Rail bribery case: Call records show accused hatched plan

Intercepted call records have shown that the accused in the Rs.10 crore cash-for-post railway bribery scam had hatched a conspiracy and held several meetings to fulfil their objective, the Central......

My vision for India, 2020

Onthe occasion of President A P J Abdul Kalam's 73rd birthday, rediff.cominvited readers' views on howthe President's visionto make India a superpower by the year 2020 can be achieved.Here are some......

The Hindu's owners demerge publishing business

Separate entity for publishing business of Kasturi & Sons Ltd to increase focus on publishing business; no plan to bring in external investors, says firm. Kasturi & Sons Ltd (KSL) has decided to......

FII inflows have failed to cheer markets in 2013 so far

Over the past 12 years, the stock market’s value has risen whenever foreign institutions have pumped money into the country’s equities. However, a Business Standard study shows, the......

Senior family members step down from The Hindu

K Balaji, managing director of Kasturi and Sons Ltd that publishes The Hindu newspaper, and five other senior members of the Kasturi family will step down from their respective positions in the......

The Hindu family war goes to CLB

The battle for power within Kasturi and Sons, which runs the The Hindu daily, has once again moved to the courts.A group of 11 members from the family which comprises the shareholders has moved the......

Pyaar, Bichadna, Bhopal

Some weeks ago, Shah Rukh Khan said he was fed up with faltu Bollywood stories, which led us to asking you to help SRK out. We received quite a response. Check out Murali Krishnan's story idea:......

Chess Olympiad: Red-hot India 'B' thrash Estonia 4-0

IMAGE: Indian Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran during the second round match of the 44th Chess Olympiad in Mamallapuram, Chennai, on Saturday. Photograph: FIDE/Lennart Ootes & Stev Bonhage India 'B'......

Chennai Open chess: Nitin posts 7th straight win, in top spot

Photograph: Kind courtesy Nitin Senthilvel/Twitter International Master Nitin Senthilvel continued his fine run, posting a seventh straight win to lead the field after the seventh round of the......

Cyclist Ronaldo scripts history in Asian c'ships

IMAGE: Ronaldo's silver on Wednesday was his third medal of the championships. He had earlier won bronze medals in 1km time trial and team sprint events. Photograph: Sports India/Twitter Ronaldo......

Sports Shorts: Irfan become first Indian athlete to qualify for 2020 Olympics

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday National record holder KT Irfan on Sunday became the first Indian from athletics to qualify for the next year's Olympics while......

Chess: Anand finishes ninth in St. Louis Rapid

IMAGE: Viswanathan Anand in action. Photograph: Grand Chess Tour/Twitter Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand had another below-par day with a couple of draws and a defeat, finishing ninth......