Music legend Pandit Jasraj passes away

Pandit Jasraj, who belonged to the Mewati Gharana and was one of India's greatest music legends, was in the United States when the coronavirus-led lockdown happened and decided to stay back in that......

How senior citizens fought robbers

Senthamarai, 65, and P Shanmugavel, 70, became an Internet sensation after beating back armed robbers. On August 15, 2019, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami presented a bravery......

Will Tatas and Ambanis succeed where Birla failed?

As India’s online population crosses 450 million, e-commerce ventures are trying to grab a pie of online sales estimated to hit $48 billion by 2020. Illustration Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com......

GST is here! Please don't ask for gifts

As freebies/gift vouchers attract GST, retailers are opting for straight discounts this festive season, report Raghavendra Kamath and Arnab Dutta. Call it the goods and services tax effect. The......

Pay Rs 1,450,000 and get a bespoke suit made

Customised tailoring: How Raymond, Aditya Birla group are luring customers with bespoke services to fit the bill. The retail and apparel industry in India appears to be coming full circle. A few......

DeMo woes: Textile mills staring at a bleak future as sales slump

Recovery seen in Q4, companies continue to focus on enhancing cash flow After a strong start this festive season, textile and apparel manufacturers and retailers suffered a sharp contraction in......

Former champ Sridhar concedes tie

Former national champion Vinod Sridhar defaulted out of the DSCL Open National tennis championship on Tuesday when he conceded his match against Tushar Liberhan tied at a set apiece.There was no......

Sonal cruises past Japanese rival

India's Sonal Phadke outslugged Japan's Moe Kawatoko from the baseline to carve out a facile 6-2, 6-1 victory and move into the second stage of the qualifying rounds in the USD 10,000 ITF Women's......

Nedunchezhiyan bags a double

The boys and girls' singles finals in the SAIL ITF Junior Grade 3 Tennis Tournament turned out to be one-sided affairs, at the Sector 10 tennis stadium in Chandigarh on Friday.Top seed Jeevan......

Shokeen wins ITF juniors' title

Vivek Shokeen overcame top seed Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan to win the boys' title while Madura Ranganathan went down with a whimper in the girls' singles final at the Grade-2 ITF junior tennis......

AITA bonanza for Paes

The Indian Davis Cup team, led by tennis ace Leander Paes, will receive a bonanza following its thrilling 3-2 victory over New Zealand in the Asia-Oceania Group 1 first round tie early this......