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How India can realise its true potential

Sanjeev Nayyar offers a roster of things to do to see the India of our dreams. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Many know that India was once a prosperous nation with a rich......

Should yoga therapy go the Western way?

The West uses asanas as a therapy for physical wellness, but Indians look at yoga as one of the nine Darsanas or schools of philosophy.Why must Indians adjust their time-tested system because of......

20 years after Pokhran: PMs and India's nuclear ambitions

20 years ago this day, May 11, 1998, India conducted its second nuclear test at Pokharan in Rajasthan.In a fascinating interview on Rediff.com, K Subrahmanyam revealed how Indian PMs reacted to......

Bitter legal battle ends with Kejriwal's apology to Jaitley

The Delhi HC closed both the defamation suits against Kejriwal and four AAP leaders after a joint settlement plea was moved before it. Photograph: PTI Photo A bitter legal battle between Arun......

The battle between secular India and Bharat

A left-leaning centralised socialist model has created a shortage/entitlement economy. In fact one of the reasons for India's limited progress is that post-independent India is at odds with......

Daiichi-Ranbaxy row: HC orders attachment of assets

The court also restrained RHC Holdings from operating its bank accounts except for payment of salaries and statutory dues till March 23, the next date of hearing. Image: Malvinder Singh (L), chief......

FinMin's new A-team to unveil a big bang Budget?

A new team in the finance ministry is in place. But only time will tell whether it can help Jaitley produce a sterling Budget next February and make amends for the disappointment of his first......

Kingfisher moves HC against payment default notice

Kingfisher Airlines on Tuesday moved the Delhi High Court against Punjab National Bank's notice alleging the carrier has wilfully defaulted in payment of outstanding dues of over Rs 770 crore (Rs......

Pilots' parity row: HC verdict on Friday

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday said it would pronounce on Friday the verdict on the plea of a pilots' body of erstwhile domestic carrier Indian Airlines seeking parity with their counterparts in......

Stay or not, Fortis revamps board

Fortis Healthcare, which has just acquired Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre from Escorts Ltd, has reconstituted its board. Ranbaxy family scions Malvinder and Shivinder Mohan Singh, who......

When Bollywood Sang To The Moon

When Neil Armstrong landed on the Moon on July 20, 1969, Indian movies couldn't stop praising the Chand. As India successfully lands Chandrayaan-3, does the moon look as beautiful as one's beloved......

How Shammi Kapoor became a superstar

'After watching Elvis Presley, Shammi Kapoor decided to pick the rock and roll star's style itself.''Dada was the kind of producer who took a leap of faith and gave Shammi Kapoor the freedom to......

Bombay, Black Friday, Parzania: Top 11 Real to Reel Stories

Looking at the most touching Hindi movies inspired by true-life events.Hard-hitting reality inspires filmmakers to make powerful movies. Be it biopics, natural calamities, historical events or......

Court allows telecast of Pati Patni Aur Woh

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday allowed entertainment channel NDTV Imagine to continue its reality TV show Pati Patni Aur Woh, by staying the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights......

Making it as a nerd

Kunal Nayyar, who plays a nerdy scientist so afraid of women that he can't even speak around them in the popular television show The Big Bang Theory, owes his role to an intriguing play about sex......

HC seeks Kalmadi's reply to plea on his London visit

The Delhi high court on Wednesday sought a reply from sacked Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi on a plea to stop him from going to London for the 2012 Olympics, and......

Former HP captain Nayyar suspended

A demand for probe into his exclusion from the Ranji Trophy side proved costly for Himachal Pradesh player Rajiv Nayyar, who on Sunday was suspended from the team on "disciplinary ground."Nayyar, a......

Nayyar demands probe

Former Himachal Pradesh Ranji skipper Rajiv Nayyar demanded a probe into his exclusion from the state team on Tuesday.Talking to reportersin Chandigarh,Nayyar said he sought an appointmentbecause......

Mumbai beat HP by 10 wkts

Openers Vinayak Mane and Wasim Jaffer steered Mumbai to a ten-wicket victoryover Himachal Pradesh on the fourth and final day of theGroup 'A' Elite Ranji Trophy cricket league match at the Wankhede......

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