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Sheena Bora Case Drags On, Indrani Moves On

Indrani is in a buoyant and energetic frame of mind these days -- in a full-on Mood Positive.She has a tell-all book titled Unbroken out, that she terms as an 'eet ka jawab kalam se' and appears in......

Demolition drive in Delhi's Mehrauli ahead of G20 meet sparks protests

An "anti-encroachment drive" was carried out by the Delhi Development Authority in the Mehrauli Archaeological Park area amid police security on Friday, triggering protest from various local......

'Rahat Indori will always be with us, thanks to Internet'

'He was such a diverse poet that he wrote the song M bole toh Master of Munnabhai MBBS and also Yeh Rishta kya kehlata hai of Meenaxi.' IMAGE: Rahat Indori, centre, with lyricist Javed......

After fighting crime, this top cop is fighting hunger

'There are 80 million tonnes of foodgrain in our godowns and yet, 200 million people go to bed hungry.''So I decided to fight hunger.' IMAGE: D Sivanandan, Maharashtra's former director general of......

7 reasons why Kejriwal won Delhi

Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com lists 7 reasons behind Arvind Kejriwal's triumph. IMAGE: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal takes aim. Photograph: Kind courtesy Arvind Kejriwal/Instagram 1. No......

Inequality a relative concept; absolute poverty India's urgent concern: CEA

Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) V Anantha Nageswaran considers absolute poverty a more direct and pressing concern for India. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com He argues that inequality is a......

Housing sales up 8% in Q1 across eight cities

Housing sales rose 8 per cent annually during the April-June period to 80,250 units across eight major cities, mainly on increased demand in Mumbai and Pune, according to PropTiger. Photograph:......

Why Bank HRs Are Under Pressure Suddenly

Employees across segments, including those involved in specialised jobs such as technology, compliance and risk management, have started leaving the bank fold in hordes, observes Tamal......

7.85 lakh unsold housing stock in top 8 cities

Real estate developers are sitting on around 7.85 lakh unsold housing units across eight major cities and it will take them 32 months to clear these stocks at current sales velocity, according to......

Housing sales up 49% in Jul-Sep across 8 major cities

Housing sales have risen 49 per cent year-on-year to 83,220 units in the July-September period across eight major cities on pent up demand, despite rise in interest rates and property prices,......

Why Mala Sinha Almost Said No To Pyaasa

'My character Meena seemed like a selfish, cold, heartless woman, who abandons her lover because he is moneyless.' IMAGE: Mala Sinha in Pyaasa. Mala Sinha, who turned 86 on November 11, is the......

Sholay Actor Birbal Passes Away

IMAGE: Asrani and Birbal in Sholay. Veteran actor Satinder Kumar Khosla, popularly known as Birbal, succumbed to a cardiac arrest on Tuesday, September 12. He was in his 80s. Khosla......

5 Romantic Rain Songs

With the monsoon sweeping across many parts of India, Subhash K Jha picks 5 of his favourite romantic rain songs. Rimjhim Gire Saaawan IMAGE: Amitabh Bachchan and Moushumi Chatterjee in......

The Legend Called Shashi Kapoor

'Shashiji was a terrific co-star' IMAGE: Shashi Kapoor in Jab Jab Phool Khile. Shashi Kapoor's five favourite leading ladies speak on his 84th birth anniversary to Subhash K Jha: Shabana Azmi:......

Why Hrishida Made HAPPY FILMS

'To keep laughing is the most important thing in life.' IMAGE: Sitting on the floor: Rajesh Khanna, Manisha, Jaya Bachchan and Asrani. Right to left: Durga Khote, A K Hangal, Harindranath......

MP Harbhajan helps rescue Punjab girl held in Oman

Kamaljeet, who is now back in her native place Barkandi village in Bathinda, and her father Sikandar Singh, explained their week-long ordeal and how travel and placement agents in Punjab are......

At whom was Irfan Pathan's tweet directed?

Irfan Pathan has been busy tweeting these days. Be it at the beginning of Ramzan or just random musings, Twitter has given the former India paceman a platform to 'speak his mind'. On Tuesday, after......

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