How the Tablighi Jamaat was born

The Tablighi Jamaat avoided confrontation, stayed clear of conversion of non-Muslims, abjured politics and focused only on religious attainment.A fascinating excerpt from Ziya Us Salam's Inside The......

Time for Pakistan to accept reality on Kashmir

'The sooner Pakistan and India face these geopolitical realities, the better it will be for their own security and prosperity,' observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar. IMAGE: Security personnel stand......

The rise and rise of Bangladesh

'Beijing is comfortable with Hasina's pragmatism -- perceived as 'pro-India', but staying out of Indian orbit and receptive to forging close ties with China and yet, siding with neither neighbour,'......

How our liberals have been working for Modi

'The Indian Right can afford to be rigid; but as liberals, our position has to be one of constant evolution, or else death awaits us,' argues Sreehari Nair.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com O......

Jhunjhunwala-backed Akasa Air to start flying from 2022

Akasa Air is co-promoted by Vinay Dube, former CEO of Jet Airways. In the season of aviation action, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala-backed Akasa Air has secured the crucial no-objection certificate (NoC)......

Interim Budget is just 'a trailer': PM Modi

The budget will empower the poor, give a boost to the farmer and an impetus to the economic growth, the PM said.  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the Interim Budget is merely a......

Modi inaugurates world's largest mobile phone factory in Noida

The prime minister said India has 40 crore smartphones in use and 32 crore people using the broadband internet. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the President of the Republic of Korea, Moon......

Tata Nano reaches end of the road as dealers stop orders

Dealers of Tata Motors in most parts of the country have stopped placing orders for this small car in the last three-four months and the showrooms are displaying contemporary models such as Tiago,......

Must Watch OTT Shows of 2023

Sukanya Verma picks the best of OTT from 2023. As someone who shares week after week what's new on the OTT menu, I can't emphasise enough on what a crushing feeling it is to consume just a fraction......

'Film-making is a soul-sapping profession'

'Or because I am getting a s**tload of money.' IMAGE: Vikram Gokhale, Jitendra Joshi, Saniya Bhandare, Neena Kulkarni and Sanjay Mone in Nikhil Mahajan's Godavari. He was floating on air,......

Ready For Romance On OTT?

From a galaxy far, far away to apna Bollywood and everything in between, Sukanya Verma shows us there's much to binge on OTT this week. AhsokaWhere to watch? Disney+HotstarLanguage: English You......

When Bollywood Went Blind

In Blind, Sonam Kapoor's OTT debut on Jio Cinema and remake of a 2011 Korean thriller of the same name, it's the irony of a visually impaired woman becoming the sole witness to a crime that forms......

India Open: Saina, Jayaram, Kashyap, Neha sail into 2nd round

Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal notched up a comfortable straight-game victory over Hong Kong's Pui Yin Yip to start her India Open Super Series campaign on a positive note, in New Delhi, on......

Harbhajan calls for more Test matches

Twenty20 maybe the engine driving cricket in the 21st century but Test cricket also deserves a place alongside, believes India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh. It was an obvious reference to Team......

Can Federer ever overtake Sampras?

Rafa Nadal, for now, quashed Roger Federer's dreams of equalling Pete Sampras's record of 14 Grand slam titles on Sunday, winning a thrilling five-set Australian Open final. Following is a......

Sports academy with a difference

Neo International Sports Academy (NISA), a sport-training, marketing and management company,was launched in Mumbai on Wednesday.The companyis jointly associated with Dream Team Management Private......

Athens has to live up to romantic past

Sigmund Freud was astonished that it just existed.Henry Miller, Mark Twain, John Milton and Lord Byron were equally awe-struck.The Olympic spotlight falling on Athens in August will be the latest......