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BJP LS list: Shivraj, Scindia included; Pragya Thakur left out

The Bharatiya Janata Party announced its initial list of 24 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Madhya Pradesh, showcasing prominent names such as former Chief Minister Shivraj Singh......

HC grants bail to 3 men held for setting afire rape victim in UP

The Allahabad high court has granted bail to three people arrested for allegedly setting afire a rape victim in Unnao, doubting her dying declaration. Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh of the Lucknow......

How Many Children do BJP MLAs in UP have?

Given the controversy over the Uttar Pradesh government's population control policy, Hemant Shivsaran/Rediff.com digs deep to find out how many children BJP legislators in UP have. IMAGE: Uttar......

3 prisoners shot dead in UP jail, 2 cops suspended

Three prisoners, including a member of Bahujan Samaj Party MLA Mukhtar Ansari's gang, were shot dead inside the Chitrakoot district jail on Friday after which the Uttar Pradesh government suspended......

Shah gets Home, Rajnath Defence; Finance with Nirmala

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will retain DoPT, Atomic Energy as well as all important policy issues and portfolios not allocated. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Union Ministers Nitin......

Deepak Kapoor to restore PwC's reputation

PricewaterhouseCoopers' new chairman is busy putting the past behind the consultancy and raising the bar on risk and quality. Sometime in early 2007, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) decided to elect......

Anti-retail lobby has a new target

The anti-retail and land acquisition bandwagon has a new target now. An assorted bunch of farmers, small traders and non-government organisations (NGOs) have trained their guns on a legislation......

'Quit Retail', protestors plan rally on Oct 10

On October 10, 50,000 to 100,000 people - representing associations of farmers, traders, hawkers, and even chemists from all over India - will converge on Mumbai's Azad Maidan to demand that big......

Brand Sachin needs a few tons

As Sachin Tendulkar fell to his knees trying in vain to keep out a ball that went on to hit the timber, several questions arose about his future as brand ambassador.While these remain just......

Ministry wrangle puts off tax rules for SEZs

The differences between the commerce and revenue departments have led to the government postponing the notification of consolidated customs and excise rules for special economic zones by two months......

What's in a NAME, Bollywood?

So what's in a name? Quite a lot, according to Bollywood! There are many movies coming up titled after their protagonist. Joginder Tuteja lists them for us: Prithviraj Based on the many......

10 Memorable ROMANTIC Movies

Subhash K Jha list his 10 favourite romantic Hindi films. Amar Prem IMAGE: Sharmila Tagore and Rajesh Khanna in Amar Prem. Shakti Samanta's timeless film featured my favourite......

Bollywood's Top 10 HITS of 2016

Is Sultan a bigger hit than Dangal? The year 2016 has come to a close, and it's time to see which films made the most money. Salman Khan's Sultan makes the top spot but Aamir Khan's Dangal may......

Does Shah Rukh look 24?

Do you think these actors *look* young when they play younger characters? One of Shah Rukh Khan's characters in Fan is a young boy, aged 24. The actor has done a good job with prosthetic to make......

Aamir Khan's heartwarming gesture

The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities: Following a post on Facebook, actor Aamir Khan decided to meet a 14-year-old fan, Nihal Bitla. Nihal suffers......

Rohit must be getting support from BCCI: Harbhajan

Rohit Sharma needs all the support from the Indian cricket establishment as people are going "overboard" with their criticism of his captaincy, feels spin great Harbhajan Singh. In recent weeks,......

'Kumble felt he was unfairly treated'

While former Committee of Administrators head Vinod Rai’s recently published book gives an insight into the Anil Kumble-Virat Kohli drama and Ravi Shastri’s eventual appointment as Head......

Jharkhand enter Ranji quarters after 1000-plus runs lead!

The match was over as a contest after Jharkhand scored a mammoth 880 in their first innings – the tournament's fourth highest score on an Eden Gardens belter against a Nagaland attack in......

'Dhoni, Pandya, Rahul can be very good volleyball players'

IMAGE: Mahendra Singh Dhoni with Hardik Pandya during an IPL match. Photograph: BCCI Ashwal Rai, who is leading Kolkata Thunderbolts in the upcoming Prime Volleyball League, believes ace......

IPL 2021: Samson named RR captain, Raina retained by CSK

CSK's Harbhajan Singh and Mumbai Indians' Lasith Malinga were among the other big names to be released by their respective sides ahead of next month's auction. IMAGE: Sanju Samson will replace......

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