'Assam Rifles is probably the best fighting force in the country'

'Assam Rifles have prevented a large number of genocides and killings.' IMAGE: Personnel of Assam Rifles and the Indian Army patrol an area in Manipur. Photograph: ANI Photo On Thursday, November......

'Matter of time before China starts creating problems'

'Manipur is critical to India's Look East policy.''It's a strategic state. In the Second World War, the Japanese entered Manipur through Burma.''China can use the same direction to approach India.'......

'Violence won't end till people say let's stop it'

'Unfortunately, there is no movement towards peace in Manipur.' IMAGE: Police and paramilitary personnel stand guard during a protest by students against the deaths of two youth and demand peace......

Meet IAF's First Agniveers!

After five months of rigorous training, the Agniveervayus passed out of the Airmen Training School, impressing the audience with the skills they had acquired in just 22 weeks of training. Text:......

Fashion: Bhagalpur boy's success mantra

Sometimes unlikely people from unlikely places gain recognition pursuing unlikely professions. Samant Chauhan with his bald pate and eyes that gleam with ambition and a pronounced heterosexual gait......

Do IIMs need a public relations agency?

In a trend that confirms the seriousness with which management schools are dealing with public relations, it is not just the second rung schools that are looking for communications professionals -......

FTII students: Government hasn't understood our problems

'The government says it is trying to improve the institute, but its latest appointments say otherwise.' FTII students tell A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com why they won't back down. IMAGE: A mannequin......

Aditi Rao Hydari, Urmila, Tabu celebrate Diwali with Bachchans

The Bachchans' Diwali party held at their bungalow Jalsa in the posh Juhu suburb of Mumbai on October 23 was an elaborate affair, and saw almost everyone in the film industry in attendance. Click......

How Does Agneepath Music Compare With Original?

Remakes come with a certain baggage. Of, at any rate, matching the standards and aesthetics if not beating the impact of the original. After Shah Rukh Khan in Farhan Akhtar's Don, it's......

Re-visiting Amitabh's Agneepath

Karan Johar is all set to remake his father Yash Johar's 1990 production Agneepath for which Amitabh Bachchan won a National Award. The film was directed by Mukul S Anand. Hrithik Roshan will step......

Paris Olympics: How India's athletes fared on Day 10

IMAGE: Avinash Sable became the first Indian man to qualify for the men's 3000m Steeplechase final at the Paris Olympics on Monday. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters It was a day of near misses at......

List of Indian athletes qualified for Paris Olympics 2024

  India will send 117 athletes to the Paris Olympics, starting July 26 in the French capital. This will be India's second-biggest contingent at an Olympic Games after 121 athletes went to......

Sports Shorts: New high for Manika-Archana in TT rankings

IMAGE: Manika Batra and her doubles partner moved into the top-five of the international table tennis rankings. Photograph: Twitter Indian women's doubles pair of Manika Batra and Archana Girish......

Twenty new athletes added to 2024 Games' TOPS list

IMAGE: India weightlifter Mirabai Chanu in action during the Tokyo Olympics. Photograph: Chris Graythen/Getty Images As many as 20 new sportspersons were on Monday added to the list of Target......

Images: Hurricane Gilchrist hits Centurion

Deccan Chargers' fast bowler Ryan Harris dives to stop a shot against the Delhi Dareddevils in the first semi-final of the Indian Premier League in Centurion, on Friday. Harris had given Deccan an......