A 40-year-old Mandrake, who tried to do tricks like legendary magician of escape games Harry Houdini, drowned in river Hooghly while trying to perform an underwater live stunt on Sunday. IMAGE:......
Caste assertions, including from the upper castes, could have the Sangh Parivar stumble yet again in its efforts to construct a Hindu rashtra, reports Archis Mohan. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra......
Caste assertions, including from the upper castes, could have the Sangh Parivar stumble yet again in its efforts to construct a Hindu rashtra, reports Archis Mohan. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra......
'How can the police, especially the Gujarat police, earn their laurels if they stick to the rule book?' asks lawyer Susan Abraham. Tushar Kanti Bhattacharya's arrest on the early morning of......
As the counting of votes ends in Maharashtra and Haryana, Rediff.com takes a tongue-in-cheek look at what leaders across the political spectrum said.Sanjay Raut, Mr Day Dreamer"Whatever happens,......
The final word on the controversy over the revised gross domestic product is about to be pronounced. An experts committee headed by National Statistical Commission chairman Pronab Sen has decided......
Steve Cohen knows lot of neat tricks, like how to get hired by people with deep pockets.On a recent night at the Waldorf Towers Hotel in Manhattan Steve Cohen was casting a spell over the room.......
Neville Tuli has been having a good week. A few days after his arts institution Osian's was evaluated at Rs 840 crore (Rs 8.4 billion), with Dubai-based private equity firm Abraaj Capital acquiring......
It doesn't take a Houdini act to escape that suffocating tangle of cables any more.The other day, I was driving back and decided to tune into 92.5 FM, which used to be my default channel till the......
The market has staged a Houdini act from lower levels and has ended the day clearly in positive territory. Banks, Capital Goods, Auto, Metals, PSU's, FMCG, Pharma, Oil, Consumer Durables and IT......
Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters Taylor Swift made history at the Grammy awards on Sunday, February 4, 2024. Taylor is the first artiste to win Album of the Year four times, with her latest Grammy......
TrustAkshay Kumar to do the unthinkable. The Khiladi star reportedly did a Houdini when he pulled off an underwater action sequence which required him to be in chains for Nagesh Kukunoor's......
'When Rajkummar Rao plays Bose with his tummy jutting out, Buddha Ears, his mouth puffed, and his talk straight, it feels more like an echo piece than a real person,' feels Sreehari Nair. Bose:......
Come to think of it, my favorite book-to-movie adaptations are: Mario Puzo's Godfather, which I have re-read a few dozen times and Francis Ford Coppola's film, which I have seen ditto the same......
Images from India vs Australia 3rd T20 International in Guwahati on Tuesday. SCORECARD IMAGE: Australia clinched a thrilling win over India. Photograph: BCCI Glenn Maxwell pulled off......
IMAGE: Rahul Tewatia, who has proven his worth as a finisher in the Indian Premier League, was overlooked again by the national selectors. Photograph: BCCI Rahul Tewatia seemed disappointed......
IMAGE: Mahendra Singh Dhoni showed he has lost none of his finishing prowess by fashioning a final-ball victory for Chennai Super Kings against Mumbai Indians in the IPL 2022 match at the DY Patil......
IMAGE: Roger Federer celebrates after winning match point during his quarterfinal match against Tennys Sandgren of the United States. Photograph: Graham Denholm/Getty Images Roger Federer......
A string of Houdini acts has convinced Harbhajan Singh that the Indian cricket team has mastered the escape-to-victory art and there is nothing, including the World Cup, they cannot achieve. The......