Diya Kumari: Erstwhile royal to Rajasthan's deputy CM

Bharatiya Janata Party leader Diya Kumari, who was elected deputy chief minister of Rajasthan along with Prem Chand Bairwa, is a member of erstwhile Jaipur royal family and a two-time MLA. IMAGE:......

Accused in Mumbai student's murder was not official guard, would harass her: Cops

The 35-year-old security guard who was the prime suspect in the rape and murder of an 18-year-old girl student of a government hostel in south Mumbai, was not officially appointed but was a laundry......

College girl found murdered in South Mumbai hostel

An 18-year-old college student was found murdered in her hostel room in south Mumbai's Churchgate area on Tuesday while a suspect in the case too was found dead on the railway tracks, the police......

Rahul flags off Cong's 'Bharat jodo' yatra from TN, attacks BJP

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday flagged off party's ambitious 'Bharat jodo' yatra from Kanyakumari, the coastal town in Tamil Nadu, with an assertion that he will not lose his country to......

Returning migrants: Boon or bane for states?

For states like West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh, where migration is high, the return of workers could be as much an opportunity as a liability. All states have launched......

Tech giants to assist US govt in combating coronavirus

US-based global tech giants, including IBM, Amazon, Google and Microsoft, have partnered with the White House to "unleash the power of American supercomputing resources" for combating the novel......

How to make jobs programmes work

A breakthrough will come from what we teach and how, says Ajit Balakrishnan.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Strolling down Madison Avenue in New York at midday the other day, I was struck......

Anju Seth, IIM-C's first woman director

'She was the unanimous choice of the search-cum-selection committee.'Avishek Rakshit reports. Professor Anju Seth. Photograph: Kind courtesy Anju Seth/facebook.com Anju Seth, an alumnus of the......

When Hrithik almost became a AC mechanic

Long before he became a superstar, long before he summoned the courage to tell his father Rakesh Roshan that he wanted to become an actor, Hrithik Roshan was seized by self doubt.A riveting excerpt......

A filmmaker who understands the soul of India

Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari's Bareilly Ki Barfi had the critics reaching for the stars.But that is just the tip of the iceberg discovers Rediff.com's Savera R Someshwar. IMAGE: Kriti Sanon captioned this......

Review: Nothing original about Polytechnic

There is nothing new in Polutechnic and it is the effort the actors put in that helps the film from sinking totally, says Paresh C Palicha. Kunchacko Boban wants to shed his college boy romantic......

Ministers defend renaming Motera stadium after PM Modi

Amid allegations that the BJP is trying to erase Sardar Patel's legacy by renaming a cricket stadium in the city after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the ruling party on Wednesday......