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Utpal Parrikar Exposes BJP's Goa Faultlines

The BJP has the cadres, organisation, and extensive funding.But in the absence of a towering political personality like Manohar Parrikar, the Goa outcome is hard to predict. IMAGE: Utpal Parrikar,......

BJP buffeted by open rebellion in 4 Goa seats, Panaji a worry

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has managed to contain dissent in most areas in the run-up to the Goa assembly polls scheduled for February 14, but four seats, including the prestigious Panaji......

Priyanka's Goa visit sees spate of Congress leaders resignations

The Goa unit of Congress party faced a spate of resignations and confusion prevailed over its alliance with like-minded parties for the upcoming polls in the coastal state as the opposition party......

IMD warns of extremely heavy rain in parts of TN, AP on Nov 10-11

Extremely heavy rainfall is likely over some parts of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh on November 10 and 11 which may inundate roads and low-lying areas, and cause riverine flooding in some catchment......

Men Who Fought To The Last Bullet And Last Breath

'Rezang La was a unique battle.''It was not a large scale battle like the Battle of Kohima which involved a large number of troops.''Here there was just a company that fought it out till the last......

'India will eventually come through'

No government can 'ignore inclusiveness in a democracy', Montek Singh Ahluwalia tells Anjuli Bhargava. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Lunch with BS is a known animal for Montek......

Dual-mode tourist buses: Go Goa, the amphibian way

Amphibian buses have a capacity to carry 32 persons and cost Rs 2 cr. Amphibian Tours plans to introduce six such buses for tourists over a year How about travelling across the buzzing lanes of a......

PCs come almost free in Goa

Alfina Khan, now a class XII science student in Chimbel near Panjim in Goa, recalls getting a personal computer in March 2003 - for a princely sum of Rs 1,000.Her family had been thinking of buying......

Vijay Mallya: The reluctant poster boy of bad debt

Mallya failed to repay loans worth Rs 7,200 cr, did not pay salaries, did not deposit PF, and did not pay income tax. It is still a mystery why banks continued to pour money into the airline when......

Pix: Where Ash, Hrithik stayed during Guzaarish shoot

When Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Hrithik Roshan landed in Goa to shoot their film, Guzaarish, they chose to stay in Englishman Jan (pronounced Ian) Bostock's beautiful home, tucked away in Divar......

Why you should head to Goa RIGHT NOW!

'One afternoon, I spotted Karan Johar and film critic Rajeev Masand having tea with Nina Gupta, the head of NFDC, and barged into their meeting.' Aseem Chhabra's IFFI diaries... Image: Gulzar and......

25 WOW Frames of Dil Chahta Hai

Dil Chahta Hai revolutionised the language of Hindi films.Sukanya Verma shows us how. If you look at Dil Chahta Hai, it's just 20-something friends hanging out, pulling each other's leg, traveling......

Goa IFFI: Bureaucracy on the Beach

Aseem Chhabra encounters an Indian dinosaur at the Goa film festival. Wishes do come true. In the late 1970s as a college student in Delhi, I promised myself that one day I will make a career out......

Chess WC: Diptayan pulls off a stunner; Pranav loses

IMAGE: Indian Grandmaster Diptayan Ghosh stunned former world championship challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi in the World Chess Cup, in Panjim, on Wednesday. Photograph: Michal Walusza/FIDE......

Chess WC: Arjun, Pragg, Harikrishna head to tiebreak

IMAGE: Indian GM Arjun Erigaisi played out a 36-move draw with Hungarian GM Peter Leko in Round 4 of the Chess World Cup, in Panjim on Wednesday. Photograph: Eteri Kublashvili/FIDE Indian......

Indian GM stunned by 12-year-old 'Messi of Chess'

IMAGE: Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi did try to find some flaws in black's position but decided against any undue risk and repeated the position three times. Photograph: Michal Walusza/FIDE Indian......

Vidit Gujrathi dumped out of World Chess Cup

There are five Indians left in the fray after the first three rounds. IMAGE: Indian GM Vidit Gujrathi was eliminated from the FIDE World Cup after losing the second 10+10 game to Sam Shankland......

Chess World Cup: Arjun, Praggnanandhaa face Round 4 challenge

IMAGE: Arjun Erigaisi will start as the favourite against veteran Hungarian Peter Leko in the fourth round of the FIDE Chess World Cup. Photograph: FIDE/Michal Walusza India's leading Grandmasters......