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Airline Threat Calls: 'Someone Is Testing Security Agencies'

'Whoever is doing it (threats to airlines), they are actually carrying out a recce.''This is the manner in which terrorists strike.' IMAGE: Planes parked at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj......

Leo Varadkar, The PM Who Likes Jalebis

'When my father travelled 5,000 miles to build a new home in Ireland, I doubt he ever dreamed that his son would one day grow up to become its leader.' Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff.com profiles Dr......

A requiem for the Girgaum I knew

Girgaum in South Mumbai, once a thriving neighbourhood of Maharashtrians who loved their seafood and meat, has slowly been taken over by the vegetarians, forcing eateries serving......

'The terrorists were lobbing grenades, firing indiscriminately'

'I could see the silhouettes of three men on the sixth floor.''I pointed them out to the NSG personnel standing beside me and suggested they take them out.''They did not have the clearance to......

Is COVID-19 lethal for your heart?

'The larger number of patients, who are being affected by COVID-19, are essentially people who have a history of heart disease to begin with, and then experience a more severe form of the infection......

How The Heat Wave Will Affect Your Kitchen

Apart from the human body, human food will bear direct repercussions. From staples such as wheat, to coffee, dairy, and even the great Hilsa face the threat of reduced supply due to the extreme......

Oil spill: BMC conducts checks on seafood items

Following collision between two ships and the subsequent oil spill off the coast in Mumbai, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has started conducting random checks of seafood items in civic markets......

Heat wave hurting farmers' income as yields drop across several crops

Santosh Patkar of Devgadh Taluka Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra is a worried man these days. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters Devgadh, which is known as the home to world famous Alphonso......

Tatas strike back: 'Unforgivable attempt to besmirch group'

Hitting out at Cyrus Mistry for making 'unsubstantiated claims and malicious allegations', Tata Sons on Thursday said the former chairman was fully empowered to lead the group and its......

Threat distant, says India Inc

Tata Sons Chairman Ratan Tata, who wants to increase Tata Sons' holding in Tata Steel to ward off predators, does not seem to have his fear shared by the nine companies that constitute the Bombay......

SRK's autobiography to release soon

Shah Rukh Khan is all set to fulfill one of his fondest dreams -- releasing his autobiography -- titled Twenty Years In A Decade, soon. Penning his experiences and thoughts, SRK takes his fans......

PIX: Bipasha's Beautiful British Break

Bips plays tourist with her dad, mum, sis and hubby. Stars go for the loveliest holidays. Sonakshi Sinha went on a fun Thai holiday. Aamir Khan had a Roman Holiday. Ranveer Singh had an amazing......

The worst onscreen accents in Hollywood

A new poll by a US ticket agency has revealed the top three actors with the worst onscreen accents of all time. At third position is Tom Cruise, who put on an Irish lilt for his......

Do you know these HIDDEN MEANINGS in movies?

Looking back on my brief life as a film critic, I can see clearly the key role that subtexts and their uncovering had played in my getting started on this path. It was, over those many casual......

'Bombay Duck' ruffles Aussie feathers

Ajit Agarkar -- otherwise known as 'The Bombay Duck' -- took his revenge on Australia on Monday, a revenge which will seem even sweeter if his Test-best bowling is capped by Indian success in the......

Why Anjali Sacrificed Her Career For Sachin

Anjali quickly decided not to pursue her career in medicine. If she had worked in a government hospital, she would have had to do her fair share of nights and weekends in hospital, which would have......

The Gavaskar@75 Quiz

IMAGE: Sunil Manohar Gavaskar turns 75 today, July 10, 2024. Photograph: Getty Images from the Rediff Archives He is the OG. He is the legend. A fearless batter who faced the fearsome West Indies......

A dinner invitation none would refuse!

To the future Chairman of Selectors, it revealed how simple and humble the batting colossus was.A Joseph Antony reports. IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar celebrates his birthday with wife Dr Anjali......

Remember November 15, Sachin?

IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar at his last match at the SCG. Photograph: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images In the world of cricket, one rarely, if ever, comes across a person who has not heard the name, Sachin......

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