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List of VIPs invited for Ram temple Event

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, business tycoons Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani, and sporting icon Sachin Tendulkar are among India's crme de la crme who have been invited as state guests for......

BJP clinches 3 Hindi states, Cong trumps BRS in Telangana

The Bharatiya Janata Party swept Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh on Sunday inflicting a resounding defeat on the Congress to tighten its stranglehold in the Hindi heartland, in a big......

Can KCR Score A Hat-Trick?

Experts foresee possible scenarios: A BRS government with less majority, a BRS government with BJP and AIMIM support, or a Congress government. IMAGE: Bharat Rashtra Samithi President K......

When Mahatma Gandhi Gave British Sleepless Nights

Government was watching Gandhiji's mood to know if he had cooled down.They found out from his letters and utterances that he was the same old firebrand and even more determined than before. The......

It was Rajiv ji's dream: Sonia backs women's bill in Lok Sabha

Extending her party's support to the women's reservation bill, Congress parliamentary party chief Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday demanded that the quota be implemented immediately and provision be made......

Why are foreign banks marching out of retail banking?

Foreign banks set the template in consumer banking in its infancy, but have almost vacated this booming space. Raghu Mohan reports. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com On March 8, Axis Bank......

Why bank branches are important even in Digital India

Despite the increasing adoption of digital transactions in the past three to five years, brick-and-mortar interaction across geographic catchments remains a potent distribution channel. Though the......

How old private banks are reinventing themselves

Unlike in the past, when old private banks compromised upon underwriting standards to take on the bulk, they’ve now realised that scaling up at the cost of quality isn’t worth the......

It's time for brain gain, say Indian scientists in US

Managed and operated by volunteers from Boston, YIM is a non-for-profit organisation founded by MIT/Harvard Indian-origin scientists and entrepreneurs in 2009. About 50 young Indian scientists have......

Political Movies Surge before Lok Sabha Polls

'Elections and audience interest in specific movies are often independent factors.' IMAGE: Randeep Hooda as Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in Swatantrya Veer Savarkar. Photograph: Kind courtesy......

Rashmika's Working Holi

Unlike Bollywood, who love to party and post colourful pictures, the stars down south continue to work even as they celebrate Holi. Photograph: Kind courtesy Rashmika Mandanna/Instagram 'It's a......

The Powerful Short Film Winning Hearts

'Rapists do have families.''I wanted to see how a father or mother would deal with it.''They go through shame as well and get discriminated from the rest of the village.''Why don't we show it that......

Mrunal-Dulquer Dazzle On Awards Night

Even as Naatu Naatu enjoys Oscar fame, its south counterparts are getting their share of recognition in India. At the first HELLO! Hall of Fame South at the Taj Krishna in Hyderabad on Tuesday,......

Will Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan Be A Blockbuster?

A great story-teller, Mani Ratnam is experimenting with a real-life historical in Ponniyin Selvan, points out N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Vikram as Aditya Karikalan in Ponniyin Selvan. Now that Mani......

'Spinners must make friends with 'keepers first'

Former India spinner Venkatapathy Raju explains the mysteries of spin bowling.A Joseph Antony listens in. IMAGE: Then India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni celebrates with off-spinner Ravichandran......

AP CM assures land for Sindhu to set up academy

IMAGE: World badminton champion PV Sindhu meets Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy in Amaravati on Friday. All Photographs: SnapsIndia Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jaganmohan......

Sports Shorts: Jayaram, Sourabh to lead Indian charge at Chinese Taipei Open

IMAGE: India’s Ajay Jayaram will be in action in Chinese Taipei Open. Photographs: PTI Shuttlers Ajay Jayaram and Sourabh Verma will look to make a mark when they spearhead India's......

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