Lok Sabha may see election for Speaker's post for 1st time since Independence

Since Independence, Lok Sabha Speakers have been chosen by consensus. Photograph: Sansad TV If the opposition forces an election to the post of Speaker of the Lok Sabha next week, it would be the......

Chhota Rajan gets 2nd life term for hotelier's murder

A special court in Mumbai on Thursday sentenced gangster Chhota Rajan to life imprisonment in the murder of hotelier Jaya Shetty here in 2001, over six years after he was handed a similar sentence......

Foreign Policy As A Poll Tool Can Be Harmful

It is time the political leaderships in this country arrived at a common ground over issues of foreign and security policy concerns. There has to be a greater communication between the government......

Pilots incapable of flying aircraft donated by India: Maldives

The Maldives military still does not have pilots capable of operating three aircraft donated by India, Defence Minister Ghassan Maumoon has acknowledged, days after 76 Indian defence personnel left......

Janhvi Goes Golden For The Wedding

Rediff.com's Hitesh Harisinghani captures glimpses of the stars at the Ambani wedding on Friday. Janhvi Kapoor goes gold.   Ananya Panday opted for a yellow and silver lehenga.   Kriti......

Janhvi Glams Up For Radhika-Anant's Sangeet

Radhika Merchant and Anant Ambani's sangeet ceremony saw the who's who of Bollywood in attendance. Held at the Jio World Centre in Mumbai on July 5, the event gives us a sneak peek of the......

Who Is Photobombing Kareena?

Sara goes to New York... Ananya promotes her show... Kajol can't keep a straight face... Photograph: Kind courtesy Kareena Kapoor/Instagram Kareena Kapoor shares pictures from her UK diaries and......

Sara's Roman Holiday

Sara Ali Khan and brother Ibrahim Ali Khan jetted off to Italy and France over the weekend for Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant's second pre-wedding celebrations.   Photograph: Kind courtesy......

Starc slams T20 World Cup scheduling

'We finished ahead of England (in the group stage) and end up where we were pre-seeded as the second side. All of a sudden, you're in a different group.' IMAGE: Mitchell Starc also hit back at the......

Will World Champions India travel to Maldives?

  IMAGE: India Captain Rohit Sharma poses with the ICC T20 World Cup trophy at the BCCI headquarters. Photograph: BCCI The recently-crowned T20 world champion Indian cricket team has been......

T20 WC MVP Crown Eludes Rohit

Rohit Sharma did practically everything right in the T20 World Cup: He batted brilliantly, he captained even more capably, but he failed to top the most valuable player table. Srinivas Bhogle and......

Can Rohit Sharma Be T20 World Cup MVP?

Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index of T20 World Cup 2024 after Game 54. IMAGE: Rohit Sharma celebrates his half-century during the semi-final match......

'Not the pitch you play a World Cup semi-final on'

IMAGE: Afghanistan were bowled out for 56 -- the lowest score in a T20 World Cup semi-final at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy stadium in Trinidad. Photograph: Ash Allen/Reuters Afghanistan coach......