Kiran Choudhry quits as MLA, BJP likely to give her RS ticket

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday named senior party leader Kiran Choudhry as its nominee from Haryana for the Rajya Sabha bypoll, nearly two months after she switched sides from the Congress.......

UP: 6 arrested for 'leaking' exam paper to recruit review officers

The Special Task Force (STF) of the Uttar Pradesh Police on Sunday arrested six members of a gang, including a staff of a printing press, for their alleged involvement in leaking the examination......

Dismiss BJP's 'minority' govt in Haryana: Cong to guv

A delegation of the Haryana Congress met governor Bandaru Dattatreya in Chandigarh on Thursday, claiming the Nayab Singh Saini's Bharatiya Janata Party government is in the "minority" and demanding......

Gujarat boat tragedy: 3 partners, manager among 6 held

The Gujarat police have arrested six persons in connection with the boat tragedy near Vadodara that killed 12 students and two teachers, an official said on Friday. IMAGE: Gujarat chief minister......

Five airlines win bids to fly 128 routes; link 70 airports

Agra, Shimla, Nanded, Kanpur and Jamshedpur are among the many airports that would see connectivity under Udan. The government on Thursday said it was close to resolving a dispute with major Indian......

Post restructuring, SBI-led consortium may hold around 40% stake in Jet

The airline has struggled to pay salaries and vendors on time and its Rs 10,963 crore fund and non fund based facilities have now been assigned 'D' rating by ICRA - the seventh rating downgrade......

Don't fret if your claims get rejected

Customers should be fully aware of what their policy covers and should follow claim procedures meticulously, says Sanjay Kumar Singh.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com If you have bought a......

'India a tax-free country? Not even in distant future!'

Budget 2014, as an eminent columnist said, was not a bang but not a whimper either. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley stressed on growth while he presented the Budget in the Lok Sabha this year. What......

5 Patriotic Songs You Must Listen To

There are so many patriotic songs that make us proud to be Indians.Subhash K Jha dips into Bollywood's basket of topnotch songs and comes up with these gems on Republic Day.   Ae Mere Watan Ke......

When Lataji Was Devastated

Biswajit, movie heart-throb of the 1960s, remembers The Legend. IMAGE: Biswajit with Hemant Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar. Photograph: Kind courtesy Biswajit/Instagram Matinee idol of the 1960s,......

Tere Sur Aur Mere Geet: When Music was King

Film music flourished in the 1970s. Some old masters did some great work, but it was also the decade of new composers.A fascinating excerpt from Amit Khanna's Words. Sounds. Images: A History Of......

Former India spinner Dilip Doshi dead

IMAGE: Dilip Doshi played 33 Test matches and 15 ODIs for India. Photograph: BCCI/X Former Indian Test Cricketer Dilip Doshi died after suffering a cardiac arrest in London, on Monday. He was 77.......

PIX: Record-breaking Pant brings out pyrotechnics

IMAGE: Rishabh Pant celebrates his century, on Day 2 of the 1st Test at Headingley, with a somersault. Photograph: ICC/X India's wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant struck a belligerent century on Day 2......

India's 5 Worst Defeats In South Africa

IMAGE: Jasprit Bumrah and K L Rahul react during the first Test against South Africa in Centurion. Photograph: Esa Alexander/Reuters   It was a case of history repeating itself as India......

Ashok Malhotra, Jatin Paranjape in new Cricket Advisory Committee

IMAGE: Former national selector Jatin Paranjpe with former head coach Ravi Shastri. Photograph: Jatin Paranjpe/Instagram Former India players and national selectors Ashok Malhotra and Jatin......

Rahul may face axe; Hardik set to lead India in T20s

Chetan's committee to select teams for SL series IMAGE: The outgoing selection committee, chaired by Chetan Sharma, will choose the Indian squad for the Sri Lanka T20s. Photograph: KL......