Hyderabad woman found starving in US, mother seeks help

A woman from Telangana who is currently in the United States pursuing MS was found in an awful condition. Her mother wrote a letter to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar seeking his help to......

What Swami Vivekananda Thought Of Gau Rakshaks

The gau rakshak stated that the famine-stricken people were suffering because of their past karma and nothing could be done for them. The reply apparently infuriated Vivekananda, who told the gau......

UK has sought info on use of FCRA by India, House of Lords told

The UK government has asked for specific numbers over a period to drill-down on the use of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act by the Indian government around funding licences of......

'Partition is a massive part of our history'

'Partition was a two-sided story in a very big way.''We've oversimplified it, blamed the British, thought of ourselves only as victims.''We've been both victims and perpetrators.' IMAGE: One of......

Holy cow! Now even India Inc spends money on them

41 listed firms made 73 donations to gaushalas (cow shelters) and other cow-related charities over the last four years. The donations range from a few thousand rupees to a million.......

Yes Bank founder Rana Kapoor sent to custody till Mar 11

Yes Bank founder Rana Kapoor, arrested on money laundering charges, was remanded in the Enforcement Directorate's custody till March 11 by a Mumbai court on Sunday. IMAGE: Yes Bank founder Rana......

India tops world hunger list with 194 million people

India’s numerous social programmes are expected to continue to fight hunger and poverty, states a UN report. Image: Naushad, 18-months-old and suffering from severe malnutrition, lies on his......

Will the tumultuous events in Saudi affect Indian oil?

India expects to remain unscathed this time, mainly because it is in a sweet spot as the world’s third largest oil consumer, after the US and China, says Subhomoy Bhattacharjee. The broad......

Loved Mother India? Now, you can read it!

One of India's best-reviewed films, Mother India was also the first film to be nominated for the Oscars, way back in 1958. Directed by Mehboob Khan and starring Nargis, Sunil Dutt and......

10 OTT Shows That Make Us Nostalgic

Scoop reminded viewers of a time in the not-so-recent-past when Mumbai was in the grip of the underworld. The new Web series Guns And Gulaabs is set in the opium town of Gulaabganj sometime in the......

Sherdil: The Pilibhit Saga Review

Sherdil: The Pilibhit Saga is a boring, overlong, tale of an eccentric with delusions of leadership, sighs Deepa Gahlot. In India, if there is a government scheme for the poor, there has to be a......

'The trick is to look forward with excitement, then you're alive all the time'

Varsha Bhosle salutes that effervescent icon of Indian cinema, Dev Anand, who would have turned 99 today, September 26. IMAGE: Dev Anand. This feature was first posted on Rediff.com on April 4,......

God has answered our prayers: Neeraj's family

'Today, he has lived up to everyone's expectations and made India proud' IMAGE: Neeraj Chopra celebrates with gold medal after winning the Javelin Throw Final at the Olympic Games. Photograph:......

Meet India's heroes from the Tokyo Olympic Games

India capped off its best-ever performance at the Olympic Games with a haul of seven medals, including a gold. As the curtain came down on the Tokyo Olympics, here’s a glance at the country's......

The Good, Bad and Ugly of Indian sports in 2020

 The year 2020 had its share of good, bad, ugly and unfortunately some truly sad events that won't be forgotten for a long time to come. IMAGE: Mumbai Indians celebrate winning the 2020......

Mirza bowls over cricket-mad India

Hundreds of cheering fans jostled past a bewildered guard into a stadium in India last Saturday for the final of a women's tennis tournament.This rare response in the cricket-mad nation was caused......

Meet Kolkata's Million Dollar Babies

Every afternoon, veiled young women from a squalid Muslim quarter inKolkata walk to a public park where they swap their traditional attire for T-shirts, shorts and boxing gloves.For two hours, they......