Ooty in South shivers at 0 degrees Celsius

Normal life was affected in this hill town on Friday with mercury dipping to zero degree Celsius, for the second time in a month.   Officials, citing latest weather data, said Udhagamandalam,......

Why is Wayanad Quiet About Tragedy?

There is a definite attempt to put the landslides on the backburner because news of them and climate change worry Wayanad's tourism and real estate businesses greatly. Whatever I experienced of......

In Search Of Modi In Srinagar

It's a different Srinagar from what Rediff.com's Syed Firdaus Ashraf encountered 24 years ago. Tourists throng the Kashmir Valley post-Article 370, azaadi appears dead, and everyone says one man is......

TN: Heavy rains flood several areas; IMD issues orange alert

Several areas of Tamil Nadu remain inundated after hours of heavy to moderate rainfall in the region. Water entered houses and markets in the low-lying residential areas of Erode district due to......

We plan to capture just 4% of market in 4 years: Prestige Estates' Irfan Razack

'Layoffs and cut downs at the global level tend to bring more work to India, leading to higher office absorption here.' Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters Bengaluru-based Prestige Estates......

Indian Immunologicals to set up new vaccine plant, raise capacity by 35%

The company has a pipeline of viral vaccines including Zika, dengue, varicella, as well as a potential Covid-19 inoculation. Hyderabad-based vaccine maker Indian Immunologicals (IIL) on Wednesday......

The Marie Antoinette of Indian politics

'Everybody knows that any solution would upstage and expose official bungling.''That is something Mrs Sitharaman's masters will not allow.''No matter how high the cost in human misery, they will......

The curious case of Nilgiris, Ooty and Coonoor

A holiday allows you to get away from routine and invigorate yourself in as many ways as possible. Well, yes and no, if you have decided to go, for a change, on a conventional holiday to that......

'Aamir Held Me Up When I Was Breaking Down'

'I was in serious depression during the shooting of Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar.''I realised that this is not the film I wanted to make. Aamir told me we will redo, remove eight key characters and......

'Aamir Rushed Me To Hospital'

'I couldn't see the injury but I knew it was bad from the expression on Aamir's face.' IMAGE: Ayesha Jhulka and Aamir Khan in Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar. They worked in just one film together and that......

'Kamal Got Me Hooked On To Fitness'

'It was my job to read out their lines to the actors and make sure they spoke them with the right diction, accent and pronunciation.''If you look at my photographs from the Sadma set, you will......

'I Am Proud Of All My Films, Good, Bad And Ugly'

'If Mithun Chakraborty can do it, so can anyone else.' IMAGE: Mithun Chakraborty with Bindiya Goswami in Aamne Samne (1982). Photograph: Kind courtesy Film History Pics/X When Subhash K Jha......

How athletes can take advantage of Olympic postponement

IMAGE: The AFI Planning Committee encouraged athletes to maintain their physical fitness and strictly follow their diet charts. Photograph: AFI/Twitter The Athletics Federation of India......

Track and field athletes to start outdoor training on Monday

'The athletes in Patiala, Bengaluru and Ooty will start outdoor fitness training from Monday.' IMAGE: The track runners, including start sprinter Hima Das, are based at the National Institute of......

Sprinter Hima requests permission to train outdoors at NIS Patiala

'All the athletes of a group will not do running or throwing together, one will run alone and finish it and then another will run after him or her. This way we can practice social distancing and be......

He changed sports journalism in India

A Joseph Antony salutes S Krishnan, one of India's finest sports editors. IMAGE: Srinivasaraghavan Krishnan with Kapil Dev, one of the world's legendary all-rounders. Success in sports stems......

Spotted! Vijay Mallya at India vs Australia match

IMAGE: "I am here to watch the game," Mallya said. Photograph: ANI/Twitter Embattled liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya, on Sunday, joined hundreds of cricket fans for the India versus Australia ICC......