Last rites of Baba Siddique performed with state honours in Mumbai

Last rites of former Maharashtra minister and Nationalist Congress Party leader Baba Siddique was performed with full state honours in Mumbai at Bada Qabrastan with full state honours on Sunday. He......

Mamata Banerjee had concussion after fall, stable now

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's health condition is 'stable', a senior official of the state administration said on Friday. IMAGE: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee leaves the SSKM......

All rescued workers are normal, can return home: AIIMS-Rishikesh

The AIIMS-Rishikesh on Thursday declared all 41 workers who were evacuated from Silkyara tunnel fit to return home. IMAGE: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami with the family members......

Balaji, first TN minister to be arrested by ED, sent to jail till June 28

The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday arrested Tamil Nadu electricity, prohibition and excise minister V Senthil Balaji under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, official sources said,......

Robots to the rescue in times of coronavirus

From scanning hospital entrants to disinfecting hospital areas and floors, robots are being roped in for tasks considered high-risk, says Peerzada Abrar. IMAGE: A robot checking a man before......

Coronavirus: Windfall likely for medical device firms

As fear grips the world, demand for protective gear used by health care professionals and citizens is on a rise. And, supply disruption from China has opened a window of opportunities for Indian......

Despite cap on pricing import of medical devices rises

The growth in imports was led by product categories such as diagnostic items, ultra-sonogram machines, MRI and ECG apparatus, syringes with needles, suture needles, digital thermometers, malaria......

India has talent, but no innovation ecosystem

India has no idiosyncratic innovation ecosystem, distinctively its own. Our VCs will not rush to fund brilliant ideas, says R Gopalakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The two ends......

Puneeth death: Police guards doctor's home

The sheer unexpectedness of life and death are hard to comprehend, and the doctors who treated Puneeth are just hoping that his fans will come to terms with that reality soon, notes M D Riti.......

'We have forgotten to be normal'

Shoojit Sircar takes Rediff.com's Ronjita Kulkarni behind the sets of October, and right inside his beautiful mind. IMAGE: Director Shoojit Sircar flanked by Varun Dhawan, left, and Producer......

Chris Brown threatened to 'kill' Rihanna

Popstar Chris Brown reportedly threatened to kill Rihanna and choked her until she was unconscious. The incident occurred when the Umbrella hitmaker had a heated argument with Brown over a text......

Big B stable, say doctors

Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan, who is undergoing treatment for abdominal pain at Lilavati hospital, is in a stable condition and the tests conducted on him do not suggest any abnormality, doctors......

From bedridden to gold: Rahi's unbelievable return to shooting

IMAGE: Rahi Sarnobat returned to competitive action in style—clinching gold in the Women’s 25m air pistol event after enduring a harrowing health crisis that nearly ended her career.......

Ganguly undergoes angioplasty after 'mild' heart attack

IMAGE: BCCI president Sourav Ganguly. Photograph: BCCI BCCI president and former India captain Sourav Ganguly Saturday suffered a "mild" heart attack and had to undergo a quick "primary......

Sports Shorts: EB's Ali suffers heart attack; Harikrishna loses to Kramnik

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Tuesday IMAGE: EB central defender Anwar Ali. Photograph: Anwar Ali/Facebook Former India international and East Bengal's central......

Former India footballer Shabbir Ali critical after suffering heart attack

Former India football captain Shabbir Ali suffered a massive heart attack on Monday. Brought in in critical condition, he has been kept under "artificial machine support" at a local hospital in......