Jagan case: Ex-secy, industrialist in 14-day custody

A court in Hyderabad on Wednesday remanded former special secretary to Andhra Pradesh government K V Bramhananda Reddy and noted industrialist Nimmagadda Prasad to 14-day judicial custody, who were......

Swamy moves SC against trial court order on Chidambaram

Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy on Thursday moved the Supreme Court to challenge the trial court order which had held that Home Minister P Chidmbaram did not indulge in any criminal conspiracy......

HC adjourns hearing against Rathore till Sept 29

The Punjab and Haryana High Court adjourned till September 29 the hearing on two fresh FIRs filed against former Director General of Police SPS Rathore in Ruchika molestation case charging him with......

Former US defence secretary McNamara dies

Robert McNamara, who served as the US defence secretary during the controversial Vietnam war and the Cuban Missile Crisis, died on Monday in Washington at the age of 93. McNamara, who served under......

Strong deal pipeline may boost Q1 show of IT firms: Analysts

Analysts across brokerage houses are pegging revenue growth in the range of 1.5 per cent to 4.5 per cent. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com A seasonally-strong quarter, with no immediate......

Mamata slams Budget, calls Modi govt of FDI, by FDI and for FDI

Terming the Union Budget as 'visionless, missionless and actionless', West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday dubbed the Narendra Modi regime as a 'government of the FDI, by the FDI......

What triggers Infosys stock's rise and fall?

It seems Infosys Technologies investors go by the adage 'one swallow doesn't make a summer'. Though the Infosys stock has regularly tanked on days the company's results are announced, it has made......

Mutual funds to be more investor friendly

In March, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) announced a series of steps to make mutual funds more investor friendly. One of the changes made was cutting down the new fund offer......

PIX: The Sexiest Men in the World

Ever since they introduced it in 1985, People magazine has named over 21 Sexiest Men. After the first batch of Bradley Cooper's predecessors, we carry on from where we left off -- the year of......

Now, an Omkara 'prequel'?

Sequels and remakes are not the onlyconcepts up for grabs in Bollywood. Now, filmmakers want to make prequels as well. After Pritish Nandy Communications announced a prequel to Sholay,now thereis......

Kissing row: Shilpa skips case hearing

Shilpa Shetty, who had been summoned to appear before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate on Saturday, did not appear for the hearing on the complaint filed by Jaipur Advocate Poonam Chand......

Hearing in Salman case adjourned

A court in Jodhpur has adjourned till January 8 the hearing on two appeals filed by actor Salman Khan against the sentence handed out to him for poaching black bucks as the film star failed to......

I needed time in "impossible" United job, says Moyes

After lasting 10 months in charge of Manchester United, David Moyes does not believe he was given enough time to prove himself in the "impossible job" as Alex Ferguson's successor. The 51-year-old,......

Headingley Test: Swann's six-haul bowls England to victory

Graeme Swann took six wickets and 10 in the match as England dodged the rain clouds hovering over Headingley to wrap-up a 247-run second Test victory over New Zealand on Tuesday and secure a 2-0......

Sandeep scores twice as Magicians post first win

Captain Sandeep Singh scored twice from penalty-corner flicks as Mumbai Magicians broke their winless streak after seven straight defeats in the Hockey India League by outclassing Uttar Pradesh......

Dipika loses to Duncalf in US squash meet

Dipika Pallikal was beaten by world No 4 Jenny Duncalf of England in straight games in the first round of the Carol Weymuller Open Gold 50 squash tournament at the Heights Casino squash courts in......

World Cup venues will be ready in time: ICC chief

The subcontinent will be ready in time to host the World Cup though five venues were still undergoing work, the International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Haroon Lorgat said on Saturday.......