Sonia calls Prez Murmu 'poor thing', Rashtrapati Bhavan hits back

Congress leader Sonia Gandhi's "poor thing and very tired" remarks about President Droupadi Murmu after the latter's hour-long address to Parliament on Friday snowballed into a huge controversy,......

IIT Madras director's cow urine remark sparks row; apology demanded

The director of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, V Kamakoti, has sparked controversy after making a remark about the "medicinal value" of cow urine, or gomutra.  IMAGE: IIT-Madras......

Trump 47: Disruptor Or Savvy Dealmaker?

Donald Trump's exaggerated opinion of his dealmaking capacity can get him into trouble, observes R Sriram. The danger this time is that the overestimation of his deal making capabilities and the......

Modi govt may not survive after 2026: Sanjay Raut

Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray MP Sanjay Raut on Thursday took a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government while raising doubts on its longevity, saying that he has doubts in......

'Markets Not In Panic Yet, But...'

'If you see another 1000-point correction, people may start panicking.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   Independent analyst and market expert Ambareesh Baliga cautions retail......

Companies Join Battle Against Sugar, Salt

Mondelez, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Nestle India have been working on bringing down the sugar, salt, and sodium content. IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational......

'New Investors Won't Digest Such Falls'

'If individual stocks start falling 25% to 30% or more, then I doubt how many of them will be able to withstand that (kind of selloff). That is when you'll see panic coming in.' Illustration:......

The Magical Raj Kapoor Partnership

Shailendra's songs were attuned to Raj Kapoor's explorations of the themes and dreams of the Everyman.Rediff.com begins celebrations of the Great Showman's birth centenary on December 14 with this......

Bandaa Singh Chaudhary Review: Disappointing!

Bandaa Singh Chaudhary compromises on its hard realism to go after an easily digestible, mass entertainer that undoes everything that the film had set out to say, sighs Mayur Sanap. What's worse......

Rajinikanth Hospitalised, Is Stable

Photograph: Kind courtesy Rajinikanth/Instagram Rajinikanth was admitted to a corporate hospital in Chennai late on Monday night, but he is stable. He is likely to undergo an elective procedure at......

'How Can You Body-Shame Someone For Your Fun?'

'If a senior person like Ranvir Shorey, who has worked in the industry for so many years, cannot take a stand for me, what should I expect from the others?' Photograph: Kind courtesy Sana......

'What A Messy Selection!'

IMAGE: Fans and analysts have taken to social media to slam the selection committee, led by Ajit Agarkar, and Head Coach Gautam Gambhir for what they see as an imbalanced Indian team for the......

PIX: Keys stuns Sabalenka to win Australian Open

IMAGE: Madison Keys celebrates after beating Aryna Sabalenka to win the Australian Open title in Melbourne on Saturday. Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters American Madison Keys produced an......

Aus Open PIX: Djokovic digs deep to show Alcaraz the door

IMAGE: Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates after winning his quarter final match against Spain's Carlos Alcaraz at the Australian Open at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia on Tuesday.......

I can still win it all: PV Sindhu's message to critics

IMAGE:  Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, PV Sindhu, Chirag Shetty and Lakshya Sen. Photograph: BAI/X When the going gets tough for P V Sindhu, the star badminton player dives into her......

I was not at my best: Rohit takes blame for disastrous series

Something like this will be a very low point of my career: Rohit Sharma IMAGE: India faced a humiliating 0-3 defeat at home for the first time ever. Photograph: BCCI India captain Rohit......