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Man steals from employer's godown after befriending guard dogs

In a unique case of burglary, a man managed to steal over Rs 4 lakh from a godown in the Najafgarh area by calmly walking past the guard dogs he appeared to have befriended before, officials said......

Be Prepared For Another War!

India needs to be technologically and militarily prepared to defend itself from both Pakistan and China, alerts Ramesh Menon. IMAGE: Security personnel stand guard at the Jammu-Srinagar National......

'He said, 'I'm Hindu'. They shot him'

Pahalgam Terrorist Attack: Dombivli families shattered in grief and grit. Demand dignity, justice and answers to unanswered questions. Videos: Satish Bodas/Rediff Illustrations: Dominic......

What Gave Ratan Tata Great Pleasure

'I get enormous pleasure from seeing the uplift of an underprivileged or poor person.''I feel elated when I walk on the street and see someone who pushes a handcart talking on a cell phone.'A......

Dadra And Nagar Haveli: How The Portuguese Were Defeated

They realised that the Portuguese were better prepared to defend Daman than Dadra and Nagar Haveli. If reinforcements from Daman were to reach Silvassa, there was no chance of defeating the......

Ratan Tata's Biggest Contribution To Management Theory

'It is notable how humble he was and didn't want anything different just because he was a Tata.' IMAGE: Ratan Tata, then chairman of the Tata Group, at the Tata Steel annual general meeting in......

COLUMN: Sebi, do no harm

The four pillars of modern financial theory -- the efficient market hypothesis, the random walk theory, the modern portfolio theory, and the capital asset pricing model -- have turned out to be......

Don't look for quick money

Sensex at 6,800 by January 31? Or 5,600? Rupee at 44.87/$ or 42.63/$? Euro at $1.21 or $1.4418?I wish I knew. The unpalatable fact is that no one knows.Twenty five years ago, Michael Mussa and......

What Went Wrong For Cyrus Mistry At Tatas

If Cyrus's protestations of having no knowledge of his imminent dismissal are to be taken at face value, he was extraordinarily naive and insulated from the ground reality.There were enough straws......

Your visa got delayed? Here's why

It was supposed to be a happy journey to London, one that the Imam family had been planning for the past two months. Everything was set — except the visa, which did not arrive in time for one......

When Chunky Tried To Ruin Govinda's Movie

Govinda and Chunky Pandey are an absolute delight in the fourth episode of Too Much With Kajol and Twinkle. They walked down memory lane, recalling some of the craziest and funniest anecdotes from......

'Cancer Has Made Me Shameless And Fearless'

'For all you know, in the next five years there could be a path-breaking cancer treatment and I may be absolutely fine.''Or maybe I won't be.''I have to live with both scenarios.' Photograph: Kind......

Odela 2: Tamannaah Rises Above Campy Horror

If not for Tamannaah, it would have been an ordeal to sit through this uninspired horror fable, notes Arjun Menon. After the success of Odela Railway Station, the creative team is back with the......

Chhorii 2 Review: Sigh. Lost Cause

Chhorii 2 frustrates way more than it frightens, sighs Sukanya Verma. From female foeticide to child marriage, Chhorii's running theme of social evils meets spooky scares seeks to engage its......

Will Renuka Shahane Enter Politics?

'On the governmental level, we are saying all the right things, like beti bachao, beti padhao.''Just giving lip service is not enough, the general mindset has to change.' IMAGE: Renuka Shahane in......

Kasparov takes lead over Anand at Clutch Chess

It was in the first game that Anand had outplayed Kasparov and the former world No 1 survived thanks to some unforced error by the Indian ace. IMAGE: Interestingly, the first two games of the......

Team India's Bus Driver Is From Pakistan

A local newspaper photographer had an unusual challenge -- capturing a photo of an Australian fan.He admitted he had been waiting for an hour but hadn't spotted a single one. IMAGE: Fans wait for......

Skeet great Hancock targets perfection at Paris Games

Men's skeet, where competitors use shotguns to break clay targets flung into the air, has become much more competitive over the last decade, and it was "getting harder and harder to win", Hancock......

'Ashwin's body was used like a dart board by Hazlewood and Cummins'

As Ravichandran Ashwin achieved the milestone 100th Test in Mohali, everyone had their lists of his best bowling feats. But Ashwin's finest cricketing moment was probably when he and Hanuma Vihari......

'Rinku is special, Jaiswal is a cricket nut'

IMAGE: Rinku Singh was the ninth-leading run-scorer last year, scoring 474 runs in 14 matches at an average of 59.25 and a strike rate of almost 150, with four fifties. Photograph: BCCI England's......