Chhattisgarh polls: Cong retains 25 MLAs in second list, fields 22 new faces

The ruling Congress' second list of 53 candidates for the next month's Chhattisgarh assembly elections, released on Wednesday, showed an attempt to strike a balance between old and new faces.......

Mulayam, Ustad Zakir Hussain, SM Krishna get Padma Vibhushan

Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, former external affairs minister in the UPA government S M Krishna and tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain were among six luminaries selected......

Centre's Taliban Response Puts UP BJP in A Fix

The pressure on Delhi mellowed Lucknow's ruling dispensation's initial enthusiasm to try and draw electoral mileage from the developments in Afghanistan.Radhika Ramaseshan reports. IMAGE: Talibs......

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......

Review: Gang Of Ghosts is definitely NOT a must-watch

Gang Of Ghosts is one of those films that falls in the category of a bad remake, says Sonil Dedhia. Last year, a Bengali friend of mine insisted I watch the super-hit Bengali film Bhooter......

Meet India's medallists at Birmingham CWG

Indian athletes are on a roll at the ongoing Birmingham Commonwealth Games. With 55 medals thus far, India are 5th on the list of medal winners.    Rediff.com introduces you to the......

'Wankhede row ploy to divert attention from fixing'

Former cricketer and BJP MP Kirti Azad has come to the aid of actor Shah Rukh Khan over the Wankhede stadium incident saying the whole episode is a ploy to divert attention from the spot-fixing......

Jr Nat Hockey: Mumbai too strong for MP

Mumbai proved far too strong for Madhya Pradesh, winning 12-0, in a boys' Pool 'B' league match of the Junior (under-20) National Hockey Championship for boys and girls, at the Major Dhyanchand......

Railways claim National Boxing title

Railways put up a fabulous final day show to retain the National Boxing Championships by just one point, winning four of their five summit clashes, after hosts Punjab put paid to Services' hopes......