Shinde faction moves no-trust motion against Maharashtra deputy speaker

A day after the Uddhav Thackeray faction submitted a plea before Deputy Speaker Narhari Jhirwal to disqualify the rebel MLAs, the Ekanth Shinde faction on Friday gave a notice of no-confidence......

Shiv Sena seeks disqualification of Eknath Shinde, 11 other rebel MLAs

Battling the political crisis faced by the party-led Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in Maharashtra, the Shiv Sena faction led by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has filed a petition......

BJP loses 4 out of 5 Maha MLC seats, including Nagpur

The one-year-old Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party-Congress government in Maharashtra got a shot in the arm on Friday as the ruling coalition won four of the five legislative council seats from......

2-state assembly results: Big winners and losers

Who were the big winners and losers in the Maharashtra and Haryana polls? Take a look. -- MAHARASHTRA and HARYANA ELECTIONS: LEADS/RESULTS   Maharashtra Chief Minister Fadnavis, the......

PIX: Shabana Azmi, Rakhi Sawant celebrate Holi

Bollywood celebrities ushered in the festival of colours with much fervour on March 27. Shabana Azmi, who's known for her fun-filled Holi parties over the years, didn't disappoint this......

New avatars for Shwaas

Shwaas, the Marathifilm that was India's official entry at theOscars in2004 is getting several new avatars. It is beingdubbed in Hindi, Bengali and Tamil. Distributors in Gujarat and South India,......

'Rakhi stabbed me in the back'

She's been consistently controversial. After ourBigg Boss chats with Rahul Roy and Carol Gracias, Kashmira Shah chatted up rediff readers candidly, gossiping about her housemates and smiling at......

Sandeep Acharya album to hit stores

Aman Verma was right. "By the time one can release an album of one's own, most singers start greying." Which makes Indian Idol 2 Sandeep Acharya extremely lucky. His solo album, Mere Saath Saara......

Khel Ratna for Rani; Lovlina, Ishant take home Arjuna Award

Sports Minister hands over trophies to 2020 National Sports Awards winners   IMAGE: Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist boxer Lovlina Borgohain receives the Arjuna Award from Sports Minister......

Check out schedule of Indian athletes at Tokyo Olympics

Photograph: Kind courtesy Hockey India/Twitter India will be sending a 228-strong contingent including 119 athletes to the Tokyo Olympics. Out of the 119 athletes, 67 are male and 52 are......

NRAI announces Indian shooting team for Tokyo Olympics

IMAGE: Reigning World No 1 in women's 10m air rifle Elavenil Valarivan is the only athlete to have been picked in the team, who had not won, one of the 15-quotas won by the national team.......

No Arjuna for past Khel Ratnas Sakshi, Mirabai

Photograph: Kind courtesy Sakshi Malik/Twitter The Sports Ministry, on Friday, decided against bestowing the Arjuna award on former Khel Ratna winners Sakshi Malik and Mirabai Chanu, pruning the......

Shooting: Elavenil, Anish among 34 core group picked for Olympics

'These shooters will be training and preparing for the Games separately.' IMAGE: Elavenil Valarivan won the gold medal in 10m Air Rifle event at the ISSF World Cup in Rio de Janeiro last year.......