MT Vasudevan Nair, Suzuki, ex-CJI Khehar Singh get Padma Vibhushan

Former Chief Justice of India J S Khehar, former chief of Suzuki Motor late Osamu Suzuki, Ram temple architect Chandrakant Sompura, folk singer late Sharda Sinha and hockey player PR Sreejesh are......

Assam coal mine rescue op Day 2: Navy divers flown in from Vizag

A team of Navy, Army, National Disaster Response Force and State Disaster Response Force personnel intensified their efforts to rescue the nine workers, trapped inside a mine in the Assam Coal......

In this UP village Naushad is Dubey and Irshad is Pandey

Several Muslim families in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Jaunpur have adopted surnames such as Dubey, Pandey, and Tiwari, claiming their ancestors were Hindus. Image is used for representational......

Can History Repeat Itself?

Electoral setbacks and thwarted ambition can have an unpredictable effect on leaders, observes Aditi Phadnis. IMAGE: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath offers prayers at the Gorakhnath......

After Bagree Market, The Oberoi Grand raises fire alarm

Hawkers who have been doing business on the pavements in front of the plush hotel for decades, have wormed their way to occupy up to three-fourth of the area, making it a fire hazard.   The......

Why Padma awards are important to businessmen

Every year, the night before Republic Day festivities start, the government comes out with the annual list of Padma awardees - artistes, academicians, social workers, public servants, and......

Modis fight over peace move

Is the longest running family dispute in India Inc over? Fourteen years after the Modis split, a family member says the complex cross-holdings in each other's companies are set to be......

Who invented the bicycle?

Bicycles Bicycles have a long and illustrious history. It is one of the most popular modes of transport in the India. Take the rediff business quiz to find out more about the world's......

How Different Raakhee, Kriti Look At Same Age!

Kangana Ranaut portrays Indira Gandhi's political journey in events leading up to the Emergency in an upcoming biopic of the same name. A 30-something relying on make-up and prosthetics to look......

'I'm Still Struggling'

'At 25, there are no work offers coming your way, so how do you move ahead in life?' Photograph: Kind courtesy Sunny Kaushal/Instagram As his elder brother Vicky Kaushal flies in top gear towards......

The Genius Behind Bollywood's Beautiful Words

As a uniquely multi-hyphenated writer-director-lyricist-author, Gulzar has built a reputation across multiple spheres of film-making and literary creative endeavours.Dinesh Raheja salutes the......

Kareena Performs, Ranbir-Alia Kiss

The 69th Filmfare Awards, held in Gandhinagar, on Sunday, January 28, 2024, saw cute moments on stage and on the red carpet. Photograph: Kind courtesy Neetu Kapoor/Instagram Ranbir Kapoor and Alia......

Paris Olympics: 11 YO skater to 61 YO rider to compete

From 11-year-old to 60-plus, Olympics is playground for all Age is just a number, goes the old adage. And it seems particularly true for the Olympics where none is too old or too young to compete.......

From Satara to Tokyo: Archer Jadhav aims to make it big

IMAGE: Archer Praveen Jadhav at training at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday. Archery happened to Pravin by chance. Photograph: SAI Media/Twitter Indian archer Pravin Jadhav had two choices to make as......

Sumariwalla re-elected AFI president

Adille Sumariwalla was re-elected unopposed as the president of Athletics Federation of India (AFI) for a second term at its Annual General Body Meeting in New Delhi on Friday. Sumariwalla was the......

'Services enjoy an edge in Santosh Trophy final'

They may have qualified for the final of the Santosh Trophy after a gap of forty years but the Tamil Nadu players don't seem to live in this era. Barely minutes after their hard-earned semi-final......

Archer Reena Kumari bows out

India's Reena Kumari failed to hold her nerves and crashed out of the women's individual archery competition in the pre-quarters finals at the 28th Olympic Gamesin Athenson Wednesday.The......