Delhi air quality plummets to alarming levels despite curbs

Delhi's air quality plummeted to alarming levels on Tuesday after 24 days, with many areas witnessing a significant spike in pollution despite the strictest measures, including a ban on......

India Honours Nepalese Army Chief

IMAGE: General Ashok Raj Sigdel with President Droupadi Murmu, December 12, 2024. Photograph: Rashtrapati Bhavan It's a long standing military tradition that the chiefs of the Indian and Nepalese......

Amid BJP's historic win, 8 Haryana ministers, speaker lose

Eight out of 10 ministers under the Nayab Singh Saini government faced defeat in the Haryana assembly polls. IMAGE: Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini with his cabinet colleagues, on March......

50 injured as bus carrying school children overturns in Haryana

An overloaded Haryana Roadways mini bus overturned near Pinjore on Monday, leaving 50 passengers injured, most of them school children, officials said. IMAGE: An injured student admitted to a......

15 customs, central excise officers sacked on corruption charges

The government has sacked these officers ranging from the ranks of principal commissioner to assistant commissioner, some of whom were already under suspension. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com......

The 5 men who will decide how funds get shared by Centre and states

The panel will also recommend a fiscal consolidation road map for the central and state governments, study the impact of GST on the divisible pool, and propose performance-based incentives for......

90 UNFORGETTABLE Asha Bhosle Songs

Sukanya Verma celebrates the singing legend who turns 90 on September 8. IMAGE: Asha Bhosle in Mumbai, August 9, 2023. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com Her voice reminds me of tiramisu.......

The Batla House Review

It is only in the second half that Batla House has gripping moments, feels Prasanna D Zore. Nikkhil Advani's Batla House -- named after the controversial encounter that took place in......

The movie that made Kishore Kumar famous

Rediff.com celebrates Kishore Kumar's 90th birth anniversary today by tracing his life from small beginnings to unfulfilled dreams.  Photograph: Rediff Archives Kishore Kumar, after Mukesh,......

85 UNFORGETTABLE Asha Bhosle songs

Asha Bhosle, who turns 85 on September 8, has sung some of the finest Hindi film songs in her long and illustrious career.Sukanya Verma takes a look. Her voice reminds me of tiramisu. Rich, moist,......

Remembering Major Dhyan Chand on National Sports Day

PM Modi, Sports Minister Mandaviya lead tributes to Olympian Dhyan Chand on Thursday, August 29, his birth anniversary. IMAGE: Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya pays tribute to Major Dhyan Chand......

Hockey: Experts rave performance as India end on high

IMAGE: Team India players celebrate after winning the Olympic Hockey Third Place Playoff against Spain. Photograph: Anushree Fadnavis In Tokyo, they celebrated the resurgence of a dormant emotion......

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......

Emotional former players salute Olympic bronze medallists

IMAGE: India's Hardik Singh celebrates with teammates on scoring their second goal during the Men's Bronze medal match against Germany during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Oi Hockey Stadium in......

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......