Suresh Krissna on directing his latest Tamil movie.
'Our boxers are mature and strong enough to withstand these kinds of shocks.'
Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran defeated Commonwealth champion and former World championship finalist Nigel Short of England in the fifth round of the 'B' group in the Corus International chess tournament, in Wijk Aan Zee (The Netherlands), on Thursday.
Krishnan said the caste system in Hinduism is very rigid and puts each community at certain place in the hierarchy. And it does not allow communities to go up. 'This system made many people try to escape from it when opportunity arose. Across the country, people from untouchable and other castes, which faced discriminations, became Muslims. In fact Islam came as a big relief for them.'
Clearly, all of the NEET coaching classes are beyond the capacity of a child from a BPL family.
In a bid to improve coordination between the party and the government, at least one Union minister will be available at the BJP headquarters everyday starting Wednesday to hear grievances and suggestions from partymen.
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Technicians try to stay afloat, while singer Sunidhi Chauhan claims reality shows don't do justice to talented singers.
A fast track court will pronounce on September 10 its verdict in the December 16 gang-rape case in which four adult accused were tried for brutal rape and murder of 23-year-old girl in a moving bus in south Delhi.
Thegidi directed by debutant P Ramesh is an exciting investigative thriller revolving around a massive insurance scam.
He said he failed to understand the "process of judgement" of the crowning of the Miss World contest in 1997, in which Diana Hayden had got the award.
K Ananth Krishnan, an M Tech in Computer Science and an M.Sc in Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, hosted a chat on rediff.com on Tuesday.
After leaving Choona Hai Aasmaan, Iqbal Khan has a new show, Waaris, which airs on Zee TV on Monday. Here the actor talks about the show where he plays the eldest son of a Don.
The principal of a government polytechnic college has been arrested for defaming Prime Minister Narendra Modi by featuring his photo in the college magazine under a list of "negative faces" with Adolf Hitler, George W Bush, Osama bin Laden and a few others.
Indian tennis legend Mahesh Bhupathi was named the new non-playing captain of the Davis Cup team and will take charge after the Asia/Oceania zone group I home tie against New Zealand in Pune from February 3 to 5. The tie against New Zealand will be Anand Amritraj's last tie as non-playing captain as AITA wants to give him a "farewell". Multiple Grand Slam winner Bhupathi was the hot favourite the moment AITA decided to replace Amritraj.
Bankers said the SC verdict might prolong the resolution process and force lenders to bring back cases to the drawing board.
'You have been surrounded from all directions, if you want the safety of your troops and your personal safety, we will give you eight hours to make up your mind to surrender.'
Mr Pramod Muthalik, founder of Sri Ram Sene is a maverick. And everybody likes to take a dig at such personalities. Get Ahead reader Arun Krishnan reacts to the Valentine's Day controversy raked up by Mr Muthalik and his Sene.
The four men, all lorry workers, aged between 20 and 24, were arrested on November 29 for allegedly raping and killing the woman by smothering her and later burning her body.
Indian players had a disappointing outing at the Corus chess championship with Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran and D Harika settling for draws while Abhijeet Gupta went down to slip to the third spot.
Shivakumar, arrested on September 3 by the ED, was produced before the court on the expiry of his 9-day custodial interrogation by the agency.
India's fourth largest IT firm Satyam Computer Services is likely to give pink slips to 2,500 employees. The company's share price fell 9.5 per cent to Rs 368.15 on Monday.Satyam had a total headcount of 52,000 as of June-end. The company has already put some of its employees under performance improvement plan.
B. Ramalinga Raju: his admission of manipulating Satyam's books for 'several years' has undermined faith in Indian corporate governance
A lowdown on the Malayalam film industry.
He was 73. He was undergoing treatment for heart aliment at a private hospital when the end came at about 2150 hours. He had been admitted to hospital five days ago. The famous carnatic violinist was among the best along with other greats like T N Krishnan Lolkudi Jayaraman. His innovative style and 'playing around with notes' won him accolades as well as criticism.
Oracle has announced the availability of a hosted Enterprise Resource Planning solution for small and medium enterptises in India through its certified partner, Zensar.
With an eye to enhance India's medal hopes in this year's Rio Olympics, the Sports Ministry has sanctioned financial assistance to boxers Vikas Krishan and Sumit Sangwan, female discuss thrower Seema Antil Punia and shooter Chain Singh.
Indian Grandmasters Pentala Harikrishna and Krishnan Sasikiran drew their first games as the Chess World Cup got off to an exciting start in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
The Department of Telecommunications has called a meeting of the heads of all leading telecom companies offering GSM technology services on November 21 to resolve contentious issues that have arisen following recent changes in telecom policy.
The Indian Grandmaster was beaten by GM Dmitry Jakovenko of Russia in the Aerosvit International Chess tournament.
Expressing disappointment with government's response to their demand, students of the FTII decided to continue their strike which entered the 24th day today till TV actor and BJP member Gajendra Chauhan's appointment as its chairman is cancelled.
'If India and China come together, 40 per cent of the world's people are going to be prosperous'
The Indian men's hopes of a podium finish went up in smoke after they lost 0.5-3.5 to United States of America while the women's team held France 2-2 in the ninth round of the 32nd Chess Olympiad now in progress in Dresden.
Three Indian-Americans won high honours in Discovery channel's `Young Scientist Challenge 2007', the national contest held in Washington, DC, aimed at unearthing the best and brightest young scientists in America.
The Indian medal hopes in the 32nd chess Olympiad suffered a severe jolt after the men could only manage a 2-2 draw with Slovenia while the women lost 1.5-2.5 to Serbia in the eighth round in Dresden, Germany. The Indian men slipped to joint 14th spot in the standings on 11 points out of a possible 16 and now face an uphill task to keep their medal hopes alive.
MF assets remained unaffected by the January market crash, said research firm Crisil. Some fund houses even registered an increse in AUMs.
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