When a fighter pilot prepares to fly...

What does a fighter pilot feel as he takes off and lands his battle-ready aircraft? Air Commodore Nitin Sathe (retd) takes you through those emotions. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com......

Desi from Mumbai takes on American political Goliath

'It is never easy to run a campaign as a woman, particularly a minority woman, especially when you are bucking the establishment.' My entire campaign is an act of resistance.'P Rajendran reports......

A schizo polity called Tamil Nadu

Why did such a ‘socially conscientious’ people adapt to cash-for-votes and the like, as fish to water? N Sathiya Moorthy offers an explanation. IMAGE: A protest against the Tamil Nadu......

Sheena Bora Trial: It's all about geography

Lawyer Amit Ghag got up to tell the judge that Shrikant Shivade -- Salman Khan and Peter Mukherjea's lawyer -- would take a morning flight from Jodhpur to Mumbai and would be in court by 3 pm on......

Profit-booking drags Sensex, Nifty down

Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty settled lower for the second straight session on Wednesday due to profit-booking in select banking and auto stocks amid mixed trends from the global......

Bloodbath on D-Street; Hindenburg report on Adani sinks markets

Equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty plunged over 1 per cent for a second straight session on Friday dragged down by heavy selling in banking, financials, and oil stocks amid foreign fund outflows.......

India's rich club grows to 1,103; Zepto's Kaivalya youngest in Hurun list

One hundred and forty nine new individuals joined the rich list club of 1,103 Indians across 122 cities who cumulatively accumulated a wealth of Rs 100 trillion. Illustration: Uttam......

Shortage of charging stations may short-circuit India's EV revolution

Only a few thousand chargers dot the Indian landscape, some in working condition, others not, with some held hostage to the power supply vagaries of local utilities, reports S Dinakar. Photograph:......

Sky Is NOT The Limit For These Stars

Photograph: Kind courtesy Kareena Kapoor/Instagram Armed with a smile and grace, her only concern is the passenger's security and seat belt. Whether she's having a bad day or good one, the only......

Fighter Review: Wannabe Top Gun

Fighter's distressing lack of thrills and sizzle reduces the exercise to an excuse for tedious amounts of Pakistan bashing, observes Sukanya Verma. Gloss is Siddharth Anand's forte. Within the......

The Archies Review: Return To Innocence

The Archies is an evergreen thought passed on from generation to generation. But Sukanya Verma wishes it had some of the comic's tee-hee humour and hyuk hyuk too. Long before there was cable TV,......

Bhediya Review: Howlarious!

Bhediya is an easy, entertaining, watch, applauds Sukanya Verma. We've come a long way since Amrish Puri and Rahul Roy's farcically feral transformation into predators in Jaani Dushman and Junoon.......

The 'Starc reality' of high-stakes final

IMAGE: Mitchell Starc with Shah Rukh Khan after their win over SRH in the IPL final. Photograph: BCCI A man of big games! He may have faced a lot of backlash after a torrid start to the season,......

IPL 2024 Retentions: Who Left, Who Stayed

IMAGE: Hardik Pandya's move to Mumbai Indians stole the limelight on deadline day. Photograph: BCCI The countdown for IPL 2024 began as all ten franchises announced their list of players retained,......

NBA round-up: 76ers snap Bucks' 16-game winning streak

IMAGE: Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) drives to the basket as he attempts to go past Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid (21) in the second half of their NBA match at Fiserv......

England's Curran most expensive player in IPL history

IMAGE: IPL history is made as England Sam Curran is bought by Punjab Kings for a massive Rs. 18.5 crore. Photograph: BCCI/Twitter England all-rounder Sam Curran on Friday became the most......

IPL Auction: Why CSK paid Rs 16.25 crore for Stokes!

'Ben Stokes, he structures out any side tremendously well because he can bat in the top four, he can bat in the top six, and you can almost bank on him to bowl four overs as well.' IMAGE: England......