'Youngsters in India look up to the West as if it is the biggest accomplishment they need in life. It breaks my heart.' IMAGE: Acharya Jonas Masetti has been teaching Vedanta for 12 years in......
"We don't want people going after Muslims and Kashmiris," Himanshi Narwal said on Thursday, stoic and firm as she mourned her husband, Naval officer Lieutenant Vinay Narwal, who was gunned down in......
Shiv Sena-UBT leader Aaditya Thackeray met Congress leader Rahul Gandhi amid rumblings in the opposition Maha Vikasa Aghadi after Nationalist Congress Party-SP chief Sharad Pawar felicitated......
A military flight will deport 119 individuals, who were in the United States illegally and will reach Amritsar in India on Saturday, hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted the need to......
What are the reasons why a girl's education falls by the wayside? IMAGE: Safeena Husain, founder NGO, Educate Girls. Photograph: Rajesh Karkera for Rediff.com Your mission in life is chosen. It's......
What started as a fledgling organisation five years ago at Konnagar in West Bengal has now bagged the honour of being the world's second largest micro finance institute after ASA in Bangladesh.......
Given the scale of India’s energy needs the numbers of ‘Solar Mamas’, as they have been called in a documentary film, may not seem very promising, rues Rajni Bakshi Bunker Roy,......
Advertising industry veteran Gerson da Cunha, a multi-faceted personality passionate about civic activism in later years, died in Mumbai on Friday after a brief illness, a former colleague said.......
After recognising its adverse health effects, the govt has now dismissed its own lab reports to conclude that the evidence against plastic is insufficient, says Nitin Sethi. Image: FSSAI in its......
Besides being busy with their professional lives, Nita and Devashish have a common cause for which they both struggle hard, real hard to support economically weak cancer patients from across......
The stars get together for an evening of awards. The 20th Beti Flo Gr8 awards, conceived by Anu Ranjan, founder of the NGO Beti, was held in Mumbai. Women achievers were saluted for their......
Playing a character put off by the idea of retirement is becoming on Bachchan.Hands in pocket, eyes firmly focused on his mission, conviction inks his speech while his serene, sensitive, portrayal......
Bollywood's stars had a packed weekend... Take a look. This weekend, some Bollywood folk were busy promoting their movies. Others found time to play football. Jacqueline Fernandez got ready......
IMAGE: Rafael Nadal returns the ball to Lars Burgsmuller in the first round of the French Open at Roland Garros, May 23, 2005. Photograph: Francois Lenoir/Reuters Rafael Nadal is preparing......
IMAGE: Australian cricketers visited Yuwa, an NGO based in Ranchi in 2017. The event was managed in partnership with the Australian High Commission in India Yuwa, a Jharkhand-based NGO which works......
IMAGE: PV Sindhu celebrates winning the Badminton World Championships in August. Photograph: Vincent Kessler/Reuters Legendary Sachin Tendulkar along with chess wizard Viswanathan Anand and tennis......
‘Why do you need to give Arjuna every year. Is it necessary? We are now throwing the awards away’ ‘You can't beg for award or demand it’ IMAGE: Ajinkya Rahane and Rohit......
Novak Djokovic took the honours at the Laureus Sports Awards last week but it was a Jharkhand-based NGO that put India in the spotlight at the 'Oscars of Sports'. The week rounded off with PV......