3 Union ministers' resignation accepted, portfolios farmed out

President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday accepted the resignations of Union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar, Prahlad Singh Patel and Renuka Singh Saruta, who successfully contested the recent assembly......

10 dead, 22 Army personnel among 82 missing in Sikkim flash flood

At least ten people died and 80 others, including 22 army personnel, went missing on Wednesday after a cloudburst over Lhonak Lake in north Sikkim triggered a flash flood in the Teesta River basin,......

Chidambaram, Sibal among 41 elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha

P Chidambaram and Rajeev Shukla of the Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party's Sumitra Valmiki and Kavita Patidar, former Congress leader Kapil Sibal, Rashtriya Janata Dal's Misa Bharti and Jayant......

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......

Communication is key during crisis, say companies

As chief executive officer of HCL Technologies, Vineet Nayar has had 10,000 meetings over the past four weeks.Just that this time, they bear a completely different character.For, the primary aim is......

RIL mulls entry into low-cost housing

After successfully dabbling in organised retail in 2006, Mukesh Ambani, chairman of India's largest private sector company, Reliance Industries (RIL), has now set his eyes on no-frills, low-cost......

Mumbai Trident readies to reopen

Less than a month after terrorists invaded the Mumbai Trident at Nariman Point, the hotel is all set to reopen on December 21. And bookings have started trickling in. Senior executives of East......

Mid-career mandarins head for India Inc

A growing number of mid-career bureaucrats have been joining private-public partnership (PPP) initiatives that demand close collaboration between government and private companies, representing a......

'Women are the most amazing creations of God'

'The girl who helps me at home has had a tough life, yet her perspective of life is so much more positive than mine despite the hardships she's endured.' IMAGE: Supriya Pathak Kapur in the Khichdi......

Khichdi 2: Mission Paakthukistan Review: Total Majaa!

Khichdi needs a lot more masala, observes Deepa Gahlot. At a time when everybody is getting so thin-skinned, Gujaratis still laugh at themselves. The television comedy show, Khichdi, about the......

COMING UP In Theatres This November

Diwali always means special for the theatrical business in India. This year has shown that big-ticket films have a ready audience for them, as seen in Pathaan and Jawan, and Salman Khan probably......

Goodbye, Shashi Kapoor

Even the heavens shed tears at the Eternal Charmer's passing. Bollywood folk turned up in large numbers to bid Shashi Kapoor farewell at the Santa Cruz crematorium, north west Mumbai. Shashiji was......

India@Asiad: Recurve archers return medal-less; assured of 2 medals in bridge

IMAGE: Indian archer Deepika Kumari gets emotional after elimination. Photograph: Shahbaz Khan/PTI The Indian recurve archers' will return empty-handed from the 18th Asian Games with both the......

Vengsarkar to head selection committee

The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Wednesday named former captain Dilip Vengsarkar chairman of the national selection committee. The decision was taken at the 77th Annual General Meeting,......