Deputy CM Manish Sisodia says it's the 'biggest failure of our system'.
This is how films that bring to life man-made industrial disasters should be made, says Prasanna D Zore.
A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com checks out the steady stream of leaders and party workers flowing in and out of the party headquarters in Varanasi, including the candidate's elder brother.
All but written off after a string of injuries wrecked havoc on his career four years ago, enigmatic boxer Akhil Kumar staged a remarkable comeback to make the 10-member Indian men's team for the Asian Games, in Incheon, South Korea.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Aseem Chhabra lists the elements that he loved and was pleasantly surprised by in the movies.
Suspended cricketer Ajit Chandila and two others have been granted bail in the IPL spot-fixing case by a Delhi court.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi who inducted 19 new ministers into his Cabinet on Tuesday has carried out major changes in the portfolios of his top ministers.
'It is not impossible that there will be some arrangement with the Congress in West Bengal after the ongoing local body polls.'
Revival in domestic business should also help overall revenue growth.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
This gains importance in the backdrop of speculation on a second term for Raghuram Rajan.
Rediff's Love Guru has answers to all your relationship problems.
As we celebrate the spirit of childhood, here are some children who've made India proud.
A round-up of the Ranji Trophy quarter-final matches played on Saturday.
Union Minister for Water Resources Uma Bharati recently reiterated her commitment towards making the Yamuna Shuddikaran Abhiyan a success but said little else. It is obvious that in comparison to the Ganga about which she waxes eloquent at the drop of a hat, her treatment towards Yamuna can at best be described as step-motherly. Rashme Sehgal reports on efforts to save the river.
Jammu and Kashmir MLA Ramesh Arora wants momos banned, but are they really unhygienic and harmful?
Retracing the journey that brought coffee from Araku Valley in Andhra Pradesh to an upscale caf in the aristocratic district of Le Marais in Paris.
Here's celebrating Dilip Kumar by re-visiting his best movies.
Round up of the Ranji Trophy games being played in different parts of the country.
Skin glow is always associated with a good and healthy lifestyle, says medical cosmetologist Jamuna Pai.
"Our only solace is that Modi will win Varanasi, but there will be a by-election here. Modi will not be able to cobble 272 seats to become prime minister so he will remain the chief minister of Gujarat. He will resign from Varanasi and then we will ensure Kerjiwal's handsome win." Rediff.com's Sheela Bhatt reports on how Varanasi's 300,000 Muslim voters are strategising their vote.
Celebrity nutritionists Niti Desai will be available to provide diet tips for a healthy heart Wednesday October 8, 2014, between 3 pm and 4 pm.
'It would be a folly on our part to believe that the KKK or its Indian version exists only as some dedicated organisation. Rather, the Indian KKK, much like the American counterpart, exists as a fragmented and amorphous collection of independent groups and individuals,' says Shehzad Poonawalla.
A round-up of the Ranji matches played on Friday
Eight states and Union Territories have Muslim share of population in excess of national average of 13 per cent. Mayank Mishra report
Who was Mohammad Azharuddin? More crucially, *what* was he? Those are precisely the questions that, as the end credits roll after 132 minutes of run-time, remain unanswered, feels Prem Panicker.
The book Effective People by Dr TV Rao features inspiring examples of success icons from across the world.
A round-up of Ranji Trophy matches played across India on Tuesday
Aseem Chhabra tell us how he watched 302 films in 365 days on airplanes, on Netflix, Amazon, iTunes, Google, Hulu, DVDs and even on YouTube.
'Like 2014, 2017 was also Modi's election.' 'Every voter you met, apart from those who are BJP cadres, everybody said they would vote for Modi, not the BJP.' 'The one and only factor is the Modi juggernaut. He is the one who turned the tide.' 'The wave which he created in 2014, and to maintain it for three years, is a huge task in itself.'
Were river experts excluded from IIT consortium on the Ganga River Basin Management Plan? Rashme Sehgal reports.
'Asked which Dilip Kumar films were among her favourites, she said she had seen not a single movie of his until that time. This became a sensational issue. She did not mean to offend Dilip Kumar. There was not a bone of diplomacy in her and she never acquired that calculating attitude even at the cost of some of the roles that she would eventually lose.'
Rediff.com looks at other sensational murder mysteries that left India shell-shocked.
A summary of the day's play in the Ranji Trophy matches played across the country.
