India on edge before PM delivers 'important message'

Yet another surgical strike? India's Osama bin Laden moment? A fresh demonetisation exercise? What could it possibly be? India was on edge for a nerve-racking 32 minutes on Wednesday, waiting......

Indian-origin teen held for plotting murder of New York cops

An Indian-origin teen has been charged with illegally purchasing a gun with a fake ID and allegedly plotting the murder of New York police officers, authorities have said. Ranbir Singh Shergill,......

UCLA shooter acted on his own, say cops

Mainak Sarkar, the Indian-American gunman who shot dead his wife and his former college professor before turning the gun on himself, acted on his own, the police said on Saturday. “This was......

Mainak a good boy, busy with his studies: Friends, teachers on UCLA shooter

School teachers and friends of Mainak Sarkar, the Indian-American gunman, who shot dead his wife and his former professor at the University of California, Los Angeles before turning the gun on......

Jan Dhan phase II: LIC, gen insurers asked to finalise products

Government has asked all state-owned general insurers and country's largest life insurer Life Insurance Corporation of India to finalise the micro-insurance products to be sold to account holders......

LIC gets first woman managing director

Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) on Friday got its first female managing director and another new MD.  The government has appointed Usha Sangwan, executive director of corporate......

S K Roy is new LIC chief

The government is understood to have appointed S K Roy as the Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC).Roy, who is presently a managing director in the organisation, would be......

No cap on executive pay: Khurshid

Corporate Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid today allayed all fears of a cap on executive pay and job reservations in the private sector. "We trust them (companies). We had too much control and......

Stories On The Next Page Review

If the television remote clicks on Stories On The Next Page, it's perhaps worth a look. But it does not merit active seeking in the hunt for watchable content, observes Deepa Gahlot. The short......

Review: Sulemani Keeda is slacker comedy at its best

Sulemani Keeda is a delightful, unpretentious indie film, says Paloma Sharma. There are two kinds of people in Mumbai -- there are the filmi ones and the rest. Within this dubious section of the......

Raima Sen: My grandma Suchitra Sen is much better

Legendary actress Suchitra Sen was in a serious condition after she was admitted to Belle Vue hospital in Kolkata on December 29, following a respiratory tract infection. Her grand-daughter Raima......

'Rakhi stabbed me in the back'

She's been consistently controversial. After ourBigg Boss chats with Rahul Roy and Carol Gracias, Kashmira Shah chatted up rediff readers candidly, gossiping about her housemates and smiling at......

Sports Shorts: Advani retains Asian Billiards title

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday IMAGE: Pankaj Advani with the Asian Billiards Championships on Saturday. Photograph: Pankaj Advani/Twitter Pankaj Advani......