Here's how Rajinikanth, who turns 62 today, and his film Sivaji caused mass frenzy overseas!
On the Superstar's birthday, authors P C Balasubramaniam and Ram N Ramakrishnan explain why they chose to write a book on Rajinikanth.
A local court on Monday rejected the bail plea of senior Communist Paryt of India-Marxist leader M M Mani, arrested in connection with a three-decade-old political murder case which was re-opened in the wake of a controversial speech made by him.
Director V K Prakash promised a vibrant film but ends up delivering a very bland one.
The film has to be watched for its whackiness and unadulterated laughter
'Not surprisingly, the call for lighting diyas, candles and other sources of illumination to demonstrate a nation's resolve to fight coronavirus has elicited astrological, numerological and even medical explanations,' notes Amulya Ganguli.
Four enterprising women leaders tell us how they survived 2020 and the lessons they learned from it.
To deliver on strategy that late Slym was executing.
Two films Spirit and Bachelor Party will release this weekend.
Springing a surprise, Vijayakanth-led Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam on Wednesday struck an alliance with the four-party People's Welfare Front for the May 16 Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu with the actor-turned-politician being declared as the chief ministerial candidate of the alliance.
Santosh Sivan's directorial film is visually enticing.
The first half though is not exciting as most of it is wasted on a meaningless romantic angle with some tiresome comedy, feels S Saraswathi.
Get your lowdown on what's going on in the Malayalam film industry.
In the fourth part of the series on Dr Har Gobind Khorana, who passed into the ages on November 9, 2009 Chemistry Nobel winner Dr Venkatraman Ramakrishnan shares his memories of the great scientist.
In a shocking incident, the office room and furniture used by a senior government official belonging to a Sheduled Caste community were 'cleansed' by sprinkling cowdung water, allegedly by some employees shortly after his retirement from service.
Let's meet the illustrious winners of India Abroad awards 2010
The strong client metrics, industry leading growth in digital services, a very strong order book and deal pipeline are validations that customers recognise TCS' differentiated capabilities, chief executive officer and managing director Rajesh Gopinathan said.
Most of the hirings are, however, in the entry or junior level.
Campus recruits can also aim to double the existing entry level package by proving their skills through the TCS national qualifier tests.
The bench also asked Mehta how long the Centre proposes to extend the detention. The Supreme Court noted, detention cannot be for forever and "some via media" may be explored for this.
The RBI's recent moves to calculate interest rate on a daily basis and increase the interest rate on savings accounts to 4 per cent is already hurting the banks, he said, adding that the IBA recently wrote to the RBI about its reservations on the subject.
After days of uncertainty and dragging, the seat-sharing issue between the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and left parties for the April 13 Tamil Nadu assembly polls was finally sealed on Monday with the Jayalalithaa-led party allotting 22 seats to Communist Party of India-Marxist and the Communist Party of India.
Mukundan is a quintessential Tata manager, working for its many varied businesses - shoe salesman, auto component marketer and executive with its hotel chain, Taj.
Nobel laureate of Indian origin Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, noted theatre personality Ebrahim Alkazi were on Wednesday conferred the Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian award by President Pratibha Patil in New Delhi.
Urumi scriptwriter Shankar Ramakrishnan shares his experience of being a part of the historical adventure.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday hosted lunch for space scientists after the successful launch of an imaging satellite Cartosat-2B last week.
Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan has been selected for the 'Padma Bhushan' award on the occasion of 60th Republic Day.
The fourth and final part of the series on financial planning -- how to invest to optimise your returns for your retirement days.
The final step in the financial planning process is choosing where the saving amount will be parked (investments) so that at the material time the accumulated amounts are available for satisfying your goals.
In the week leading up to Teacher's Day on September 5, we bring you readers' stories about their favourite, most inspirational teachers.
Tata Power, one of the power suppliers in Mumbai, has offered to take over the distribution business of Reliance Infrastructure - a development that comes on the heels of a power purchase dispute between the two.
Rights activist Kailash Satyarthi is the eight Indian to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Rediff.com takes a look at other Indians or Indian-origin people, who have been awarded the honour.
India is seen as a good destination to relocate to as expat parents enjoy greater opportunities to make significant financial savings.
Nobel prize winner Venkatraman Ramakrishnan's proud father recollects his son's remarkable story.
President Pratibha Patil on Wednesday congratulated India-born scientist Professor Venkatraman Ramakrishnana for jointly winning this year's Nobel Prize for Chemistry. In her message, Patil said she was very proud to hear of the news and was happy that Professor Ramakrishnan's pursuit of understanding the structure and functioning of the ribosome has been recognised.
The trio were awarded for their study of the structure and function of the ribosome, one of life's core processes.
Aggregate domestic R&D spend in India has never exceeded 1 per cent of GDP, and over 80 per cent of Indian firms spend nothing on research.
The apex bank is scheduled to announce the quarterly review of its annual monetary policy on January 29, when it is widely expected to hike the cash reserve ratio or the percentage of amount banks park with the RBI to absorb excess money from the system.
Financial planning helps you to focus on the cost estimation in a rational manner which in turn can help you in properly assessing the amount required to be saved periodically to achieve your goals.
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