Madison-style event awaits PM Modi in South Africa

About 10,000 people, Grammy award-winning South African flautist Wouter Kellerman, a unique fusion of Zulu and Indian dancing along with local yoga exponents will be part of a welcome reception in......

Desi space observatory, the fourth of its kind, set for launch

India's observatory will be the fourth in space, after the Hubble, Russia's Spektr R and Suzaku of Japan. Raghu Krishnan reports Astrosat, India’s first space observatory, is set to be......

Bharat Ratna C N R Rao: I expect great things to happen under Modi

'No PM has said no to anything we have proposed. I am not a politician and I cannot give speeches about things, but a lot of good things have been done in science by previous governments.' 'Under......

63rd Republic Day: The gallantry award winners

President Pratibha Patilon Thursday conferredawards of 368 Gallantry and other Defence decorations to Armed Forces personnel and others as part ofthe 63rd Republic Day Celebrations.This includes......

Tatas look to expand in Africa

Diversified conglomerate Tata group is pressing for expansion in Africa through its various business verticals, expecting its revenue from the continent to grow by 30 per cent every year from the......

Tata to expand presence in Africa

Tata Motors has embarked on a drive to consolidate its presence in the African continent, which includes entering new markets like Nigeria and Kenya, introducing new vehicles and hiking capacity of......

Raghuvir Yadav: Masterful Actor For All Seasons

When Raghuvir Yadav plays a character, he jumps out of the pages and acquires flesh and blood. But the actor's journey to films wasn't an easy one. His family of farmers, in the small village of......

TOP 20 Indian Movies of the Decade

Sreehari Nair presents his Top 20 movies of the decade. The story of Indian Cinema in this decade pivots around the Nirbhaya Case of 2012. The sheer brutality of that incident coupled with the......

Have we stopped responding to movies?

'If you can tell the quality of a movie-watching experience, only and only by referring to set standards, you *aren't really* going to the movies,' argues Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: Ramya Krishnan,......

Sriram Raghavan explains Andhadhun

'The biggest success of Andhadhun is that viewers are thinking and debating about it. I didn't expect it,' Sriram Raghavan tells Ronjita Kulkarni/Rediff.com. IMAGE: Sriram Raghavan and Ayushmann......

PICS: Neeraj, Mithali, Chhetri, Sreejesh get Khel Ratna honour

Paralympic gold-winners Avani Lekhara, Sumit Antil, Pramod Bhagat, Krishna Nagar, Manish Narwal were also given the Khel Ratna at a dazzling awards ceremony on Saturday. IMAGE: Tokyo Olympics gold......

Tarak Sinha, one of India's most respected cricket coaches, dead

IMAGE: Rishabh Pant with his coach Tarak Singh, who passed away on Saturday morning. Photograph: Rishabh Pant/Twitter Tarak Sinha, the Indian coach with most number of international and......

Hockey captain Manpreet added to Khel Ratna winners

IMAGE: Manpreet Singh was originally recommended for the Arjuna award but he joined veteran goalkeeper P R Sreejesh as the second hockey player in the list of awardees for the highest sporting......

Raman backs Shaw to open with skipper Dhawan

IMAGE: 'You need to try and give him as much (many) opportunities as possible for him to get back into form'. Photograph: BCCI/Twitter Former India batsman WV Raman has backed Prithvi Shaw to open......

Ranji Roundup: Sarfaraz's double ton rescues Mumbai

IMAGE: Sarfaraz Khan, who had hit an unbeaten triple-hundred in the last game against Uttar Pradesh, took a listless HP attack to cleaners. Photograph: BCCI Domestic/Twitter In-form Sarfaraz......