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Bad weather fails to curb Surat's eclipse spirit

A monotonous, steady drizzle, from the wee hours of the morning, did not stop thousands of Surat residents from hitting the road at 5.30 am on July 22. Traffic was nastily snarled in the pre-dawn......

Twitter withholds 50 tweets related to Ghaziabad incident

Twitter has 'withheld' 50 tweets related to a communally sensitive video clip of an elderly Muslim man in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh on the microblogging platform, according to sources. ......

Twitter blocks accounts of Punjabi singer JazzyB, 3 others

Twitter has blocked accounts of Punjabi rapper JazzyB, Sydney-based hip-hop artist L-Fresh the Lion and two others following demands by the Indian government. IMAGE: Punjabi singer JazzyB.......

'I missed the sound of the school bell'

Shut for nearly a year due to the pandemic, schools reopened in Bihar on March 1. Rediff.com's Archana Masih spoke to 10-11 year olds about their year away from school and what it feels like to be......

China's army releases action-packed rap recruitment video

In a bid to attract educated youths to the world’s largest army, China’s People's Liberation Army has released its first rap-style hip-hop music video filled with masculine lyrics and......

Aim to make India core in global energy revolution: Ola Electric

In March 2021, Ola Electric founder Bhavish Aggarwal was seen surveying an empty 500-acre land surrounded by shoe factories, temples, bakery shops, coconut trees and dusty roads in Pochampalli town......

America's 10 highest-paid CEOs

The Corporate Library, which monitors corporate governance on behalf of shareholders, has said in a report that despite the hue and cry in the United States over rising CEO compensation in the face......

'Budget has no great initiative'

T N Srinivasan, Samuel C Park, Jr. Professor of Economics, Yale University, giving his opinion on the Indian Union Budget 2009 at Asia Society in New York....

Merc GLE 400d: An SUV with cool moves

While this hip-hop edition is unlikely to drive Merc's market share, the SUV exemplifies what the German automaker is best known for: Innovative engineering and, in this particular case, putting a......

Waack Girls Review: Worth A Watch

Waack Girls, that captures the moods of Kolkata beautifully, follows an oft-used template. So there's not much novelty to look for in the plot, but the actors are excellent, applauds Deepa Gahlot.......

The Swades State Of Mind

As Swades turns 20, Aseem Chhabra looks back at the film that spoke to him. IMAGE: Gayatri Joshi and Shah Rukh Khan in Swades. Several years ago, I had lunch with the then finance minister of......

Hip-hop, according to Raje Shwari

Hip-hop's Indian flavour just got a whiff stronger. Philadelphia-based singer Raje Shwari features on a newsingle by rappers Timbaland and Magoo. The duo's recently released Indian flute is the......

Meet Jaya Prada, hip hop singer

Jaya Prada says she wants to "return to films as a new Jaya Prada."She is producing a film, and singing in it."In fact," the actress says, "I'm not only singing for the first time I'm also......

Why Vaani 'won't stop trying'

'Learning from her failures (which are always for the world to see and have opinions on), multiple rejections, heartbreaks, sleepless nights & unfathomable anxiety...' Producer Ekta Kapoor has......

Olympic flag arrives in Los Angeles!

IMAGE: Members of LA28, local government officials and US Olympic athletes pose with the official Olympic flag as it returns to Los Angeles for the first time in 40 years, in Los Angeles,......

PIX: Snoop Dogg carries Olympic Torch!

IMAGE: US rapper Snoop Dogg with the Olympic Torch at the Olympic Torch Relay in Saint-Denis, France in Paris on Friday. Photograph: Kind courtesy Snoop Dogg/X US rapper Snoop Dogg stole the show......

England's Hales apologises after blackface photos emerge

English cricketer Alex Hales on Friday apologised for appearing in blackface at a party in 2009, stating his behaviour as "reckless and foolish". In a post on Instagram, Hales said he had gone to......

Australia crash out of World T20

Ricky Ponting tried to hit spinner Ajantha Mendis against the spin and saw his leg-stump uprooted for 25. The skipper's 15-ball innings included five hits to the fence Sri Lanka defeated Australia......

Just who is Dhanashree Verma?

Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal announced his engagement in the midst of the pandemic to Dhanashree Verma. The Royal Challengers Bangalore spinner posted a photograph of Dhanashree and him, and......

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