Some more glimpses from the year gone by. Part 1 In The Series: Yes, It Happened This Year IMAGE: Cows and buffaloes wade into the polluted Yamuna river on a smoggy morning in New Delhi,......
After steering the Rediff mothership for close to 29 years, Ajit Balakrishnan, founder, chairman and CEO, did what few businessmen in this country do -- R-E-T-I-R-E. On August 2, 2024, we were......
Climate activist Soman Wangchuk announced on Sunday that he will launch a 28-day fast on Independence Day if the government does not invite Ladakh authorities for talks on demands for statehood and......
Temperatures in 17 locations breached 48 degrees Celsius on Monday, with the relentless heat affecting health and livelihoods across large parts of northwestern and central India. IMAGE: College......
In switching over, Nitish has sent out a message that if he could not now become the NDA's PM, then he would need to stay on as CM at the very least, which a third term for Modi would not let him......
Modi has certainly pulled back, and his political capital -- dependent as it is on an image that he knows best and never retreats -- may have taken a bit of a beating.But, equally, it is hard to......
'India imports 70 per cent of its bulk drugs from China. Are we going to live without antibiotics?' asks Debashis Basu. IMAGE: Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh activists burn Chinese Communist party......
'We will have a well-designed product, and not a compromise.''We will make a completely contemporary vehicle, in keeping with consumers' aspirations, not like the Nano, which disappointed them,'......
'My character Meena seemed like a selfish, cold, heartless woman, who abandons her lover because he is moneyless.' IMAGE: Mala Sinha in Pyaasa. Mala Sinha, who turned 86 on November 11, is the......
'If it weren't for Om Puri, a whole range of our big city experiences wouldn't have found their honest representations on the screen,' notes Sreehari Nair on the legendary actor's birthday. IMAGE:......
After a lifetime of showing us what it means to 'act at the top of one's bent and never hit a false note', Mammootty had the good sense, in the third act of his career, to pare down his style,......
2021 may go down in the history of world cinema as having produced the largest number of good quality films from across the world. What is remarkable is that practically all of these films were......
'God gave me a second chance to live and I had to make the most of it.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Prateik Babbar/Instagram They say there is a rainbow after every storm, and Prateik Babbar......
IMAGE: McLaren could clinch their first constructors' crown since 1998 on Sunday if they outscore Ferrari by 21 points at the Qatar F1 Grand Prix. Photograph: Henry Romero/Reuters Ferrari and......
'I need mental conditioning and support staff to deal with the mental aspect.' IMAGE: In the absence of a mental conditional coach, Avinash Sable is relying on YouTube to take lessons on Yoga,......
It would be futile to pick the favourite as both teams have been ruthless, clinical, dominant -- and unsuccessful -- at various stages in the tournament. IMAGE: Mumbai Indians' players celebrate a......
China punishes 27 officials after deadly ultramarathon IMAGE: Rescue workers carry a stretcher as they work at the site where extreme cold weather killed participants of an 100-km ultramarathon......
IMAGE: A ball kid shelters Maria Sakkari of Greece with an umbrella in between games as empty stands are seen in the background during DAY 1 of the French Open. Photograph: Julian Finney/Getty......