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'King' vs 'Queen': Cong fields royal heavyweight against Kangana

Historically, the Mandi constituency has favoured scions of erstwhile princely states, electing royals in 13 out of 19 elections, including two bypolls since 1952. IMAGE: Vikramaditya Singh's late......

How Many Children do BJP MLAs in UP have?

Given the controversy over the Uttar Pradesh government's population control policy, Hemant Shivsaran/Rediff.com digs deep to find out how many children BJP legislators in UP have. IMAGE: Uttar......

Khattar's 'dead rat' jibe at Sonia invites wrath

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has again targeted Sonia Gandhi, this time over her return as the Congress chief after a three-month search by the party to choose a president, using the......

Modi tsunami sweeps Bihar; RJD scores 0 for 1st time

The Congress, which had fought nine, lost all but managed to retain Kishanganj. IMAGE: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar with his deputy Sushil Kumar Modi and supporters flash the victory sign......

What really happened on October 30-31 in Bhopal?

'The prisoners were wearing layers and layers of clothes' Jailbreak: Why did MP govt ignore police officer's alerts? 'I smell a fake encounter' Rediff.com's Prasanna D Zore reports from Bhopal......

How Amitabh Bachchan tops the brand trust charts

Bachchan's big advantage is that despite his age, he is current and contemporary, rues Sandeep Goyal Amitabh Bachchan has emerged as the most 'trustworthy' brand, winning across geographies,......

Swiss bank money: India's approach is all wrong

It was a slap on the face for the Indian government when it was told by the Swiss banks that India was not welcome on a 'name-fishing' expedition. According to various studies that have been......

What an Idea sir

For a long time, only those who spent hours in front of the television set, gorging junk snack food, qualified as couch potatoes. It was an unhealthy lifestyle, a sure recipe for disaster.......

Helping India's micro-entrepreneurs

They may be selling bananas, pav bhaji, cosmetics, cigarettes or just about anything else either on a pushcart going round streets or simply by standing at the roadside. Now, these street vendors......

Economy: BJP, Cong, Left promise the moon

BJP's plans a low-tax, low-interest regime For the Bharatiya Janata Party, the first 100 days would see its government initiating measures to bring back Indian money stashed away in secret tax......

Lessons from Bollywood: How to entertain children

Children need constant attention and care. But most importantly all forms of wisdom must be conveyed in the language of fun and games. Ever the entertainer, Bollywood has mastered the art of......

Classic Revisited: Arjun, Sunny Deol's BEST action film

In our special series re-visiting great Hindi film classics, we look back at Sunny Deol and Dimple Kapadia starrer Arjun (1985). The angst and frustration of Arjun Malvankar resonated with an......

It's the age of hit 'dirty' songs

First, there were suggestive lyrics, specimens of which include, mostly in the 90s, songs such as Sarkai Lo Khatiya, Choli ke Peechhe and Chad Gaya Upar Re. Today, to cater to the new-age......

Lata Mangeshkar & Sivaji Ganesan: An unusual bond

Not many know that the legendary actor Sivaji Ganesan was a rakhi brother to both Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle, and their families have long shared a close relationship. As we celebrate......

Kannada heroines get sexy!

Girls from Mumbai invading the South Indian film industry and dominating the glamour scene is nothing new. While the Mumbai girls heat up the screen, the local girls whether they belong to......

Ranji Roundup: Mumbai in control; Karnataka on top

A round-up of Day 3 of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Saturday Mumbai close in on win against Odisha IMAGE: Arshdeep Singh was the pick of the Punjab bowlers and picked a 5-wicket haul versus......

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