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What Was The Most Dangerous Decade Post Independence?

The competition for the worst or most perilous 10 years has always been between the 1960s and the 1980s, points out Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: An Indian soldier walks past destroyed Pakistani tanks in......

Officers appointed through UPSC are 'dacoits': Union min

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and central minister Bisheswar Tudu has courted controversy by claiming that many of the officers appointed through the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)......

Amritpal Singh in video calls for 'Sarbat Khalsa' to save Sikh youth

Amid a police crackdown on Amritpal Singh and his outfit, the pro-Khalistan preacher appeared in a video on Wednesday, calling for a 'Sarbat Khalsa' congregation on Baisakhi to discuss issues......

'19 dead. 53 wounded. The battle was ferocious'

'In the 1971 War my battalion suffered 4 casualties after fighting for 14 days.''In Operation Blue Star, I lost 19 men in just one hour.' IMAGE: Then Lieutenant Colonel Israr Khan (4th from right)......

Amritpal Singh has close links with ISI, terror groups: Sources

Radical preacher Amritpal Singh, who is on the run following a police crackdown, has been maintaining close links with Pakistani intelligence agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and some......

'Huge demand for life insurance products in India'

'As our per capita income increases and various demographic segments emerge, the need for various kinds of protection and risk covers will become even more explicit.' Photograph: Kind courtesy LIC......

Where Are Business Leaders To Power The India Story?

What do we need more of? Leaders who dominate global institutions or local leaders with a 'Make-in-India' mindset? Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com A couple of weeks ago, the news about......

Hospitality industry set for buoyant 2023

The domestic hospitality industry is looking to 'fly' in 2023 cashing in on India's G20 presidency, having received the 'oxygen' to run in 2022 after being crippled in the past two years by the......

BPCL offers employees golden handshake ahead of privatisation

State-owned BPCL has brought in a voluntary retirement scheme for its employees ahead of the government privatising the country's third biggest oil refiner and second-largest fuel retailer. IMAGE:......

Why are our passports so shabby?

'Why can't a country that builds and manages airports of acknowledged excellence at home and abroad produce passports of durable quality for its citizens?' asks Sunil Sethi. Indian travellers to......

Was Kangana's National Award calculated?

'Of all artists who openly support the current political dispensation, she is far and away the finest,' argues Sreehari Nair.'With the exception of perhaps Tabu, no Indian actress has done more to......

The Dream Girl Review

You’ll come out laughing till your sides hurt, promises Sukanya Verma. Men falling for men masquerading as women is an old gag.   Rishi Kapoor and Paintal’s girly avatars in......

John Abraham, Farhan Akhtar cheer NY festival

Mira Nair invoked a favourite mantra once again last week at I View Film, which is emerging as a significant film festival in New York. She asked, if we don't tell our own stories, who will? She......

The 9 starkids of '09

Bollywood, as we all know, is a family business.Most acting roles are inherited, and starkids stick around long enough to find their footing and even if they aren't impressive the first dozen......

Hollywood's hottest girls

Yes, girls.Not young women, not interesting actresses -- we're talking hot girls, and while they may be more than just scorching bodies, that's the important part to get on this list. Here then......

PIX: Brentford thrash Manchester Utd; Champs City cruise

A summary of Saturday's action in the Premier League. IMAGE: Brentford's jubilant players celebrate after the resounding victory over Manchester United in the Premier League match at Brentford......

Misfiring Djokovic still searching for those golden shots

'I went through my ups and downs and I'm not really satisfied with the performance' IMAGE: Novak Djokovic of Serbia serves during the second round match against Jaume Munar of......

CWG: Grapplers Sushil, Aware strike gold, Babita takes silver

IMAGE: Rahul Aware gets emotional after his gold medal win in the 57kg freestyle wrestling event on Thursday. Photograph: Alex Pantling/Getty Images Double-Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar (74kg)......

Wimbledon: 'Workaholic' Murray ready to dodge 'golden arm' Raonic's missiles

IMAGE: Great Britain's Andy Murray during a practice session at the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club, in Wimbledon, on Saturday. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters Since Andy Murray's memory......

PHOTOS: French Open champ Muguruza knocked out, Murray advances

IMAGES from Day 4 at Wimbledon: IMAGE: Slovakia's Jana Cepelova celebrates winning her match against Garbine Muguruza. Photograph: Tony O'Brien/Reuters Second seed Garbine Muguruza, bidding to add......

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