Bureaucrats heading disinvestment and financial services usually don't get appointed as finance secretary.
Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com brings you glimpses of what goes into making the cut at the LFW model auditions.
Unnao Superintendent of Police Madhav Prasad Verma said the rape survivor, her paternal and maternal aunts along with their advocate met with an accident while on their way to meet her uncle, who is lodged in Rae Bareli jail.
Government is believed to have given the go ahead to cola giant Pepsico to acquire one of its franchisees by bringing overseas funds while making it mandatory on the soft-drink conglomerate to divest 49 per cent equity in the same within five years.
The veteran actress turns 70 today, December 8.
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Sukanya Verma looks at the various baap-beti equations depicted on the screen.
The 19-year-old will make her debut at LFW.
Warm or warring, back home too Bollywood has depicted many, MANY faces of sisterly love.
An announcement has barred the entry of journalists in the finance ministry.
These videos are like butterflies in a case, says Sreehari Nair. They have neither aged badly nor grown over-familiar.
Countless screen pairs have come together but only few can lay claim to that extra something called chemistry.
This 22-year-old from Bengaluru hopes to bring home the Miss Universe crown after 16 years! Do you think she will succeed?
Ties between India and the United States have been strained in recent years because of trade policies and patent disputes.
On his 90th birthday, Sukanya Verma highlights a fraction of the legend's marvelous versatility in this curated list of his 25 unique moods.
Film music flourished in the 1970s. Some old masters did some great work, but it was also the decade of new composers.
The Congress wants the 28 seats it won in 2012 plus 20 seats where the party was runner-up plus 57 seats where it was ahead of the SP in 2012.
Can Sidharth Malhotra and Sonakshi Sinha bring back the magic created by Rajesh Khanna and Nanda in the 1969 original?
Sun Mere Bandhu Re: The Musical World of S D Burman by Sathya Saran reveals many interesting anecdotes from the late composer's life in Hindi films
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Expects to raise Rs 9,300 crore from Indian Oil share sale on Monday
Saluting Tom Alter, who passed into the ages on September 29.
Fashion's newest sweetheart, Parul Shah's inspiring words for aspiring models.
'When name and fame come, people do change, but Srinivas was one person who never changed. He was a personification of humility and moved with all fellow musicians and everyone in society with respect.'
Akkineni Nageswara Rao was one of the people instrumental in bringing the Telugu industry to Hyderabad from Chennai in the 1990s. Radhika Rajamani salutes the thespian, who passed into the ages on Wednesday, January 22.
'I pray to god that nothing like that happens again in our country so that we are forced to make something like Uri again.'
Despite a few flaws in the film, Yash Chopra distinguishes himself.
Yes, they're both movie directors. But there's something else!
We sorted through countless photographs taken around the world to come up with the top photos of 2019. Together these images tell the story of the year -- capturing moments of hope and heartbreak, triumph and tragedy.
'Akhilesh's plan is simple.' 'He wants to lead the party on the strength of the infrastructural development his government has done, capitalise on the massive sympathy wave of young people in the state who dream of doing what he has managed to do -- defy a feudal, greying orthodoxy that occupies and sits on posts and positions never to leave.'
This phase of voting was crucial for the state's ruling Samajwadi Party and main opposition Bahujan Samaj Party.
'Kishore Kumar lived like a king and knew that he could get away with anything. It's as simple as that.'
Jaitley's team presents a quintessential mix of foreign-educated, intellectual technocrats and seasoned bureaucrats
Amidst barbs flying back and forth, Rediff.com's Aslam Hunani lists all that you need to know about the fourth phase of the UP assembly elections, which will take place on February 23.
Biggest ever share sale by any private or public sector co in India.
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