'His interests were books, verse and politics'

Far away from the glare of publicity live Atal Bihari Vajpayee's family -- three sisters, nephews, nieces and their children.A large family proud of its bond with India's leader.Rediff.com's......

Mamata's TMC sweeps aside opposition in West Bengal

Led by mercurial Mamata Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress on Thursday stormed back to power in West Bengal getting more than two-thirds majority decimating the opposition Left-Congress alliance......

Bihar govt issues shoot-at-sight orders anticipating poll violence

The Bihar government on Wednesday issued shoot-at-sight orders against troublemakers and made tight security arrangements to ensure violence free polling in 6 of the 40 Lok Sabha seats to be held......

Bihar's first phase of polls on six seats offer no signal

In the first phase of elections in Bihar, voting will happen on April 10 in six Lok Sabha constituencies. These six constituencies are reserved seats of Sasaram, Jamui and Gaya, Karakat, Aurangabad......

Claudius laid to rest in presence of teammates

Olympians and dignitaries of the state government today bid their final adieus to legendary hockey player Leslie Claudius whose mortal remains were laid to rest at the Lower Circular Road Cemetery......