'...because of its permanent nature.' 'If you work for the private sector or for yourself, you are not regarded as being employed,' points out T C A Srinivasa Raghavan.
IMAGES from the Champions League 2nd semi-final first leg match between Barcelona and Liverpool at Nou Camp on Wednesday
The Franch striker became the first player to be named England's Footballer of the Year in successive seasons.
'So much resources go into guarding this territory. So much goes into policing the Line of Control. So many mouths can get fed, so many minds can be nourished, if India and Pakistan resolve the Kashmir issue through a Kashmiri-owned, Kashmiri-led peace process'
They set four new national marks as Nisha Millet won her fifth gold in the 57th National Aquatics Championships.
India won seven of the nine races held on the last day of the swimming competition at the 10th South Asian Games.
While the brand did step into cities such as Delhi in the last few years, it is now stitching up an expansion strategy aimed at partaking of growth in areas where consumption of ice cream remains strong.
Aseem Chhabra lists the films that won his heart at the recent Toronto International Film Festival.
As electric they are on silver screen, Deepika Padukone and Alia Bhatt aren't quite chat show meat, feels Sukanya Verma.
The 20-year-old became the youngest semi-finalist at Melbourne Park since American Andy Roddick, also 20, at the 2003 tournament.
This will be the first time that a song that has been popularised as a ringtone has crossed over into the singles charts.
Neymar lived up to expectations as he showed his class on his Ligue 1 debut on Sunday, scoring one and setting up another goal in Paris St Germain's 3-0 win at En Avant Guingamp.
Director Sourabh Usha Narang denies his first film is a rip off of The Sixth Sense.
It's been 51 days since Prime Minister Narendra Modi took his 'mitron' by surprise when he announced that Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 would no longer be legal tender. What will the PM tell us on 31/12?
Guo Jingjing made it five Athens Olympic diving titles out of seven for China when she twirled to a comprehensive victory in the women's three-metre springboard final.
Rediff reader Sidharth Jain tells us how he lost weight.
Ono had won the AFC Young Player of the Year award in 1998.
Jasprit Bumrah destroyed Australia with a six-wicket haul to give India a huge 292-run first innings lead.
Amit Kumar's 16th minute strike helped Lucknow Nawabs register a 1-0 victory in the Tier II of Premier Hockey League.
The New Zealand skipper scored 99 in a six-wicket win over England.
It's less than a year since he made his debut, in the first Test against India at Mohali, but Kagiso Rabada has emerged South Africa's leading cricketer. The 21-year-old fast bowler was named South African's youngest ever Cricketer of the Year and also scooped up five other awards at a gala hosted by Cricket South Africa.
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To an award show that's famous for honouring artists belatedly, we have sent as our official entry one of our major film-makers's weakest work yet, feels Sreehari Nair.
Belgium stunned six-time champions and title holders Germany 4-3 in the shoot out to progress to their maiden final of the men's Junior Hockey World Cup in Lucknow on Friday.
Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher was named Laureus world sportsman of the year for the second time.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
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Spinner Ashley Giles took five second innings wickets to lead England to a 256-run victory in the second Test.
The Chicago Cubs shed themselves of the "Curse of the Billy Goat" and ended a 108-year wait for a World Series title by beating the Cleveland Indians 8-7 in 10 innings on Wednesday in a thrilling Game Seven classic.
When the boy started choking, his mother tried to pull the 7x4 cm fish out of his mouth but it was very firmly lodged and could not be removed, she later said.
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