History In 2 Minutes: Bombay's Benefactor

Nana Jagannath Shankerseth is one of the greats who made Mumbai India's foremost city. Here is why: Photographs: Kind courtesy Wikimedia.org Some of Mumbai's iconic institutions came about because......

Protesters perform 'shavasana' against Union Carbide waste disposal in MP

A group of people on Wednesday performed shavasana (corpse pose) to protest against the proposed disposal of Union Carbide waste, connected to the Bhopal gas tragedy, in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar......

Tension in Odisha college as Nepali student ends life; one detained

A 20-year-old Nepali student at a private engineering institute in Bhubaneswar allegedly died by suicide in her hostel, leading to campus tension, following which a group of students from the......

Modi's day: Meetings with NSA, Musk, bilateral with Trump, and dinner

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to hold bilateral meetings with US President Donald Trump and other prominent American personalities during his two-day visit to the United States. IMAGE: Prime......

'2025 Is Year To Keep Expectations Low'

'Stay disciplined, and remain invested.''Volatile times are the best to invest in structural opportunities at the right price.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The announcement of Rs 1......

What Indian taxpayers want from CBDT

An Income-Tax Department internal committee reviewing the old direct tax law to pave the way for a new one has "largely" received suggestions for "simplifying" the language, better "structuring"......

'Budget Could Trigger Market Revival'

'The Budget must be pro-growth, focusing on infrastructure creation while also managing the fiscal deficit.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The valuations for foreign institutional......

'Murderers Are The Most Reliable People'

''It would be difficult for us to run jails if it wasn't for murderers.' IMAGE: Zahan Kapoor as ASP Sunil Kumar Gupta in the Netflix web series Black Warrant. His warm and genial greeting over the......

Rakul-Jackky Steal A Moment In London

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Karan Johar: Why Agneepath Flopped

'Prior to release, we heard only exemplary things about the film, so the failure came as a complete shock to my father.' IMAGE: Amitabh Bachchan in Agneepath. Mukul Anand's Agneepath fetched......

'Doors Don't Open Easily For Us'

'We have to keep knocking on it before we get a response.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Anjana Sukhani/Instagram Anjana Sukhani has acting for 23 years in films like Salaam-e-Ishq, Golmaal Returns,......

Gulveer shatters Asian record, qualifies for World C'ships

India's Asian Games bronze medallist Gulveer Singh smashed the Asian Indoor 5000m record while also qualifying for the World Athletics Championships to be held later this year when he finished......

Indian runner smashes 16-YO 3000m indoor record

Hangzhou Asian Games bronze medalist Gulveer Singh made a strong start to his season, shattering a 16-year-old national record in the men's 3000m indoor race at the BU David Hemery Valentine......

American Greg Bell, oldest living Olympic gold medallist dies

IMAGE: American Greg Bell was the 1956 Olympic long jump gold medallist. Photograph: World Athletics/X American long jump great Greg Bell, who had been the oldest living Olympic gold medallist......

Can Aleksandrovich take Indian javelin stars to new heights?

IMAGE: Indian javelin thrower Shivpal Singh with new coach Sergey Makarov Aleksandrovich. Photograph: Kind courtesy Shivpal Singh/Instagram India's top javelin throwers, including Olympic......

The best leaders always made me feel empowered: Cummins

  IMAGE: Pat Cummins donned the hat of an interviewer to speak to 11 achievers-cum-leaders from around the world for his new book Tested: The remarkable power of resolve published by Harper......