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President Murmu to lead celebrations to mark 75 years of Constitution

President Droupadi Murmu will address a joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament in the historic Central Hall of Samvidhan Sadan on Tuesday, kick-starting year-long celebrations to mark 75 years......

The Lady With 11 Driving Licenses!

'I want to tell everybody there is nothing in the world that you can't do.''If you apply your mind, you can do anything and everything.' IMAGE: Radhamani Amma with her JCB. All photographs and......

Rediff's Wave Rider Retires!

After steering the Rediff mothership for close to 29 years, Ajit Balakrishnan, founder, chairman and CEO, did what few businessmen in this country do -- R-E-T-I-R-E. On August 2, 2024, we were......

Karpoori Thakur awarded Bharat Ratna posthumously

Two-time Bihar chief minister Karpoori Thakur has been named for the country's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna posthumously, a Rashtrapati Bhawan communique said on Tuesday on the eve of the......

'Nitish, Mamata, Stalin Don't Know India'

'Does anyone understand India?''Does anyone have a larger perspective for India as a whole?''Today we have rulers who do not understand the ruled.' IMAGE: Janata Dal-United leader Nitish Kumar......

Sahara Group chief Subrata Roy dies of cardiorespiratory arrest

Sahara Group chief Subrata Roy passed away on Tuesday due to a cardiorespiratory arrest after a prolonged illness, a company statement said. He was 75. Having created a huge business empire across......

How 2 young engineers transformed a Bihar village

India is witnessing a radical transformation where highly qualified youngsters are giving up cushy jobs to make a difference in the lives of poor people in rural areas. Manu A......

The day K P Singh wanted to sell DLF for 26 lakh

Persuaded not to sell that day in January 1975, DLF today has assets of over Rs 52,237 crore and a net worth of around Rs 40,000 crore.Ramesh Menon, K P Singh's biographer, reveals more. IMAGE:......

From farmer's son to billionaire industrialist

Jindal Group chairman O P Jindal, who died in ahelicopter crash near Gango in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district on Thursday, was a visionary and a man of rare business acumen.At the time......

Shifting people from Bharat to India

Modi is as divorced from reality as Manmohan Singh. He might want to sound expansive and visionary, but to be credible he must have his feet on the ground and know the reality around him. Instead......

Shah Rukh, Rajinikanth, Alia Make WAVES With Modi

IMAGE: Deepika Padukone's look for WAVES 2025. Photograph: Kind courtesy Deepika Padukone/Instagram Bollywood's biggest stars arrived at the Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai on May 1 to take......

Manorathangal Review: Anatomy of A Visionary Mindscape

Through Manorathangal, M T Vasudevan Nair makes himself available to a whole new generation of uninitiated viewers, who can familiarise themselves with his rich body of work and hope to learn a......

10 Classic Malayalam Films On OTT

There's a peevish quality to all the films on this list, which is fitting, because peevishness is the defining characteristic of most Malayalis. These films, even at their saddest, darkest and......

Superheroes. Villains. Wizards. Witches.

Local superheroes and villains, award winners and hopefuls, a fan favourite from a galaxy far, far away and wizards and witches of Hogwarts regale and rejoice on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma lists......

He taught Yash Chopra to make films...

B R Chopra was a reformist film-maker, way ahead of his times, says Subhash K Jha. Baldev Raj Chopra was the visionary film-maker who directed Indian cinema's first multistarrer Waqt... If he had......