It turned out that Indrani, who was wearing the Navratri Day 2 green, was fasting for the festival. That caused the impish CBI prosecutor Badami to ask her police detail, "looking for salvation?".
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A crafts NGO in New Delhi is giving wings to India's first all-women puppeteer group, discovers Geetanjali Krishna.
The world awaits a creative breakthrough for mobile phone ads, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
Pakistan's former president Asif Ali Zardari has returned to the country, ending his 18-month-long self-imposed exile, amidst speculations about his future role in the Pakistan Peoples Party, which has threatened a major protest against the Nawaz Sharif government.
Mumbai is not prepared for a natural disaster, warns Amitav Ghosh.
The CBI filed the appeal against the May 31, 2005 decision of the high court by which all accused, including Europe-based industrialists Hinduja brothers, were discharged from the Rs 64-crore pay-off case.
'Gandhi turned his life into a counter-intuitive experiment in old ideas like non-violence and swadeshi.' 'He offered numerous universal ideas that talk to the human condition.' 'His ability to take risks was outstanding,' says Sopan Joshi, explaining why the Mahatma's ideas are as relevant as ever.
Televsion actress Kritika Kamra returns to the small screen after a two year hiatus with Reporters.
Looks at 100 km ride on single charge, ideal for big cities
'Reality shows don't teach contestants how to deal with the reality of being a singer.'
Vaihayasi Pande Daniel reports from the Sheena Bora murder trial.
Provide necessary documents. Be calm and confident.
With thousands of people receiving ransom messages from cybercriminals every day, Devangshu Dutta explains how you can defeat the hackers.
Mr T V R Shenoy, who contributed columns to Rediff.com from its birth, passed into the ages on Tuesday evening. As we grieve and mourning his passing, Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar bids adieu to an unusual human being, a sage for our times.
Shortly after a controversy erupted over government's plans to snoop on every message sent through WhatsApp, SMS, e-mail or any such service, the Department of Electronics and Information Technology clarified that social media websites and applications will be exempted from the purview of the draft National Encryption Policy.
'Don't do it if you only want to wear good clothes and drive a flashy car. Get into banking, then.'
'Himanshu (Sharma, writer) and I went to Khansaab with the idea and the structure, not the complete bound story.' 'We wrote that after spending some time with him, understanding him.' 'In the same way, he was understanding me too.' 'So by the time we touched the floors, we were making the same film.'
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He keeps a Ganesha idol in his room. His next book will have eight chapters set in Mumbai. He loves India; it's his biggest market. Yet there is one thing that bestselling Jeffrey Archer detests -- it actually drives him nuts! -- about this country.
Courage beyond Compare, as the name suggests, profiles Indian paralympic sports stars who despite physical disability, have fought the odds to become world class, champion athletes.
One thing is certain: Demonetisation has broken the back of terror funding, says Colonel Anil A Athale.
Muslims need to get out of their Isolation Syndrome, argues Mohammad Sajjad.
'I hate people who do such things.' 'The person who bullied me should be ashamed because he tortured other people too.'
The former PM also hit out at the Modi government saying it was "harping" on corruption to divert people's attention.
Each time they held the leafy bedsheet over the window for a few seconds, a clearer but very grey visage of Indrani came into view. In the barely discernible image, Indrani seemed to look tired and downbeat. But then the bedsheet would be taken away and Indrani would disappear into the darkness once more.
The shortest format may have resulted in change of batting philosophy for many but India's star batsman Ajinkya Rahane says that he will never trade his "copybook style" for fancy shots.
Congress forced four adjournments of the proceedings in the RS over what it called as 'biggest scam of this century'.
Volkswagen AG will probably have to show there was some legitimate reason to install software that led to false vehicle emissions tests.
Sreehari Nair presents his Top 20 movies of the decade.
'There is a law that prevents the government from diluting its equity in the PSBs below 50 per cent.' 'That law has to be amended and given the parliamentary arithmetic of the political parties, it is not as simple to do that.'
Behind sprinter Dutee Chand's rise is a hidden journey filled with pain and hardship.
'The BJP has no presence where the regional parties are strong.' 'And we should think of the Congress and support the Congress in those places where it is the dominant regional party.' 'The leaders of the other parties (have to) get together on this simple principle of one candidate against the BJP candidate.'
It's been 100 years since Lenin and the Bolsheviks overthrew the government, and its legacy remains visible even today in the buildings and monuments scattered throughout St Petersburg.
Sukanya Verma shares her exciting filmi week with us!
'After Modi, Yogi is the most popular face of Hindutva, but it's too early to say that he is someone who could succeed Modi.'
'With any luck and a certain amount of rationality, we should be able to survive,' historian Antony Beevor tells Rediff.com's Sanchari Bhattacharya. 'We should learn that genocides and elimination of minorities achieve nothing and only sets a nation back. If we don't learn from our mistakes, then humanity doesn't deserve a chance to survive.'
Arthur J Pais charmed her and exasperated her. But, says Vaihayasi Pande Daniel as she bids him goodbye, it is the 'irrevocability' of death that 'stingingly puts into focus what you never realised you would miss terribly.'
Martand Singh, the master of weaves, took India to the world.
'Kishore Kumar lived like a king and knew that he could get away with anything. It's as simple as that.'
