The corporate income tax breaks make up a relatively small part of $80 billion in business giveaways.
The former finance minister's only child was arrested at Chennai airport.
Back in September 2002, Shakti Bhatt/Rediff.com located the former Union Carbide chairman's luxury home in New York, declared unknown by the American and Indian governments. Rediff.com reproduces the feature about his life in hiding.
Two-time former champions and the most consistent team of the season, Chennai Super Kings will lock horns with late bloomers Mumbai Indians in a high-voltage Indian Premier League summit clash in Kolkata, bringing the 47-day T20 extravaganza to a relatively controversy-free end.
Bajatey Raho had a whole lot of potential but failed to realise it, writes Paloma Sharma.
Bajaatey Raho had a whole lot of potential but failed to realise it, writes Paloma Sharma.
India's Next Top Model winner Danielle Canute shares her winning story with Rediff.com contributor Rajul Hegde.
Ever since Indrani's bail plea was denied by the judge her security has been stepped up. The message was clear. If she felt that unsafe she could get all the security she needed. But in jail she stayed.
The very filmi Valentine's Day Special!
Sunita Dugar, Parneet Sandhu and Neetha Jegan set out on a dream trip that changed their life. This is their story.
Mihir S Sharma on the false opposition being created between 'governance' and 'vote bank politics'.
Radhika Sharma/PTI catches up with the stars at the international film festival in Goa.
We present an excerpt from Kishore Kumar: Method In Madness by Derek Bose.
Salman and his never-ending list of controversies!
The Question hour in the Lok Sabha was also washed out for the second consecutive day as an aggressive opposition stalled the proceedings over the same controversy.
It is too late in the government's term for it to pull its usual trick of blaming the last guys.
Bollywood is in shock after Sridevi's death.
Yet another round of talks on Tuesday failed to end the standoff between the government and FTII students over the appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as its Chairman, with the students alleging "unwillingness or inability" of the authorities to act upon their core concerns.
The PM will spend much of Friday outside Delhi; will devote day attending official events in Jharkhand and a political rally in Banka, Bihar
'They said I had to sign an exclusive contract, otherwise I will have to sit at home and they we will ruin my career.' Angoori Devi aka Shilpa Shinde gives her version.
The attorney general admitted that there is no sovereign guarantee, but asserted that there is a letter of comfort by France which would be as good as a governmental guarantee.
On the actor's 54th birthday on November 2, we write another tome about the boy with big dreams and a regrettable haircut, who defied incredible odds to become one of the most loved actors on the planet.
The Modi PMO is like none other: It is staffed by people who are so low profile that the only dominant personality is the Prime Minister's.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
How many of the 354 films Aseem Chhabra watched in 2017 have you seen?
The film borrows heavily from films like The Ring and The Exorcist, says Paloma Sharma.
It is not in the Lok Sabha, where the BJP has a clear majority, but the Rajya Sabha that the Opposition has ganged up to checkmate Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious plans.
They say that cinema is a reflection of society. If that is true, what kind of society are we living in, asks Paloma Sharma.
The rise in India's relative attractions lie in the precipitous decline in safety of the more popular destinations, notes Kanika Datta.
Mihir S Sharma outlines why this year's Union Budget does not respond to the needs of India's economy, or attempt to frame the economy's future.
Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari puts them out of the ambit of Motor Vehicles Act; experts say some regulation, licensing and driver training will be necessary
'I would like to break the jinx that relationships made in the Bigg Boss house don't last long.'
If I were the BJP, I would not be celebrating quite so quickly. It can sweep its heartland in 2014, as it has shown it can do, but that heartland isn't quite big enough. And it can put up a good fight in towns and cities, too - but unless it neutralises AAP or similar political entrepreneurs, it may find itself tantalisingly short, just as has happened to it in Delhi, says Mihir Sharma.
'The Indian Army served with honour and distinction in France and Flanders, East Africa, Gallipoli, Aden, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Palestine, Transcaspia, Persia and even China.' 'The sacrifice of India's soldiers was consigned to the dustbin of history in the post-colonial world.'
Meet 22-year-old model Alice Rosario who is walking her second season at Lakme Fashion Week, Mumbai.
CBI sources said that Kumar has been charged with abusing his official position to award contracts to M/s Endeavour Systems Pvt Ltd and securing government tenders worth Rs 9.5 crore between 2007 and 2014 for the company.
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