Venkaiah Naidu, Vyjayantimala, Chiranjeevi awarded Padma Vibhushan

Former Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, megastar Konidela Chiranjeevi, famous actor of yesteryears Vyjayantimala Bali are among personalities who have been honoured with Padma Vibhushan in the......

Mulayam, Ustad Zakir Hussain, SM Krishna get Padma Vibhushan

Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, former external affairs minister in the UPA government S M Krishna and tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain were among six luminaries selected......

Nagpur police chief bans prostitution in red-light area for 2 months

Days after imposing section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in a prominent red-light area in Nagpur following complaints of open solicitation by commercial sex workers (CSWs), the police have......

How Many Children do BJP MLAs in UP have?

Given the controversy over the Uttar Pradesh government's population control policy, Hemant Shivsaran/Rediff.com digs deep to find out how many children BJP legislators in UP have. IMAGE: Uttar......

KK babu: Doyen of Indian industry

Krishna Kumar Birla, popularly known as K K Babu, was a builder of modern institutions, ranging from industry to education, one of the famous symbols of which is the Birla Institute of Technology......

Birlas file appeal in HC over Sengupta order

Krishan Kumar Birla, Basant Kumar Birla and Yashovardhan Birla filed an appeal on Friday in the Calcutta high court, challenging the order of Justice Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta of the Trial Court, which......

Battle for Birla assets in crucial stage

The legal battle for the Rs 5,000 crore (Rs 50 billion) worth assets of M P Birla group has entered a crucial stage with the main arguments for claimant Rajendra S Lodha's probate petition for......

Lodha entered scene post M P Birla demise

Status quo should be maintained in respect of the shareholding of M P Birla group managed by the late Priyamvada Birla, the counsel for the Birla side told the Calcutta High Court on......

Review: Singam 2 roars louder than ever

Suriya's charisma and director Hari Gopalakrishnan’s brilliant screenplay make Tamil film Singam 2 a joyful experience, says S Saraswathi. Duraisingam, the much-loved character of the......

Singam, the mother of all masala films

Director Hari wasn't joking when he said his third project with Suriya would be a complete action entertainer. As the kathiri summer draws to a close, arrives Studio Green and Sun Pictures' Singam......

Hijacked IC 814 to be relived in Tamil cinema

Actor-turned-director Prakash Raj has just finished the first schedule of his Kannada directorial venture, Naanu Nanna Kanasu but he is already thinking about his next bilingual film to be produced......

A documentary on B Saroja Devi

PadmashriDr B Saroja Devi is one actress who ruled the South Indian film industry formany years. She also worked in Hindi films like Sasural, Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya, etc. To commemorate the fifty......

Women's Premier League: Smriti, Harman, Shafali set to cross Rs 1 cr

IMAGE: Mumbai Indians, Delhi Capitals, RCB, Gujarat Giants and UP Warriorz -- will be bidding for 90 players in a list of 409. Photograph: ICC/Twitter Prolific batters Smriti Mandhana,......

SAG 2019: Dominant India bags 27 medals on Day 2

India completely dominated the first day of athletics events by clinching 10 medals (4 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze) while the shooters also fetched nine (4 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze) to swell the......