'Despite a quarter century since India began the uphill battle of moving away from its peculiar hybrid of imperial-feudal-socialism, it remains distressingly -- and sometimes reassuringly -- the......
Himanshu Thakkar and Parineeta Dandekar reveal how government actions and neglect created such massive disaster from a natural phenomenon in Uttarakhand. Uttarakhand is facing a truly humungous,......
With an eye on the general election, the government on Monday unveiled a series of audio-visual clips, as a part of its multi media campaign to highlight its achievements and showcase the impact of......
Even as Maharashtra faces one of the worst droughts in its history, the lack of attention towards all crops grown in the state, as well as numerous project delays, shows poor long-term planning by......
Congress president Sonia Gandhi will inaugurate the 57th edition of Nehru Trophy boat race, the country's biggest and popular water sporting event at Alappuzha in Kerala on August...
Sugarcane, which is grown by no more than 1.1 million farmers, consumes 70 per cent of water available in Maharashtra for irrigation. In contrast, about 10 million jowar, pulses and oilseeds......
PepsiCo India seems to have fired the first salvo in the impending cola war for the summer of 2013.The beverage major, which has the title rights for the sixth season of IPL 20-20 tournament, is......
Chennai and Kolkata, where I equally divided my school days, are two of my favourite places. I like to recall them as Madras and Calcutta, with their unique cultures, habits, beliefs and practices.......
Surat's diamond industry -- which had been severely hit by the global slowdown -- is slowly gaining momentum with demand from domestic, international and emerging markets, like China, rising,......
Software giant Microsoft and Internet major Yahoo! on Wednesday signed a 10-year search deal that will see the two firms jointly challenging the dominance of Google in the search business. "In......
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies. Catch a breather from the crazy heat with our fun and filmi quiz of the week. All you have to do is identify the movie......
IMAGE: Saif Ali Khan and Vidya Balan in Parineeta. One of Saif Ali Khan's early films of note, where he played a leading man of substance, was Pradeep Sarkar's Parineeta, an adaptation of Sarat......
'Life was a canvas and Pradeep Sarkar painted with full intensity -- be it an ad film or a feature film.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Kajol/Twitter Director Hansal Mehta took to Twitter on Friday......
Photograph: Kind courtesy Pradeep Sarkar/Instagram Parineeta Director Pradeep Sarkar passed away early on Friday, his wife Panchali said. He was 67. The director was admitted to the ICU at......
Photograph: Kind courtesy Dia Mirza/Instagram Ageism is something women have to contend with, believes Dia Mirza, adding it is 'empowering' to see that roles are being written for actors of her......
MAGE: Sania Mirza during the launch of her autobiography. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com. Multiple Grand Slam winner Sania Mirza is only 29 but the iconic sportswomen has put together......