The opposition has called for a Patna bandh on Wednesday to protest against the increase in abductions.
Sukanya Verma looks at some of the dance-offs that regaled us in the past.
The High Commissioner of India Ronen Sen will be the chief guest at the celebrations.
'Who wouldn't want to dress up like a princess every morning?' Shweta Prasad Basu gets ready to play one in her new TV show.
The RJD chief had said the abductors of Dr Chandra had close ties with Thakur.
The body will be kept at his residence in New Delhi and on Monday, at the LJP office in Patna for paying last respects. He will be cremated in the Bihar capital on Monday evening.
Lobbying on the Hill is time consuming and cumbersome, but very effective to influence US government policies, asserts Ambassador T P Sreenivasan, deputy chief of mission at the Indian embassy in Washington, DC after the 1998 nuclear tests and during the Kargil War.
In the second phase on April 18, 97 seats,spread across 13 states and one Union Territory, will go to the polls.
Mahant Satya Narayan was hiding in the house of his follower in a village under Ughaiti police station from where he was picked up.
'If we can award Madan Mohan Malaviya who died in 1946, then why not the Mahatma who died in 1948?' 'Why not go a little further back in time and give the award to Rabindranath Tagore who died in 1941?' 'And should we mark Lokmanya Tilak's 100th death anniversary in 2020 by giving him a Bharat Ratna,' asks Amberish K Diwanji.
Here's the full text of address to the nation by President Ram Nath Kovind on the eve of the Republic Day 2022.
Why did the district magistrate take over an hour to order retaliatory firing on the murderous SBVS mob?
'The extended Bose family is insisting that the Japanese government must release all the information they have on Bose's ashes. It cannot be forgotten that Bose was in Japanese care when his 'death' occurred. Ultimately, it is the Japanese who hold the secret about what happened to him.'
The bond, which the Reserve Bank of India started issuing on behalf of the Union government in 2003, was considered one of the safest savings instruments for retail investors.
The April 11 polling will decide the fate of several political bigwigs.
Businessman P C Mustafa wants Indian Americans to return home, Cognizant CEO Francisco D'Souza outlines how Indian tech companies could grow, Gaurav Dalmia has some investment recommendations while Subramanian Swamy warns that India is flirting with a debt trap.
Vaihayasi Pande Daniel discovers Ross Island where the clock can never be turned back.
It is an open secret that Manmohan Singh is not a popular figure in the Congress, but Sonia's presence, support and strategy are proving a blessing for the good doctor. When P V Narasimha Rao ran into rough times, Sonia remained indifferent and the Congress had left him to the wolves, says Rasheed Kidwai, author of books on Sonia Gandhi and the Congress party.
Ramakant Pandey, who was questioned four months ago, over alleged fraudulent recruitments was found hanging from a ceiling fan.
Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan was to give away the awards but he could not attend because he was travelling.
The police is in touch with Dr Sharma's family as well for background check to make sure that there were no shortcomings in the investigation.
Remembering an incomparable actor by re-visiting his finest films.
The refusal by the hospital on Sunday forced the 25-year-old woman to undertake a 50-kilometre journey to Bareilly. Precious time was lost and it was too late as my wife delivered a stillborn at the Bareilly district hospital, her husband alleged.
Aslam Hunani/Rediff.com gives the lowdown on the constituencies going to polls in the first phase on April 11.
Switzerland makes public 2,600 dormant a/c; 4 from India.
Patnaik, 89, passed away at Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences in the temple city
Sun Pharma stock has appreciated at 35% a year for 20 years
Scores of Banaras Hindu University students also staged a protest at the Lanka Gate in support of the AMU students.
'George was a politician with a difference. He had the ability to stand alone, take a position, however extreme, and sustain that position,' remembers Arun Jaitley.
A 25-year-old youth on Friday slit his wrist at Delhi chief minister designate Arvind Kejriwal's 'Janta Darbar' in Ghaziabad in what he said was an act of support for the Aam Aadmi Party.
In the broader market, the S&P BSE Midcap and the S&P BSE Smallcap indices added 0.6% and 1.3%, respectively to touch their fresh lifetime highs.
'Today, everybody is on the computer, everybody on the mobile.' 'There is very less physical activity.' 'The treatment most effective in reducing heart disease is exercise.' 'It is very, very, important.'
The Congress, however, downplayed it saying the party did not want to involve its senior leaders in the issue.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
The record voter turnout in Rajasthan has forced politicians and psephologists to junk their pre-poll calculations. Now, all eyes are on the December 8 counting, says P B Chandra
'The non-violent movement would not have brought freedom to the country, that had to be an armed struggle.'
Vajpayee had always felt that India must act with conviction and panache. He decided that, irrespective of the attendant risks, he would undertake what many felt was a precarious course. A fascinating excerpt from N K Singh's Portraits Of Power: Half A Century Of Being At Ringside on Atalji's 96th birthday, December 25.
In a communication sent to Kumar, the EC asked him to be cautious in future while making statements.
Some major events that occurred from 1885, when the Indian National Congress was formed, till August 15, 1947, when India achieved Independence.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
