Celebrated chef Jiggs Kalra passes away at 71

Celebrated chef and culinary revivalist Jaspal Inder Singh Kalra, popularly known as Jiggs Kalra, passed away early morning on Tuesday. He was 71. Announcing his father's demise, the iconic......

Coming soon: BBC News in Indian languages

The BBC is all set to produce daily newscasts in Telugu, Gujarati, Punjabi and Marathi (in addition to the existing Hindi, Tamil and Urdu), Jim Egan, CEO, BBC Global News, tells Vanita......

'What we did for the environment has been undone by the new govt'

Image: Jairam Ramesh with his new book, Green Signals. 'This is not a Sanjay Baru or Natwar Singh type of book. It's not a memoir. It's not a book to reveal conversations, real or imaginary. This......

5 NRI kids among '08 US Presidential Scholars

Five non-resident Indian kids have been selected to be the 2008 Presidential Scholars, the US government's highest honour for high school seniors. Ravi N Sankar, Ishna A Sharma, Mythili K Iyer,......

Some smart ways to save and still have fun!

Recession is an ugly word. And one of the fallouts of globalisation is the ripple effect that the state of one economy has on multiple others, whether they are directly or indirectly connected.......

Now, book your DVD online

Harry Singh, a self-employed engineer, by his own admission hasn't been near a multiplex for three months now. An ardent fan of Aishwarya Rai, Singh rents his DVDs online from Seventymm......

Finance Minister P Chidambaram's speech

Mr. Speaker, Sir It is my privilege to present the Budget for 2007-08. I. A MID-TERM REPORT CARD ON THE ECONOMY 2. In November 2006, the UPA Government crossed the midpoint of its term of office. A......

Zee to buy 60% in Venus Films

Zee Telefilms (ZTL) has agreed in principle to acquire 60 per cent stake each in Venus Films and Venus Records & Tapes.Ashish Kaul, senior vice-president, Essel Group, which is the promoter of Zee......

Raja Sen reviews Dhoom 3: It's dumber than the first two!

Dhoom 3 is a children’s film made for children who’ve never seen a film, writes Raja Sen. Twenty minutes into Dhoom 3, reeling from the assault of cinema so amateurish it’s hard......

'I think I'm a mediocre director'

Director Madhur Bhandarkar enjoys a serious reputation among his masala brethren. Madhur caught up with rediff readers for a chat on Traffic Signal, Page 3 and his journey into filmmaking. Here's......

Aran is worth a watch

Director Major Ravi who has had first hand experience in commando operations in Jammu and Kashmir directs a feature film for the first time -- Aran in Tamil and Keerthichakra in Malayalam.......

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Amit Gupta: First and foremost, I like your style, its all good...Next I was hoping you could help me...I just moved to Bangalore from the US. In the US I have got so used to watching every type of......