Indian reaches home after spending 9 years in Pak prison

After spending nine years in a prison in Pakistan, Indian prisoner Khushbu Paswan has reached his native village in Bihar's Rohtas district, a senior police officer said on Sunday. Paswan, 40,......

'If Cauvery water doesn't come, we are at God's mercy'

IMAGE: The Mettur dam on the Cauvery river. Photograph: Kind courtesy Vvenka1/Wikipedia Commons Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar travels to the Cauvery delta in Tamil Nadu and finds farmers there......

Burger King tests India waters, to open 12 outlets

US fast food chain Burger King Worldwide will open about 12 outlets in India over the next 60-90 days, Rajeev Varman, chief executive of the hamburger chain's India unit said on Saturday. The chain......

Food chains, multiplexes plan expansion as consumer confidence picks up

Organised players have been the biggest beneficiaries after the lockdowns were lifted. Given real estate is not as expensive now, players want to take advantage of the trend. IMAGE: A visitor......

Probe sought into Indo Rama firing

Industrial peace in Vidarbha was shattered on Saturday evening when the security chief at Indo Rama Synthetics (India) Ltd's Butibori plant, Vijay Varman shot three persons allegedly to keep......

'Metro... In Dino Is The Life I Have Lived'

'Very rarely does a film give you the opportunity to do this, I was constantly improvising and adding scenes on the set.' IMAGE: Anurag Basu and Fatima Sana Shaikh on the sets of Metro... In Dino.......

Ravi Varman: There is no sadness in Barfi!

Ravi Varman has no training in cinematography but has made a name for himself cranking the camera for directors like Shankar, Jayaraj, Priyadarshan, Honey Irani, and Revathy. He won the best......

Review: Vettaiyan Is Massy And How!

Despite its minor flaws, lack of logic, and lecture-style moral narrative, Vettaiyan should be enjoyed in a theatre amid Rajini fans and their wolf whistles, endorses Divya Nair. Gone are the......

Ravi Varman on his Tamil directorial film, Moscowin Kaveri

Noted cinematographer Ravi Varman's directorial debut Moscowin Kaveri (Tamil) was ready more than a year ago but got delayed because of some problems. Now, the good news is that the film......

Varman stuns Widhiyanto

India's Somdev Varman upset sixth seeded Febi Widhiyanto of Indonesia while Vinod Sridhar got past compatriot Vijay Kannan to move to the quarter-finals of the ONGC ITF Futures tennis tournament at......

Varman shocks Qureshi

Indian wild card Somdev Dev Varman caused the biggest upset of the ITF Futures tournament when he shocked third seed Aisam Qureshi of Pakistan, who had won the Dehra Dun and Delhi legs, 6-3, 6-3 in......

Somdev Dev Varman makes tennis history

Indian tennis star Somdev Dev Varman created history on Monday by winning his second consecutive National Collegiate Athletic Association singles title with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over J P Smith in the......

Somdev Varman scalps top seed Enev

Teenager Somdev Varman created a sensation by upsetting top seeded Bulgarian Todor Enev while compatriot Vinod Sridhar got past Japanese youngster Noriaku Sugiyama to romp into the semi-finals of......

Varman for Jr French Open

India's Somdev Dev Verman has been accepted into the singles main draw of the French Open junior tennis championships.The 18-year-old, ranked 49th in the junior list, will be the second Indian to......