When elected on July 18 -- which is almost a certainty, given the NDA's numbers in the electoral college -- Droupadi Murmu will be the first President born after Independence.
After a series of deliberations, the BJP on Tuesday announced its first list of 189 candidates and a second list of 23 on Wednesday night.
It is not much of an issue just now, but it could become one if the idea of caste census captures socio-political imagination, going beyond electoral tags and identities, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
The Hindu side had claimed in the lower court that a Shivling was found during the videographic survey.
Lakshmanan contracted polio when he was only three months old. 'I didn't want to go for the swayamvar, but my uncle convinced me to attend.' He sat close to the door at the swayamvar. And then, Rohini walked in. Both her legs, too, were afflicted with polio.
Investigators have arrested at least three dozen students of some prominent UP medical schools revealing links with the Vyapam scam.
'Modiji and Amit Shahji should see my work.' 'Everybody gives me a lot of respect.' 'National leaders should see that.'
Kannada actor Ganesh talks about working in the remake of hit film Auto Raja.
Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav is among six personalities chosen for this year's Padma Vibhushan.
'I don't trust these days. Like now, everyone likes Mimi and my phone is constantly ringing. But tomorrow if I make a flop, the opposite will happen.'
'I do spew poison against Modi and his communalism. I am deeply depressed that India is on the edge of reaching where Germany was in January 1937 when Hitler came to power through a democratic election,' Mani Shankar Aiyar tells Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar.
Doctors in Kanpur on Thursday called off their six-day strike against the attack on their colleagues, a day after the Uttar Pradesh government clamped Essential Services Maintenance Act against striking medicos and the Allahabad high court stepped in to resolve the deadlock.
A round-up of Ranji Trophy matches played on Friday.
Officials said protests took place at 17 places across the state, including Ballia, Aligarh, Gautam Buddh Nagar and Varanasi.
Police said the gangster snatched a pistol from one of the policemen injured in the accident and was shot when he opened fire while trying to flee.
Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com finds out why Sacred Games has run into trouble.
'I cannot be confined to just one or two kinds of music.'
A rightly chosen ULIP can be a competitive investment, but the investor needs to ensure that his relationship manager has put him ahead of the commissions that the product pays, says Anil Rego, CEO, Right Horizons.
Major Vibhuti Dhaundiyal attained martyrdom in an encounter with terrorists in Pulwama in Jammu Kashmir.
His time will be divided 50-50, he says, between his autorickshaw and his work as mayor.
For many of the bereaved families the agonising wait started on Tuesday evening when they were informed by senior Army officials about the sacrifice of the 20 soldiers in the clashes with the Chinese Army along the Line of Actual Control a day earlier.
Morya Re is the latest Ganpati song doing the airwaves.
Kajal Aggarwal Jayasudha and Kamalinee Mukherjee, Prakash Raj and Meka Srikkanth also feature in this family entertainer.
'It was disappointing on two counts. One is on the leadership issue and second is how the Congress must win elections.'
'There is so much division in the country. People are getting more and more into 'Main Hindu hoon woh Mussalmaan hai'.' 'This climate of suspicion and hostility must stop,' The Legend, 92 today, tells Subhash K Jha in an exclusive interview.
But sooner or later, the victims must return to work, says C V Shankar, the official in charge of relief.
Mahipal, who has worked with actresses like Madhubala and Meena Kumari, established himself as a hero in the mythological genre.
Readers Abhishek Rungta and Ganesh Thorali Kuppuswamy suggests posting cops outside the parking lots of pubs, bars and liqour shops to avert tragedies resulting out of drunk driving.
How did the industry fare overall in the past six months? Let's find out.
'How can you have massages on trains in the presence of other lady passengers?'
All the four teams in the men's and women's ICC World Twenty20 finals Sunday are expected to wear black armbands as a mark of respect to the families of the victims of the horrifying flyover tragedy that took away lives of 24 people. "We have requested the teams to wear black arm-bands," former India captain and Cricket Association of Bengal president Sourav Ganguly told reporters. Till now 24 people have been killed and several others critically injured after an under construction flyover collapse in North Kolkata near Ganesh Talkies.
Jitendra Kumar was arrested on July 11 for no fault of his and only released 86 days later.
'I know this movie will be a superhit -- not because it's a Rs 600 crore budget or because we worked hard for more than three years on it.' 'It's because some movies have magic and some don't.' 'This one has that magic.'
There may be flaws, but there is no denying that Karthik G Krish's Kappal is thoroughly entertaining. But do remember to leave your thinking cap at home, writes S Saraswathi
India needs to make use of this opportunity to significantly enhance its exports especially in information and communications technology and the automotive sector.
NGK -- Nandha Gopalan Kumaran is only meant for Suriya fans, feels A Ganesh Nadar.
The latest updates from the Tamil industry.
They needed a helping hand. And when they got it, these women worked wonders.
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