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Where The Victims Of The Kanishka Terror Attack Are Not Forgotten

Names and names and names and names...329 in all.Some Indian. Some Canadian. Some British.Berry. Gupta. Jain. James. Bhatt. Beauchesne. Chatlani. Enayati. Lougheed....Vaihayasi Pande Daniel visits......

Why Manmohan skipped meals during his Cambridge days

While studying in Cambridge University on a scholarship in the mid 1950s, money was the only real problem for Manmohan Singh and there were times when he had to skip meals or live on a sixpence bar......

Suspecting affair with wife, man tries to drink neighbour's blood

A man has allegedly slit the throat of a person and tried to drink his blood, suspecting him of having an affair with his wife, in Chintamani taluk of Chikkaballapura district, police said.......

Manmohan Singh dropped pre-medical, pursued economics: Daughter's book

Manmohan Singh had joined a pre-medical course as his father wanted him to become a doctor but pulled out after a couple of months, losing interest in the subject, according to a book on the former......

Kerala nurse faces execution in Yemen despite blood money payment

Family members and human rights activists in Kerala are clinging to hope for a last-minute pardon for Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse whose death sentence was confirmed by Yemeni President Rashad......

Shortcuts Won't Build Industrial Capability

Any industrial policy is only as good as how it is applied and the other reforms that support it.This was as true 40 years ago as it is now, points out Debashis Basu. Photograph: Babu/Reuters ......

Govt should come down hard on cronies, says Mohandas Pai

Mohandas Pai (photographed) wanted an honest and transparent Budget from the new government. The chairman of Manipal Global Education Services was forthright when he said the government often......

John, Jacqueline's Date With Zhandu, Rasgulla

Mahesh Babu resets... Sanya's fangirl moment... Disha wows us as usual... Photograph: Kind courtesy Jacqueline Fernandez /Instagram Jacqueline Fernandez is happy to have John Abraham on board for......

How Zeenat Aman Bagged Satyam Shivam Sundaram

IMAGE: Zeenat Aman and Raj Kapoor on the sets of Satyam Shivam Sundaram. Photograph: Kind courtesy Zeenat Aman/Instagram Do you know how Zeenat Aman bagged one of her most popular......

Alia-Ranbir At Radhika-Anant's Wedding

Radhika Merchant and Anant Ambani wed at the Jio World Convention Centre, Bandra Kurla Complex, north west Mumbai, on Friday, July 12, 2024. Rediff.com's Hitesh Harisinghani captures star guests at......

Anees Bazmee's Mad, MAD, World

A big cast engaged in tons of bungling, glowering, scrambling and tomfoolery amidst twists and turns of madcap proportions, Anees Bazmee's brand of entertainment is all for lack of restraint. The......

The Cult of Mithun Chakraborty

National Award-winning actor, producer, hotelier, ex-MP, cricket team owner, philanthropist, highest tax payer, reality show judge, animal lover and, above all, people's hero -- Mithun Chakraborty......

After CWG silver, Sreeshankar's goal is Paris Olympics

'Every time I was 6-7-6-7-4, so I was really happy with the silver. I have been waiting for a global medal for a very long time.' IMAGE: Silver medallist Murali Sreeshankar waves to the crowd from......

Wright ready to work with Ganguly

Amid mounting speculation on him being appointed Kolkata Knight Riders' coach, former India coach John Wright on Saturday said he doesn't mind reuniting with Sourav Ganguly in the Indian Premier......

Why women's world chess champion resigned after just 5 moves!

Hou Yifan said she had been upset with the pairings throughout the tournament as she had drawn seven women players out of 10 rounds at the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess tournament. IMAGE: Hou......

'The Nicest World Champion Ever'

'I like to challenge myself. Competing against players much younger than me is something that I want to keep doing,' Chess Legend Viswanathan Anand tells Dhruv Munjal. IMAGE: Viswanathan Anand......

Unofficial war: 'No Mohun Bagan and East Bengal, no ISL'

IMAGE: Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan, cricket legend, Sachin Tendulkar, cricketer Mahender Singh Dhoni and actor and owner of North East United Football team John Abraham at inaugural ceremony......