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Tough Fight For Mumbai's 'Muslim Leader'

'In this assembly election, Muslims here will vote for one who works, but also one who safeguards their identity.' 'Their existence is more important they feel, than a faulty light meter. So yes, a......

40 Years Later, Can The Wounds Ever Heal?

As a consequence of prominence given to the brutality during those few days, a very important aspect of that episode got almost glossed over. This was the intervention by a very significant section......

Maha polls: Parties need to justify picking tainted nominees, says CEC

Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Saturday expressed concern over the 'apathy' of urban and young voters in Maharashtra, and said efforts are being made to ensure maximum polling in the......

'If A Heatstroke Patient Doesn't Get Treatment, There's 80% Chance Of Dying'

'We can save 70 patients out of 100, if they reach a hospital well within time.''The most crucial aspect is time.' IMAGE: A hot summer day in New Delhi, June 6, 2024. Photograph: Ishant/ANI Photo......

'I Vote According To My Will. I Don't Listen To Anyone'

In a poor village of daily wage earners in Siwan, Bihar, people speak about their hard lives and why they vote. IMAGE: Uma Devi from the village Dumri in Siwan. All Photographs and Videos: Rajesh......

Businessmen suicides outnumber farmers' for 2nd year in a row

The states recording the highest number of such deaths include Karnataka (14.3 per cent), Maharashtra (13.2 per cent), and Madhya Pradesh (11.3 per cent). Tamil Nadu (9.4 per cent) and Telangana......

45% growth in active internet users in rural India since 2019

There has been a 45 per cent growth in ‘active internet users' in rural India since 2019, according a study by Nielsen, a global company for audience measurement, data and analytics.......

India Inc urges Budget sops to boost capex

Indian companies are expecting generous tax incentives from the Union Budget that will help them invest more in building capacities in the coming years. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com While......

Why urban poor remain a worry for FMCG companies

30 per cent of total sales comes from the urban poor, especially for food firms. As the second wave of the pandemic ebbs and the daily caseload falls, the struggles of the urban poor......

Almost 92% casual workers didn't get wages during lockdown: Survey

A Covid widow, who lost her job due to the pandemic, saw her five children being admitted to a hospital in Aligarh on June 15 for apparently going without food for days, according to PTI. IMAGE:......

Why Nivin Pauly Is Full Of Rage In Thuramukham

'The audience's ability to connect with the character is what truly matters.''For example, in my previous film Kanakam Kamini Kalaham, I played a husband with deep-seated feelings of......

Covid doesn't stop superstars from shooting!

Shooting is underway for Amitabh Bachchan's Goodbye, Shah Rukh Khan's Pathan, Salman Khan's Tiger 3 and Prabhas and Saif Ali Khan's Adipurush among other films. IMAGE: Akshay Kumar has been......

How Kamya Panjabi found love again

'I have always taken care of people. It's never happened that someone took care of me.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Kamya Panjabi/Instagram Former Bigg Boss contestant Kamya Panjabi recently......

This Bollywood is struggling to survive!

They earn a living in the shadows of Bollywood's glitz and glamour.Today, the daily wage earners who oil the wheels of the movie business struggle to cope with the fallout of the lockdown.......

What's Neena Gupta doing in Mukteshwar?

'If we are forced to be confined indoors for a month or two months, it's not such a big deal. It's not like we are in jail.' Photographs: Kind courtesy Neena Gupta/Instagram Ever since Neena Gupta......

How Uma Chetry broke barriers to become Assam's first national cricketer

Uma Chetry becomes first cricketer from Assam to make it to India senior team Raised by a mother who pushed her to break barriers, 20-year-old Uma Chetry of Assam's Golaghat district has scripted......

Tendulkar motivates tribal footballers for UNICEF

IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar plays a game of friendly football with children for UNICEF at Thyagaraj Indoor Stadium. Photograph: UNICEF One has experienced extreme poverty while the other needs the......

Vijay Shankar reflects on missed chances

If I only think about comparisons with Hardik, I won't be able to play my game: Shankar IMAGE: India all-rounder Vijay Shankar. Photograph: Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images Vijay Shankar would not......

Tendulkar provides financial support to 4,000 underprivileged people

IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar made the donation to the Hi5 Foundation, a non-profit organisation based out of Mumbai. Photograph: Sachin Tendulkar/Instagram Indian cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar has......

SEE: India footballer Subhashish providing meals for daily wage labourers

'The rickshaw pullers who have so many times offered me free rides to-and-fro to local matches, that local vendor and shopkeeper who had gifted me so many free packets of food after heart-warming......

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