Had it not been for Pankaj Tripathi, who must have worked hard to get those Vajpayee intonations and mannerisms so perfectly well, Ravi Jadhav's flattering portrait of Vajpayee would have been more vacuous than what we get to see, observes Prasanna Zore.

Just what is Akshay Kumar up to in Bachchhan Paandey, wonders Prasanna Zore.

Patna residents discuss what may happen when the EVMs are unlocked on Sunday morningwith Prasanna D Zore/Rediff.com

The New Year, like 2014, will see brisk hiring. But, specialisation and strong domain skills will decide who gets hired.

If you are not already lost in the zeros this wealth stands at Rs 257 lakh crore or Rs 257 trillion, according to a report unveiled by Karvy Private Wealth for the year 2014.

"She chose a path less trodden and turned it into a road paved with gold as far as her dance was concerned. There will never be another Sitara Devi," says her son, musician Ranjit Barot.

"Our company is a lot bigger than the 100+ IIT people we have on board. We know that talent lies in the person and not in their college degree, and we're looking on and off-campus to hire talented people from around the world," says Advitiya Sharma, an IIT-Bombay graduate, and co-founder & marketing head of Housing.com.

A Bharatiya Janata Party-led government will be in place in Maharashtra before athe end of the week, a top party functionary told rediff.com on Tuesday.

An RTI query has revealed shocking data on gang rapes in the city considered safe for women!

National president of the Jamaat Ulema-e-Hind, Maulana Suhaib Qasmi, has said that the Congress party has got a lesson of its life in this election.

As the electronic ticker that updates the Bharatiya Janata Party's ascendancy in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar keeps ticking up the celebrations by party workers are getting wilder and wilder.

Director Jaiswal, who wrote Gangs of Wasseypur, seems unable to make up his mind as to how to firmly hold the narrative.

"I did not say that," Chandurkar told this correspondent during a brief conversation. "What I said was those supporting communal parties should be stripped of national awards given to them by the government. I respect Lata Mangeshkar."