'I have grown some steel in my psyche'

'I'm 79 + now, and I've been doing all this since my late 20s.''Sometimes the ideological war extends to the home as well.''Many nights I couldn't sleep when someone close to me uttered the......

How much are you going to lie, Raut asks PM

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Thursday objected to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's claim that musician Hridaynath Mangeshkar was sacked from the All India Radio for presenting a poetry on freedom......

HC wants govt control on crowdfunding for treatment of rare diseases

There has to be some government control over the money being collected via crowdfunding for treatment of rare diseases and every "Tom, Dick and Harry" cannot be permitted to raise funds like this,......

HC slams activist over defamatory tweets against ex-diplomat

The Delhi high court Thursday questioned activist Saket Gokhale for putting out alleged defamatory tweets against former Assistant Secretary-General at the United Nations Lakshmi Puri, without......

Explained: What the RBI is telling banks

'Credit expansion is probably the quickest way to get the economy going again.''Easy credit is like a shot of nitro in a race car: In timely, small, quick, doses it can give a tremendous boost but......

BSNL-MTNL merger: Don't dial it, please

One lesson the government should learn from the Air India-Indian Airlines merger fiasco is that combining two sick people ends up making them sicker. Sure, merging BSNL and MTNL, as has been......

Ramdev fumes as NRI seeks yoga patent

Protesting efforts by a non-resident Indian in the United States for securing patent for yoga, Swami Ramdev on Tuesday said either government of India should get the patent or it be given to his......

What salary will you draw this year?

First the good news. Corporate India is handing out handsome hikes in pay packets this year, so if you haven't received intimation yet on what your increments in 2006 are likely to be, remember you......

PIX: Neetu Chandra, Tisca Chopra at Jagran Film Festival

Several Bollywood stars turned up at the seventh edition of Jagran Film Festival in Mumbai to attend the screening of Neetu Chandra's National award winning short film Mithila Makhaan.......

Isha Koppikar celebrates Janmashtami with daughter

The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities: While Isha Koppikar celebrated the Janmashtami with her daughter, Soha Ali Khan and Shilpa Shetty Kundra made their......

Review: Do Lafzon Ki Kahani is predictable and boring!

The film is somewhat bearable till the interval because of Randeep and Kajal's chemistry, feels Namrata Thakker/Rediff.com. Actor-turned-filmmaker Deepak Tijori has directed films like Oops!, Fareb......

'You don't need Rs 100 crore to make a film with great special effects these days'

'Sci-fi is a very expensive genre; I need to become a much bigger star for people to invest that kind of money in me.' 1920 London actor Sharman Joshi talks about his favourite genre, and why he......

Bedi tried to get his undeserving son in Delhi team: Gambhir

Gautam Gambhir and Bishan Singh Bedi took potshots at each other after the former made a scathing attack on the latter for trying to block Navdeep Saini's entry in the Delhi Ranji team back in......

I don't have to stoop to conquer: Bedi hits back at Gambhir

'I see that he (Gambhir) hasn't sobered even after becoming a Member of Parliament.' IMAGE: Bishan Singh Bedi denied having publicly questioned the merit of Navdeep Saini's selection in the Delhi......

Australia win tri-series

Scoreboard | Graphical analysisAustralia beatIndia by 37 runs in the final to win the TVS Cuptri-series at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Tuesday.Chasing atarget of 236, the hosts were all out for......