Will UP Startle Modi?

The best-case scenario is that the BJP will top out at around 50 seats in UP -- a drop of 12 from the 62 it had won in 2019. Taken in tandem with Maharashtra and Karnataka, this is what is likely......

2000 policemen to stand guard in Kanyakumari during Modi's meditation

All arrangements, including heavy security, are in place for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 45-hour stay at the famed, mid-sea Vivekananda Rock Memorial in Kanyakumari on Thursday, as he intends to......

Baltimore bridge collapse: 6 missing persons feared dead

The Maryland state police on Wednesday said that the six people who were missing after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed Tuesday in Baltimore, Maryland, are feared dead. IMAGE: View of the......

Record 3,300 kg of drugs seized off Gujarat coast in major drug haul

Indian agencies Wednesday made their highest-ever narcotics bust from the sea as they seized 3,300 kg drugs, which sailed from an Iranian port, off the Gujarat coast and arrested five foreigners......

Om Puri: The Chronicler Of Cities On The Boil

'If it weren't for Om Puri, a whole range of our big city experiences wouldn't have found their honest representations on the screen,' notes Sreehari Nair on the legendary actor's birthday. IMAGE:......

2022 Flashback: Jacqueline's Con Call

As the curtain come down on 2022, Roshmila Bhattacharya flashbacks to some of the year's news-makers and events. Part 1: A For ALIA F: FOREIGN CONNECTIONS IMAGE: Lily James, Shabana Azmi and......

Mumbai Diaries 26/11 review

What was the need to fictionalise a series on real events that were far more horrific because they were real? asks Vaihayasi Pande Daniel. Why did one of the 26/11 terrorists, who died, come......

Gunjan Saxena: IAF's negative portrayal is overstated

'I did not find anything atrociously out of place about the depiction of the IAF's image,' says Group Captain Murli Menon (retd). IMAGE: Pankaj Tripathi with Janhvi Kapoor in Gunjan Saxena: The......

T20 WC parade: BMC collects kilos of footwear, bottles

IMAGE: Fans with the Tricolour on Marine Drive ahead of the victory parade. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com As a sea humanity turned up at the Mumbai's iconic Marine Drive promenade to......

11 injured during Team India's victory parade in Mumbai

IMAGE: Thousands of fans thronged Marine Drive to witness the victory parade of the Indian cricket team on Thursday evening. Photograph: Afsar Dayatar/Rediff.com At least 11 persons were rushed to......

Mumbai's Memorable Fan Party For Team India

IMAGE: Fans celebrate during Team India's victory parade in Mumbai on Thursday. Photographs and Video: Satish Bodas, Hitesh Harisinghani, Afsar Dayatar for Rediff.com and Saahil Salvi South Mumbai......

Meet with PM, mega parade: Team India's schedule on July 4

Photograph: BCCI/X The T20 World Cup-winning Indian cricket team will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his residence before they take part in an open bus road show followed by a felicitation......

France blames Liverpool, ticket fraud for crowd trouble

IMAGE: Fans, stewards and police officers by the turnstiles inside the stadium as the match is delayed. Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters The French government on Monday blamed massive ticket......