Encephalitis kills 20 children in Bihar

The dreaded encephalitis, a mosquito-borne disease, claimed has claimed the lives of over 20 children in Bihar, health officials have said. Two-year-old Anuradha Kumari and 11-year-old Chandini......

Domestic violence cases on rise since lockdown: NCW

The National Commission for Women has received over 250 complaints since the country-wide lockdown was imposed to control the spread of coronavirus out of which 69 were cases of domestic violence,......

Women voters in Bihar are no longer a silent force

This was the first major election in the country amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Obviously, the women of Bihar were not intimidated by the pandemic and came out in large numbers to vote.Rashme Sehgal......

Who is afraid of Kanhaiya Kumar?

For two-and-half weeks, as Kanhaiya Kumar's Jan Gan Man Yatra opposing the CAA-NPR-NRC makes its way through Bihar, it has come under sustained violent attack.Archana Masih/Rediff.com discovers......

Jharkhand's gold rush, Karnataka leads National Games pack

Lawn Bowls stars Lovely Choubey and Rupa Tirkey, part of the history-scripting Indian team that won women's fours event gold in the 2022 Commonwealth Games, took the spotlight on Wednesday as they......

National Games: Uttarakhand hockey teams knocked out

  IMAGE: Manipur thrashed Uttarakhand 5-2 in their pool match at the hockey event at the National Games in Dehradun on Saturday. Photograph: Kind courtesy Hocke India/X Manipur and Madhya......

Sports Shorts: Bekele wins Berlin marathon

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday. IMAGE: Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele celebrates on the podium after winning the men's elite race at the Berlin Marathon in Berlin on......

Khel Ratna for Vijay, Yogeshwar; 25 to get Arjuna awards

Olympic medallists Vijay Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt will be jointly conferred the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award -- the country's highest sporting honour -- while an unprecedented 25 sportspersons......

National Games set to finally roll out on Saturday

After six postponements and a chaotic build-up, the 34th National Games begin in Ranchi on Saturday, with more than 8,000 athletes, including a host of Commonwealth and Asian Games medallists,......