities that make this region their home.
We looked back at the 10 Recipes Rediff Readers Loved Most.
The harvest festival is incomplete without this humble and easy-to-make porridge.
'We don't believe in violence. Shiv Sena doesn't believe in violence. But...'
A popular Chinese green like bok choy does very well in soup too.
Akshay Kumar looks cool in that trippy get-up and adds his charisma to the film that is otherwise a lot of verbiage, observes Deepa Gahlot.
The customary naadan or home-cooked meal is rather memorable fare.
Diana Penty was a kiss from a lotus as a showstopper walking for designer Disha Patil at LFW X FDCI in Mumbai.
'Much before moringa was fashionably healthy, dad drove my mother crazy by getting moringa leaves and drumsticks from our farm in quantities that would drive her up the wall.'
In the proposed sequel to the 2012 film Oh My God, Pankaj Tripathi will play the lead while Akshay Kumar will reprise his cameo appearance as Lord Krishna.
Drink plenty of water or fluids to keep your electrolytes and toxins in check, suggests Dr Vidhe Sharma.
Celebrity nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar explains how to make healthy choices in the festive season.
Sukanya Verma takes a look at some of Bollywood's most playful, popular Gujarati acts in recent times.
For the first time in 16 years, a Hindu has entered Pakistan's Punjab Assembly as a lawmaker, less than a fortnight after the first ever Sikh became a member of the House since the country's creation in 1947.
An Indian fisherman, lodged in a jail in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi after his arrest in 2006, has died of 'cardiac arrest', prison authorities said on Thursday. The fisherman, who died in Karachi's Landi jail, was identified as Laksman Kanji, Dawn News channel reported quoting the prison officials.The jail's medical officer claimed that the fisherman -- arrested on February 10, 2006 for allegedly fishing in Pakistani waters -- died of cardiac arrest.
According to its promoter, Hirji Kanji Patel, this would be equivalent to the Pentium 4 technology but will be ultra low on voltage. The company also plans to start 20 level 3 multi-brand chip-level laptop service centres across India by April 2008.
Business is down to such an extent that last year these firms could not even meet RBI's capital norm of Rs 50 million for partnerships and Rs 100 million for public and private firms in this line of business.
Today, they can't meet even the piffling capital norm set by Mint Road - Rs 5 crore for partnerships and Rs 10 crore for public and private firms in this line of business. Bulk of the trades are put through e-platform offerings of Reuters, Bloomberg, JPMorgan, Barclays or Deutsche Bank. And they have the web-based FXall, FXconnect, Atriax, Hotspotfx and LavaFX for company.
There is a deep-seated sense of rejection that the new generation Tamil youth have felt for a decade and more now, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
'Only when you are close to the party, will you understand what the BJP stands for.'
'Only when you see it, you will understand how bad the situation is.' 'The soil in the entire mountain range is soaked with water now and that uproots the trees.' 'It is frightening to see the way the soil drags down the trees with great force.'
Two pilgrims died of cardiac arrest en route to the 3,880 m high holy cave shrine of Amarnath even as one lakh pilgrims paid obeisance at the shrine, officials said in Srinagar on Friday.
'If Ruttie had been alive, Jinnah would never have turned communal.'
The emperor has no political power, yet he enjoys a unique place in Japanese society, notes Dr Rajaram Panda.
The rupee had weakened by 2 paise to end at 61.17 in yesterday's trade on late dollar demand from importers amid fresh capital outflows.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
The rupee had plunged by 48 paise, logging its biggest fall in more than five weeks, to close at over one-month low of 61.13 against the greenback on Monday following demand for the US currency from importers.
In New York, the dollar was up last Friday against its major rivals following weak German economic data.
The manifesto promises better drinking water facilities, better street lights, free community toilets, provision of pink toilets for women, grant of Rs 20,000 for construction of personal toilets, provision of adarsh nagar panchayat, e-tendering and provision of kanji house for stray animals.
The death toll in Nepal's devastating earthquake on Sunday jumped to 7,040 with another 14,123 people injured.
The CID also charged three minors, as they were also apprehended during the probe.
A Ganesh Nadar profiles a non-governmental organisation that has revealed startling figures about the state's poor children.
The Grand Old Lady of Yoga V Nanammal was the oldest recipient of the Padma Shri on Republic Day this year. Archana Masih met the nearly 100 year old yoga guru who does not wear glasses, has never been to a doctor and can do age defying twists, hauls and bends.
During his lifetime and after, Ambani aroused extreme responses in others.
'The idea behind the new rules is that slaughter markets must buy directly from the farms as is the case in the bloody world.' 'The cattle markets have become centres for the organised beef mafia.'
Throughout, Mekhail spoke calmly, with hardly an inflection making even the barest attempt to hijack his tone. His tone was so empty it made his narrative all the more touching. And ugly and grey, as the monsoon sky beyond the window.
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