Pak shelling: Last rites of fallen soldiers, district commissioner held

Emotional scenes were witnessed across the country as the last rites of those killed in shelling by Pakistan during the recent military conflict with India were performed on Sunday. IMAGE: The......

J-K flashflood: Langar organiser rescued alive after 30 hrs under debris

In the wooded valleys of Kishtwar, people often recall an age-old saying in the Dogri language which roughly translates to 'Whom Mata Machail protects, none can harm." Nowhere did this faith ring......

'All India Radio Is No Underdog'

'The largest listenership for Vividh Bharati outside the country is in Spain.''The labourers who go there for the tomato-picking season feel cut off from their country and listen to Vividh Bharati......

'Afzal Guru Sang A Song Before He Was Hanged'

'...an hour before he was hanged from the film Badal, 'Apne liye jiye toh kya jiye'...'I saw eight hangings -- Ranga and Billa, Maqbool Bhat, Kartar Singh and Ujagar Singh (Dr N S Jain murder......

'This is not growth; this is de-growth'

'It will be only in fiscal year 2023 when the size of the Indian economy will be bigger than what it was in 2020, you will see demand and employment rising.' IMAGE: People throng a market in......

Deepak Kochhar, the man in the muddle

Dev Chatterjee reveals how ICICI CEO Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar find themselves in a huge controversy. Residents of the tony CCI Chambers, opposite Cricket Club of India, in......

Billionaire Club: India's 100 richest business tycoons

A majority of India's billionaires gained wealth in the last one year despite the stock market decline and they continued to splurge on life's luxuries. Image: Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh......

The Best Of Yash Chopra On OTT

In recent years, Yash Chopra has been labelled King Of Romance, when in fact, his best film, Deewar (1975) did not have a chiffon-clad heroine dancing in the snow. Unfortunately, it is not......

He Married South Cinema With Bollywood

'In 1983, my father T Rama Rao made Andha Kanoon with Rajinikanth.''Amitabh Bachchan was reluctant to come on board as a guest star, as Rajinikanth was a southern star.''But when my father pitched......

Exciting Kannada releases this week!

Check out the movie releases, and make your pick! Four Kannada films will be releasing today, on January 23, a week after the Sankranti festival. Most of the films are directed by newcomers barring......

'It's a dream come true to win Indian idol'

'When I started my journey in Indian Idol, a lot of people laughed at me for not knowing Hindi well. I did feel bad but I did not let anything negative affect me and took it as a......

Amritraj, Rastogi storm into last four

Indian Davis Cupper and third seed Prakash Amritraj and unseeded Karan Rastogi stormed into the men's singles semi-finals with identical 6-3, 6-4 victories in the US $15,000 prize-money MSLTA-ITF......

Panja stages fine rally

Qualifier Saurav Panja,youngest national champion Sunil Kumar Sipaeya and former Davis Cupper Vishal Uppal (all from India) recorded hard-fought victorieson way to the men's singles second round in......

Gajjar shocks Sipaeya

UnseededRohan Gajjar of India caused a major upset when he ousted top seed and compatriot Sunil Kumar Sipaeya 6-4, 6-4 to enterthe men's singles semi-finals inthe$6250MSLTA-ITF Satellite tennis......

Seven Indians in main draw

Seven Indians, including Davis Cuppers Rohan Bopanna and Harsh Mankad, figure in the men's singles main draw in the $15,000 ITF Futures tennis tournament, to be held at the Dr Ranade Centre in......

Sachin@50: 50 Interesting Facts

Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com On Monday, April 24, 2023, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar will be 50 years old. For those of us who first saw him stride onto a cricket field aged 16 back in......