Arunachal: Where Elephants Roam at 10,000 feet

'This is the only place on earth where Elephas maximus climbs to these heights.'A fascinating excerpt from Stephen Alter's Wild Himalaya: A Natural History Of The Greatest Mountain Range On Earth.......

Living with leopards in Incredible India

A National Geographic feature on leopards in Mumbai has just gone viral on social media. But two years ago, Sumit Bhattacharya/Rediff.com met pioneering wildlife scientist Vidya Athreya, whose......

56 personalities receive Padma awards from President

President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday presented Padma awards to 56 distinguished personalities including actor Paresh Rawal, ace tennis player Leander Paes and author Ruskin Bond. Cricketer Yuvraj......

Ousted Mint editor Narisetti joins Washington Post

Raju Narisetti, who recently quit the Hindustan Times group's business newspaper Mint, has now been named one of the two managing editors of the Washington Post. Reports said that The Post named......

India faces crisis as boom fails rural poor

High economic growth rates have failed to improve food security in India leaving the country facing a crisis in its rural economy, the United Nations World Food Programme warned. India has grown at......

'It's a surgical strike against the country's poor'

IMAGE: Villagers queue outside a bank on the outskirts of Allahabad. Photograph: Jitendra Prakash/Reuters 'The execution has been 100 per cent faulty.''The scheme is also a stupid one, a real......

Cong for social welfare, BJP for reforms: Experts

Even as the stakes are being weighed on who would form the next government, management experts feel that if Congress-led government is formed at the Centre, social welfare sector will get a major......

'Some of the growth rate figures are spurious and misleading'

'The whole land acquisition bill is a part of the payback to the corporate' 'It is the joke of the century, if the BJP were to pretend that it was a clean government' 'Maharashtra is busy banning......

'Dhanush's A Generous Co-Actor, Director'

'I'm in awe of how secure he is, as an actor, performer and director.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Sundeep Kishan /Instagram Telugu actor Sundeep Kishan didn't think twice before taking up Raayan.......

'I am that hero whose family is the audience'

Photograph: Kind courtesy Naveen Polishetty/Instagram After the super success of Jathi Ratnalu, Naveen Polishetty speaks to Subhash K Jha about his newfound stardom. Naveen, were you surprised by......

PIX: Samantha wins big at awards night

The Zee Cine Awards Telugu honoured a lot of film folk over the weekend, even as they got together for a red carpet party. Here's looking at moments from the awards night. Photograph: Kind......

Review: 24 is an interesting thriller

24 is a cleverly crafted entertainer that is worth your time and money, feels S Saraswathi. Manam director Vikram Kumar’s latest offering 24 is a science fiction thriller that......