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Akhil Gogoi first in Assam to win election from jail

Jailed anti-Citizenship Amendment Act activist Akhil Gogoi became the first Assamese to win an election without hitting the campaign trail, as he clinched the Sibsagar constituency, defeating......

Assam: AP photographer assaulted by students

A section of borders from R K B Hostel of over a century-old Cotton College, a premier post-graduate institution in the North East on Monday engaged themselves in street brawl with a group of......

Solar eclipse brings Maha Kumbh to a standstill

The longest solar eclipse of this millenium was witnessed by a huge crowd at Dhanushkodi, in Tamil Nadu. Dhanushkodi is only 18 kms from Thalaimannar in Sri Lanka. The center line of the eclipse......

These Scientists Shaped India

I suggest we build a Vigyan Mandir (Temple of Science) with the ambience of a place of worship, so that it becomes a destination for pilgrims.We should embed on its walls bronze plaques describing......

Emerging AI: What Awaits Us?

Ajit Balakrishnan offers lessons from another tech revolution not so long ago. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com "I will not go to college today if you don't buy me a nylon sari," I heard......

Ready to wear your attitude this summer?

Cotton Countyready-to-wear apparel brand unveils its Spring Summer' 07 Collection ofmen's casual wear, semi-formalsand attitude wear. Showcased at 250outlets across leading metrosand TIER-II,......

The 'manufacturing nationalism' of Modi and Trump

Both have made factory jobs the centre of their economic agendas. Kanika Datta explains the practical limits to their ambitions. IMAGE: The branding versus manufacturing trade-off poses rather......

BMC plans to ban plastic bags in Mumbai

Adopting the post July 2005 deluge mantra of 'Say No To Plastic Bags', Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, is in full swing against the use of plastic bags in the metropolis. "We will take up......

IIT alumni to improve ITIs, spur rural jobs

The Indian Institute of Technology alumni is planning to create a new fund to support its various social projects. The projects are expected to create job opportunities for rural youth and......

Forecasting media's future

Ajit Balakrishnan recalls some lessons from the last time people talked of 'convergence' -- the mid-1990s. Image: In the 1990s, convergence itself was a word used in two different senses.......

Want to Know What Uorfi Javed Is Really Like?

Amazon Prime Video has announced 69 assorted Web series and movies, and the slate sure looks interesting. Here's looking at the Web series that you will be watching this year! Do Read: Watch Vijay......

Gautam Menon on his latest film Kaakka Kaakka

Gautam Menon's debut film Minnalae, starring Madhavan and Reema Sen, was a big hit in Tamil Nadu. The film, and Harris Jayaraj's music, was a rage among college students. Menon remade the film in......

Making it as a nerd

Kunal Nayyar, who plays a nerdy scientist so afraid of women that he can't even speak around them in the popular television show The Big Bang Theory, owes his role to an intriguing play about sex......

When Nafisa was a choir singer

We asked readers to tell us if they had grown up or studied with movie or television celebrities. And we got a great response! Sharing hermemories is Rufaida Javid, who studied withthe late Nafisa......

Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa is a must watch

Love stories have always ruled the roost in Tamil cinema. But Red Giant Movies' and Escape Artists Motion Picture and R S Infotainment's Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya (Will You Cross The Skies For Me)......

Diving Champ Manjari Bhargava Passes Into The Ages

Over five decades ago, when swimmers from Rajasthan participated in the National Swimming Championships, competitors from other states would look at the Rajasthan squad in awe. They wondered how a......

Modern cricket is poorer with Anandji Dossa passing into the ages

Anandji Dossa. Photograph: Haresh Pandya Blessed with a computer-like brain and an elephantine memory, Anandji Dossa was a pioneer in compiling cricket statistics and scores. Haresh Pandya pays......

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