Nehru to Advani: Full list of Bharat Ratna awardees

The decision to award the Bharat Ratna to Bharatiya Janata Party veteran L K Advani and former Bihar chief minister Karpoori Thakur has taken the number of recipients of the country's highest......

Not taking Udupi incident lightly: Karnataka home minister

Karnataka Home Minister Dr G Parameshwara on Friday said the government has not taken the incident of filming in a washroom in an Udupi college lightly. IMAGE: Karnataka Congress MLA G......

Amid defeat, BJP retains its hold in coastal Karnataka

Even as the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party was defeated in the Karnataka assembly elections, the party retained its traditional stronghold in the coastal region by securing victories in 11 of the 13......

Karnataka BJP snubs 7 MLAs in 2nd list, no Shettar

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has announced its second list of 23 candidates for the May 10 assembly polls in Karnataka, denying tickets to seven sitting MLAs, including Madal Virupakshappa,......

India, a nation of Unicorns?

As 8 new startups join the 2018 club, average time taken to be a $1 billion firm now stands at 5-7 years, next only to China, says a Nasscom report Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com India is......

Start-Up India: Good intent but will it actually work?

While a three-year tax holiday and relaxation of capital gains for funds have been received favourably, others argue that not enough has been announced. Image: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with......

Modi's rendezvous with 40 start-ups: What's in store?

Founders of Flipkart, Snapdeal, Paytm, Ola, Quikr, Zomato and Softbank are expected to participate in the event. More than 40 start-ups and investors will on Saturday come together in a 10-hour......

'I give him A+ for his speech'

Modi’s statement that ‘California is where the sun sets last and new ideas see the first light of the day,’ drew huge applause 'It is a good thing for India that it has a leader......

Jaggesh: Guru is based on a Korean film

Popular Kannada comedian Jaggesh's maiden directorial venture Guru with his son Gururaj in the lead, is hitting the screens this Friday, November 16, across Karnataka. It has taken 30 years for......

Review: Gilli is good in parts

Kannada film Gilli directed by Raghava Loki is a frame by frame remake of Selvaraghavan's Tamil film 7G Rainbow Colony. It introduces Gururaj, son of veteran actor Jaggesh. Gururaj had scripted......

Abhishek: talent untapped in MSAMD

Mumbai Se Aaya Mera Dost was one movie I was eagerly looking forward to. More so for Abhishek Bachchan since he and the promos looked very promising. I was expecting nothing short of another......

Lights! television! confusion!

You know how it is when you see a good film. You are riveted to the screen, popcorn and samosa forgotten. You are there, in the film, with everything happening on screen.The intermission actually......

Meet India's medallists at Birmingham CWG

Indian athletes are on a roll at the ongoing Birmingham Commonwealth Games. With 55 medals thus far, India are 5th on the list of medal winners.    Rediff.com introduces you to the......

CWG 2022: How India fared on Sunday, July 31

IMAGE: Jeremy Lalrinnunga first bettered the Commonwealth Games snatch mark with a successful 140kg attempt and then lifted 160kg in clean and jerk to take his aggregate to 300kg, a new CWG......

Mizoram teen Jeremy rewrites two Games record on way to sensational CWG gold

IMAGE: Lalrinnunga Jeremy during men's 67kg category weightlifting final of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.Photograph: Eddie Keogh/Getty Images Jeremy Lalrinnunga endured excruciating pain......

CWG: Weightlifter Gururaja wins bronze in 61kg category

IMAGE: Gururaja Poojary lifted a total of 269kg (118kg+151kg) to win the bronze medal in the men's 61kg category at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Saturday. Photograph: Clive......

'I dedicate this medal to my wife'

IMAGE: Gururaja Poojary won a bronze medal with a combined lift of 269kg in the Men's 61 kg final. Photograph: ANI/Twitter After clinching a bronze medal in weightlifting, weightlifter Gururaj......