What stood out in his 15-year journey as a member of the political executive at the Centre was his glowing record as India's most successful and effective finance minister. Both as prime minister......
Heavy rains packed with gusty winds lashed Odisha and parts of southern West Bengal as the landfall process of the severe cyclonic storm Dana was complete on Friday morning with no loss of life.......
The authorities of Kolkata, Bhubaneswar and Jharsuguda airports on Wednesday received threats about the presence of bombs on different flights but those later turned out to be a hoax, airport......
Port Blair, the capital city of the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, has been renamed Sri Vijaya Puram, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced on Friday. IMAGE: President Droupadi......
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has said some elements who don't want India to grow are creating hindrance in the path of its development. IMAGE: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat......
Shaktikanta Das will demit the office on Tuesday after completing six years as the 25th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Revenue Secretary Sanjay......
Shyam Benegal, the shining beacon of Indian cinema, was laid to rest on Tuesday, December 24, 2024. around 3 pm with full state honours and a three-gun salute at Shivaji Park, central Mumbai.......
His cinema of compassion inspired me, gave me tools to develop empathy for others. But it also made me understand that serious, socially committed cinema with deeply engaging narratives and great......
IMAGE: Ben Kingsley as Mahatma Gandhi in Richard Attenborough's Gandhi. For Mahatma Gandhi, cinema was a corrupting influence on young minds, a 'sinful technology'. It is that very medium which......
'At his wedding with Patralekha, I officiated as the groom's father as Raj has lost both parents, and that's the relationship we share today.' IMAGE: Rajkummar Rao with Hansal Mehta on the sets of......
Photograph: Kind courtesy Rashmika Mandanna/Instagram The producers of Pushpa 2: The Rule are leaving no stone unturned to build excitement among Pushpa Raj and Srivalli fans. They dropped a new......
IMAGE: Former Bangladesh cricket captain Mashrafe Mortaza with Sheikh Hasina. Photograph: Mashrafe Mortaza/Instagram Former Bangladesh cricket captain Mashrafe Mortaza's house was set on fire......
A wax statue of cricketer Virat Kohli was unveiled at the Jaipur Wax Museum on the occasion of World Heritage Day on Thursday. Anoop Srivastava, founder director of the museum, said for the last......
One of cricket's greatest players passed into the ages on Monday.Rediff.com salutes the legend. IMAGE: Bedi in action, August 2, 1971. Photograph: Dennis Oulds/Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty......
IMAGE: Emiliano Martinez is greeted by Mohun Bagan officials at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose airport in Kolkata, July 3, 2023. Photograph: Mohun Bagan Athletic Club/Twitter Argentina's World......
'T20 cricket comes naturally to me because it is all about mindset.''I am someone who always loves to be aggressive on the field.' IMAGE: Jitesh Sharma's ability to finish off matches in the final......