16 soldiers dead as their truck falls into gorge in Sikkim

Sixteen Indian Army personnel including three Junior Commissioned Officers (JCOs) were killed in a road accident when the vehicle they were travelling in fell into a gorge while negotiating a sharp......

Bihar 2020: Meri Awaz Suno

A group of young first time Bihari voters who run 10 km every day to prepare for fauji recruitment rallies, tell Rediff.com's Archana Masih they need two things: Quality education and jobs. IMAGE:......

LJP implodes: 5 MPs oust Chirag as leader, elect his uncle

Five of the six Lok Janshakti Party MPs in Lok Sabha have joined hands against their leader Chirag Paswan and elected Pashupati Kumar Paras, the youngest brother of Paswan's late father and party......

PHOTOS: Nation bids tearful adieu to its fallen heroes

An emotional farewell was given to the valiant army jawans who lost their lives in the Uri attack, as their last rites were performed in their respective native villages with full military and......

Panchayat 3 Review: Can Phulera Retains Its Innocence?

There are enough threads left to weave a Season 4, hopefully without the dark clouds hovering over Phulera, observes Deepa Gahlot. The fictional village of Phulera in UP, where TVF's Panchayat is......

Shehar Lakhot Review: Boring!

Plenty happens over the show -- riots, nefarious schemes, betrayal and multiple murders -- which should have made for a riveting watch but everything evokes déjà vu and worse, sighs......

Panchayat 2 Review

If at all the series can be criticised, it would be for its all-Brahmin characters and keeping out the caste problems, the misogyny and the backwardness and ugliness of rural India, points out......

The Panchayat review

'Even a hardcore nit-picker will struggle to find faults in this extraordinarily crafted television series that I rate as a must watch, an instant classic,' says Sukanya Verma. IMAGE: Jitendra......

Meet India's medallists at Birmingham CWG

Indian athletes are on a roll at the ongoing Birmingham Commonwealth Games. With 55 medals thus far, India are 5th on the list of medal winners.    Rediff.com introduces you to the......

Ranji Roundup: Sarfaraz puts Mumbai in control

IMAGE: Gujarat captain Bhargav Merai scored 223 against Meghalaya. Photograph: BCCI Domestic/Twitter Young batter Sarfaraz Khan continued his purple patch, slamming an unbeaten century to put......

Ranji Roundup: Mumbai in control; Karnataka on top

A round-up of Day 3 of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Saturday Mumbai close in on win against Odisha IMAGE: Arshdeep Singh was the pick of the Punjab bowlers and picked a 5-wicket haul versus......

Meet the Indians in action at the World Athletics

Indian athletes will begin their campaign in the World Championships, in Beijing, on Sunday Inderjeet Singh India's Inderjeet Singh chalks his neck as he competes in the men's shot. Photograph:......

Ashwini among 15 Indian athletes for World Championships

Double Asian Games gold-medallist Ashwini Akkunji was on Saturday named in the Indian women's 4x400m relay squad for next month's World Championships in Moscow just days after completing a two-year......