Tahawwur Rana lands in Delhi, NIA records arrest

Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a key accused in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, was brought to India after being "successfully extradited" from the US and was formally arrested, the National Investigation......

Pentagon reopens after lockdown due to shooting near Metro station

The Pentagon, which houses the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, was briefly put under a lockdown on Tuesday due to "shooting incident" at a nearby Metro station. The......

15 dead, many hospitalised as north India reels under punishing heatwave

Swathes of northern and eastern India remained in the grip of a punishingly long heatwave on Wednesday, increasing heat stroke casualties and prompting the Centre to issue advisory to hospitals to......

Battle Royale in Thiruvananthapuram

I have a bit of a personal dilemma: I have a soft corner for Shashi Tharoor, but I do like Rajeev Chandrasekhar's pitch, confesses Rajeev Srinivasan. IMAGE: Dr Shashi Tharoor, the Congress Lok......

Govt urges banks to close inoperative Jan Dhan accounts

State-owned banks have received guidance from the government to close Jan Dhan accounts whose beneficiaries are unwilling to keep them active, amid rising instances of such accounts being misused......

Job postings decline in Sep on annual basis

Job postings declined on an annual basis in September but witnessed a marginal uptick compared to August this year, a report said on Tuesday. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com There was a......

New jobs: Pushing commuters into trains!

Shanghai Metro officials have started hiring people to solve the problem of overcrowding in its 37.5-km subway line, which was opened two years ago. The hired people have been given the......

G-20 officals' meet takes off in Canada

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper welcomed officials from G-20 countries for their two-day meeting or what Globe and Mail, in its March 18 report described 'secretive discussions'. "The......

Bollywood's small-town romances

Love is a universal phenomenon experienced in every nook and corner of the world. Sadly, Hindi movies are often so preoccupied depicting the dating scene in urban scenarios they ignore the beauty......

Delhi 6: Yeh silly hai mere yaar

Just about a month ago, my closest friend and I took the Metro from Delhi's Connaught Place, the offically acknowledged center of New Delhi, to the arteries and valves of the unpredictably......

City of Dreams 2 review

The second season of City Of Dreams has more pulp, hardly any juice, feels Sreehari Nair. Season 1 of Nagesh Kukunoor's City of Dreams, for all its pulpiness, aspired to paint an epic vision of......

Funnier than Aishwarya's lips: The week in the movies

Sukanya Verma shares her exciting filmi week with us. I am in Delhi these days. Delhi, most months, is not an easy city to live in but in May it's just impossible. When not cursing the unbearable......

Rio confident a year before Olympics but questions remain

- 'Brazil isn't all about lack of planning, overpricing and with no commitment to dates and times. There is a part of Brazil that operates properly.' Image: Aerial view of Christ the Redeemer,......