India celebrates Ganesh Chaturthi amid Covid curbs

The 10-day-long annual Ganesh Chaturthi festival began on a low-key note on Friday with several state governments prohibiting public celebrations due to the Covid pandemic and devotees taking the......

Probe into trusts: Does Modi plan to arrest Rahul?

'Harassment' is the objective, not detention. IMAGE: Congress President Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi, the Congress MP from Wayanad.   The inter-ministerial committee announced by the......

'The government is linking us with Maoists to discredit us'

'The Elgar Parishad turned out to be the first rallying cry against the BJP and RSS in Maharashtra.''The speakers took a vow not to vote for the BJP.'Jyoti Punwani reports from Pune. IMAGE:......

Bhima-Koregaon: CM promise to withdraw cases proves hollow

'We are known political activists, so the police put our names in.'Jyoti Punwani reports from Pune. IMAGE: Santosh Gaekwad. On March 13, 2018, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced in the......

PIX: Step inside Kangana's beautiful home

'My idea of a perfect house is a place that takes me closer to my roots while I look into my future.' Kangana Ranaut's home in Mumbai is beautifully done up. The May-June edition of Architectural......

Lata Mangeshkar: Ravindra Jain was a jovial man; he said really funny jokes

Music composer Ravindra Jain passed away into the ages on Friday, October 9, in Mumbai.  Lata Mangeshkar, who sang some beautiful songs for him, pays rich tribute. Lata Mangeshkar did not sing......

When It Was Bradman Versus India

History has not seen a cricketing rivalry as fierce as this this century, every ball bowled every run taken, coming with no quarter given. Ahead of India's five Test tour of Australia, beginning in......

The World Cup That Cheers

In cricket, we have something that we can share with our families, neighbours and indeed, the whole country. It is colour-blind, language-neutral, truly secular and transcends all regions, from......

'I struck the winning run and became a hero that day'

'We used to get Rs 250 for a Test match, and if the match was over in 4 days, 50 rupees were cut.' IMAGE: Chandu Borde at the Chandu Borde Pavillion at the Poona Club. Photograph: Archana......

Events That Changed Indian Cricket Forever

Would there have been an incomparable batsman named Sachin Tendulkar had Doordarshan not telecast Guide one summer afternoon?A fascinating excerpt from Abhishek Mukherjee and Joy Bhattacharjya's......

There Will Surely Never Be Another Bishan Singh Bedi

One of cricket's greatest players passed into the ages on Monday.Rediff.com salutes the legend. IMAGE: Bedi in action, August 2, 1971. Photograph: Dennis Oulds/Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty......