'Kalnirnay belongs to the people of India'

'Kalnirnay is like a bible for any family.' Shakti Salgaonkar, executive director, Sumangal Group in a freewheeling chat with Satish Bodas/Rediff.com, discusses 50 years of Kalnirnay, a calendar......

'It's back to stone age': Kashmir Valley blacked out

Desolate streets with security personnel and a communications lockdown has left the Valley cut off from the world. IMAGE: A man carrying vessels walks across a deserted road during restrictions,......

PHOTOS: PM, Rahul, Rajini pay their respects to Karunanidhi

From Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi, from West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee to actors-turned-politicians Rajinikanth and Kamal......

Don't look at him with pity; look up to him for his grit

Dhruv Shirpurkar's parents never let go of their faith in God while standing with him in his battle against a rare disorder that left him 85 per cent disabled and bound to a wheelchair.Rediff.com's......

The $8.5 billion TVS Group splits to grow: What's changed structure-wise?

The month of February saw a comparatively muted but significant change in the history of Chennai’s corporate landscape. Photograph: Tanushree Punwani/Reuters The $8.5 billion TVS Group......

How Tamil Nadu has transformed to attract mega investment

A team of more than 60 people under Neeraj Mittal, an IAS officer, was instrumental in getting up the New Industrial Policy 2021 targeting investments of around Rs 10 trillion by 2025.......

TVS group all set for mega restructuring

The restructuring, which will involve nine listed companies, including TVS Motor, Sundaram Clayton, Sundram Fasteners, TVS Electronics and TVS Srichakra, among others, will give each family......

Ola Electric to create 10,000 jobs

Upon completion, the factory will create almost 10,000 jobs and will initially have an annual capacity of 2 million units, reports Peerzada Abrar. IMAGE: Ola acquired Dutch start-up Etergo B.V.......

'Investing in girls is about the smartest thing you can do'

Over Dosas in Mumbai, Oscar winner Megan Mylan tells Vaihayasi Pande Daniel why she chose India and girl empowerment as the subject of her new documentary. Image: Megan Mylan (centre) with her......

Review: City of Gold is not for everyone

City of Gold (Lalbaug Parel in Marathi ) isn't an English film. Neither is it a Hindi film for multiplex audiences. The title maybe a bit confusing but then so is the premise of the film. The......

Priyanka Chopra dazzles Toronto

"You are so good doing 12 parts in the film that I thought you are capable of playing every role in the film including the one played by Harman Baweja," an admirer tells Priyanka Chopra who was in......

Top Earning Celebs Over 50

Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey has out-earned other Hollywood big wigs to clinch the top spot in Forbes list of the 'Top Earning Celebrities Over 50'. The 55-year-old media mogul, who took in a......

'BCCI had gone against the nation's mood'

'Our people are crazy about cricket, but they are more crazy about their country, and their armed forces.''To the people of India, there is nothing that is above the nation, not even cricket.'......

Massa leaves hospital, flies home to Brazil

Injured Formula One driver Felipe Massa left a Budapest hospital after nine days of treatment on Monday, boarding a private jet home to Brazil on his own feet. Ferrari's Massa, who fractured his......

Steve Waugh on his decision to quit

Throughout my playing career I've heard many times that you'll know when it's time to call it a day. They said: "One morning you will just wake up and know instantaneously that you want to retire......

Tendulkar returns from the US

Star batsman Sachin Tendulkar returned to Mumbai late last night from the United States where he had his ring finger operated upon on April 29.Tendulkar had gone to the United Stateson April26for......