IAF chief Raha takes to the skies in a Tejas

Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha on Tuesday took his maiden flight in India’s homegrown Light Combat Aircraft Tejas, calling it “good” for induction. An ace......

What if Indira Gandhi was alive today?

If Indira Gandhi had been alive, she would have turned 90 on Monday. What if she had still been alive and sitting in her South Block office and ruling India? Rediff.com asked experts, analysts and......

Raids on media baron's assets rock AP assembly

The Andhra Pradesh assembly was adjourned for the day on Thursday amidst uproar created by the Opposition parties over the searches conducted on Wednesday by the Criminal Investigation Department......

Upset over being superseded, another envoy quits

India's high commissioner to Bangladesh Veena Sikri has sought premature retirement, upset over envoy Shiv Shankar Menon, who is two years junior to her, being appointed as the foreign......

Govt's tax measures not enough to resuscitate IT firms, say experts

Even as the income tax department has come out with a bunch of clarifications concerning the information technology sector in the last few months, this might be too little to assuage the......

'We have had one bad year, we will get out of it': Dr Singh

The most immediate cause of worry is the recent volatility in foreign exchange markets, says Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Let me begin by stating upfront that we, like most other countries, are......

Relief for tech firms as I-T revokes circular on transfer pricing

Clarifies 'profit-split' will not be only method to compute tax The income-tax department on Saturday revoked its recent circular on adoption of profit-split method as a preferred mode for......

We could not have controlled expenditure anymore: FM

Finance Minister P Chidambaram said the government’s fiscal deficit this financial year would be restricted to 5.2 per cent of the gross domestic product. However, in reducing the deficit, a......

The Lady Who Writes Magical Songs

'We, the audience, listen to stories that have nothing to do with us and we cry, just from the truth of those stories.''And Anvita is one of those people who makes this happen.'A fascinating......

The Women in Rajinikanth's Life

As Rajinikanth's Kaala releases across the world today, it's all set to be another hit to the superstar's credit.While every other role of Rajinikanth has been analysed and revered, T E Narasimhan......

Lights, camera... CUT!

With the arrest of the film censor board's CEO on charges of demanding bribes to clear films, the regulatory role of the panel is in focus once again. Days after assuming office in January, Rakesh......

PIX: Shreyas Talpade throws a Poshter Boyz success party!

Check out the arrivals.Shreyas Talpade's first production venture -- the Marathi film Poshter Boyz -- has done impressive business at the box office. The actor and his co-producer wife Deepti......

Plethora of records for Vihari, Bumrah and Ishant

The second day of the Kingston Test between the West Indies and India was a statistician's delight as several records were broken and new ones were established one after the other, says Rajneesh......

Statistical highlights, Day 2

Younis Khan (267) made the highest score of his Test career bettering his previous best of 153 against West Indies at Sharjah in 2001-02. Younis also became the sixth batsman from Pakistan to......