Rediff.com brings you a combined update of the effect of Thursday's Bharat bandh, called by the National Democratic Alliance, Left parties and Samajwadi Party to protest against the latest hike in......
A complaint has been filed in a local court here for registration of a criminal case against former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Arjun Singh for allegedly releasing the then Union Carbide chief......
Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama is a non-vegetarian. The disclosure came from Member of Parliament Dr Karan Singh, while arguing that non-vegetarian food does not violate the religious......
Deepti, 18, recently cleared her class 12 examination. And that, her parents decided, was enough education for a girl. Four months ago, they fixed up her marriage. Deepti is now training at the......
As the Prime Minister turns 80, there is no clear barometer of his successes and misses. Manmohan Singh has courted controversy by keeping quiet. But what has his two decades in 7 RCR meant for a......
Moral authority of the current govt has taken a beating but can the budget lift it out of that mess? Will the budget change a lot for India's economy? Time for a hard budget? India Inc's young......
Can Budget 2012 prompt real change? Is India missing out on the opportunity to cash in on higher fund flows at a time when the west is suffering from a crisis? All eyes are now on the FM's brown......
Film music flourished in the 1970s. Some old masters did some great work, but it was also the decade of new composers.A fascinating excerpt from Amit Khanna's Words. Sounds. Images: A History Of......
'Which movie has been about love between castes?''In Ek Duje Ke Liye, the divide was between a non-vegetarian north Indian family and a vegetarian south Indian one; in Amitabh Bachchan's films,......
IMAGE: Shaili Singh after winning the silver medal. Photograph: Twitter Shaili Singh's progress as an athlete has a lot to do with her coach Robert Bobby George but it was her "strong and......
'She will go for gold in the next Under-20 World Championships and she is a medal contender in the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games next year.' IMAGE: India's long jumper Shaili Singh celebrates......
IMAGE: India's long jumper Shaili Singh celebrates with the Indian tricolour after winning silver at the World U-20 Championships in Nairobi on Sunday. Photograph: India AllSports/Twitter......
IMAGE: Long jumper Shaili Singh topped the qualification round with an effort of 6.40m in the Under-20 World Athletics Championships in Nairobi on Friday. Photograph: SAI Media/Twitter Young long......