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How 156 Soldiers Built A Bridge of Hope In 36 Hours

'It was a war-like situation, but instead of enemy fire, we fought against the vagaries of nature,' says Major Seeta Shelke. IMAGE: The Madras Sappers constructed a 190 feet-long Bailey bridge in......

Kedarnath: 10,500 pilgrims evacuated, op continues for 3rd day

The operation to rescue pilgrims stranded along a rain-ravaged trek route to the Himalayan Kedarnath shrine in Uttarakhand entered its third day on Sunday. IMAGE: SDRF and Police personnel climb a......

RJD MLC expelled from House for mimicking CM Nitish Kumar

Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Sunil Kumar Singh was expelled from the Bihar legislative council on Friday, following an incident of unruly behaviour in the House earlier this year. IMAGE: RJD leader......

Rashtrapati Bhavan's Durbar Hall, Ashok Hall will now be called...

Venues for different ceremonial functions, Rashtrapati Bhavan's iconic 'Durbar Hall' and 'Ashok Hall' were on Thursday renamed 'Ganatantra Mandap' and 'Ashok Mandap', respectively. IMAGE: Durbar......

India Won't See A Changed Modi!

Modi's government appears singularly focussed on demonstrating that it is not in any way inhibited by the BJP's loss of a majority, and will continue along its patented path of bulldozing all......

Imports of pulses may dip in FY25 on good monsoon

After climbing to the highest level in more than five years to 4.7 million tonnes in FY24, India might import fewer quantities of pulses this financial year at 4-4.5 mt on the back of good monsoon......

How Banks Plan To Tackle 'Mule' Fraud

'A mule operates someone else's account to transfer illegal money.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Commercial banks in India have stepped up their control mechanism in taking on......

Skilling plan laudable, but needs clarity: Biz leaders

While praising the internship scheme announced in the Budget, India Inc wants clarity on how it will be implemented. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The scheme is expected to help......

NCLAT judge recuses from hearing Byju Raveendran's plea

Byju's Founder Byju Raveendran's plea against the Insolvency of Think & Learn before the NCLAT was adjourned on Monday as one of the members of the bench recused from the hearing. Photograph:......

Customs duty exemption on lithium, cobalt to aid growth of EV sector

The proposed exemption in customs duty on import of lithium, cobalt and other rare minerals in the Union Budget 2024-25 is likely to lower the battery production cost and help in making electric......

'Why Are Stars Being Paid Rs 35 Crore?'

'Everyone knows the money the stars are asking for is absurd.' IMAGE: Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff in Bade Miyan Chote Miyan, a box office flop. Ashok Kumar is widely recognised as Hindi cinema's......

What Makes Kajol So Feisty At 50

If there's one thing the full-of-beans star knows, it's how to stay happy, observes Dinesh Raheja. Photograph: Kind courtesy Kajol/Instagram Kajol has some striking commonalities with her late......

Salman Celebrates The Life Of Dharmaveer

Quite a few film folk turned up at the trailer launch of Dharmaveer 2: Mukkam Post Thane that continues to tell the tale of the late Shiv Sena leader Anand Dighe, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath......

When Pregnant Zeenat Aman Became Daku Hasina

Photograph: Kind courtesy Zeenat Aman/Instagram Zeenat Aman remembers her 1987 film Daku Hasina, directed by Ashok Rao, starring Rajnikanth and Rakesh Roshan, which she shot during a pregnancy.......

'Bombay Has An Intoxicating Personality'

'It's such a mishmash of wonderful things, so many different cultures, subsections of society and weird histories.' IMAGE: Boys with their faces painted in silver during Holi celebrations in......

Lydia Ko wins women's golf gold; Aditi finishes T-29

IMAGE: India's Aditi Ashok, with rounds of 72-71-79-68 over four days, tallied 2-over 290 at the Paris Olympics, which was a far cry from the 15-under she carded in the Tokyo Games where she......

India's Aditi, Diksha disappoint in Olympic golf

IMAGE: Diksha Dagar of India during the third round. Photograph: Lisa Luetner/Reuters Indian women golfers Aditi Ashok (79) and Diksha Dagar (80) slipped on the penultimate day to be tied 40th and......

Paris Olympics: How India's athletes fared on Day 13

IMAGE: Neeraj Chopra in action during the Olympics men’s Javelin Throw final in Paris on Thursday. Photograph: ANI Neeraj Chopra's season-best effort was not enough to help him retain his......

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......

Olympics: Diksha on tied 7th, Aditi 13th in golf

IMAGE: India's Diksha Dagar was placed tied seventh with two holes to go in the women's golf competition at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Wednesday. Photograph: Paul Childs/Reuters India's Diksha......

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