Rajnath arrives in Pakistan amid protest; will raise Dawood and terrorism issues

Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday arrived in Islamabad to attend the SAARC Interior Ministers' conference being held tomorrow during which he is expected to raise the issue of underworld don......

'I'm doing it for the students and they hit me'

IMAGE: Ambassador T P Sreenivasan after being assaulted by Students Federation of India 'activists'.   'I am doing all this for the students of Kerala, and when they come and hit me, it is......

President hosts Inspired Teachers at Rashtrapati Bhavan

Thirty one outstanding teachers were invited to Rashtrapati Bhavan for a first-ever in-residence programme. Rashme Sehgal reports for Rediff.com In an effort to lend a more interactive and......

We don't need religious freedom lectures from the US

'Your constant reiteration on the lack of religious freedom in India has sown doubts about the kind of information that you are being fed and based on which you seem to be making adverse......

The new MD's superb strategy to turn around Taj Group hotels

Indian Hotels Company is keen to start the Sea Rock project at Bandra in this city. The company has secured 23 of the 24 permits it needs to begin work on the property. Image: Staff of the Taj......

Wah Taj! Good days are here for India's oldest hotel chain

The 112-year old hotel chain has readied a three-pronged turnaround plan The Taj Group, owned by Indian Hotels, which is weighed down by mounting losses and heavy debt, is hopeful of a turnaround......

Cyrus Mistry's 2-year report card at the Tata Group

As he steps into his third year as the Tata group chairman, Cyrus Pallonji Mistry has quite a few things to be happy about. Critics may well view most of his actions as being housekeeping and mere......

Taj hotels' foreign expansion plan back on drawing board

Indian Hotels Company’s strategy for expanding abroad is back to the drawing board. On Wednesday, the company that runs the Taj group of hotels, part of Tata Group, exited its management......

India, Merchant-Ivory and the Oscars

Making her film debut with The Householder, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala wrote more screenplays than novels, winning two Oscars -- for A Room with a View and Howards End.She kept her distance from the film......

'Newcomers don't have that oomph factor'

'Talent is very important. It's a mix of everything -- you need to be a great dancer, you need to have good looks, you need to be glamorous... 'Newcomers these days rarely have all these qualities.......