Wankhede govt officer, anyone can scrutinise his actions: HC

Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) zonal director Sameer Wankhede is a 'public officer' and his actions can be scrutinised by anyone, the Bombay high court said on Wednesday while hearing a defamation......

Earthquake of magnitude 3.5 felt in Delhi

A medium-intensity earthquake of magnitude 3.5 with epicentre in Delhi shook the region on Sunday evening, prompting panic-stricken people to rush out of their homes. According to the National......

God's own country safe haven for terror?

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and other terror groups are slowly shifting their operations to Kerala coast due to tightened vigil on Tamil Nadu and Konkan coasts, Southern Naval Command Flag......

BHU's double standards

When a university allows a small group of students to prevent classes being held; when the professor selected to hold those classes gives up and goes back to his hometown; what conclusion can be......

'Mahavitaran' punished for power disruption

In an exemplary instance, a consumer of 'Mahavitaran', the state electricity distribution company, has won compensation for disruption of power supply to his locality for seven days without any......

Sell your house, don't go for reverse mortgage

Why would anyone move out of a centrally-located place like Dadar in Mumbai and move to Kanjurmarg, a suburb? D V Damle and wife Madhuri did just that. By doing this, not only were they able to......

Rear view sensors to be mandatory in all cars soon

Government has already made it compulsory for all two-wheelers, which account for the highest share of accidents, to either have the anti-lock braking system or the combined braking system by April......

Govt likely to raise Rs 90k cr from telecom auction: Crisil

The bidding for four spectrum bands - 900 Mhz, 1800 Mhz, 2100 Mhz (used for 3G services) and 800 Mhz (used by CDMA operators) - is scheduled to start from March 4. Telecom players will bid......

What Shahid Finds 'Really Tough'

IMAGE: Shahid Kapoor. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com Shahid Kapoor packs in a lot of blood and gore in his new film, Bloody Daddy, directed by Ali Abbas Zafar (Tiger Zinda Hai,......

V Shantaram's brilliant Manoos turns 75

Exactly 75 years ago on this day, Indian cinema had its watershed moment with the release of Marathi movie Manoos (Man), that perhaps for the first time made a bold attempt to......

Spotted: Johnny Lever and his daughter Jamie

Rediff.com reader Kaustubh Damle, his wife Vrushali and their daughter Tanisha met Johny Lever and his daughter Jamie at his comedy show in Adelaide, Australia, and sent us a picture.    ......

Darlings Is Daring, Not Superficial

I cannot think of another Hindi movie that has, without so much as a hint of cynicism or speechifying, brought out that fundamental fact of Muslims being an integral part of the Indian culture......

Jaffer's 14-year-old nephew Armaan in Mumbai Ranji probables list

In an interesting move, the Mumbai selection committee decided to include 14-year-old Armaan Jaffer in the Ranji Trophy probables list along with his uncle and state team stalwart Wasim Jaffer.In......