VOTE: Should Girgaum Chowpatty be renamed as Swaraj Bhoomi?

  The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Maharashtra government on Wednesday decided to rename the area at Girgaum Chowpatty in the city where veteran freedom fighter Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak was......

'They felt that we were terrorists'

'They said that my leaving for the Quit India Movement event would be a threat to law and order so I should not leave the police station.' IMAGE: Freedom-fighter G G Parikh along with others......

How long will you hide in Guwahati: Raut taunts rebel MLAs

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday posted a tweet targeting the rebel MLAs of the party, in which he said that however long they may 'hide' in Assam's Guwahati, they will ultimately have to......

When Lata Mangeshkar threatened to leave Mumbai

Music legend Lata Mangeshkar had courted controversy two decades ago after objecting to the proposed Pedder Road flyover passing near her residence Prabhukunj in south Mumbai. IMAGE: Kindly note......

Mumbai set for more seaplane services

Country's first seaplane operator Maritime Energy Heli Air Services Pvt Ltd (MEHAIR) successfully carried out the trial run for its first intra-city service on Wednesday. Image: MEHAIR conducted......

Now walk on the sea floor in Goa!

India's first adventurous underwater sea walk project has been launched in Goa, with Mumbai-based H20 Private Limited offering its clients an opportunity to walk on the sea floor and get a clear......

The foot soldiers of Modi's cashless India

As Narendra Modi and his ministers vigorously campaign for a shift to a cashless society, Rediff.com's Syed Firdaus Ashraf reports on what is happening on the ground. IMAGE: Lakhbir Singh Dogra,......

Viral Acharya: A common man's central banker

Be it bad loans resolution or his uncanny focus on inflation fighting which earned him criticism of being a policy hawk, Acharya was at the centre of it all and deftly steered the policy machinery.......

Indian sailors take day 1 honours

India took the honours on day one of the Asian Sailing Championships 2004, winning eight races out of a total of 28 sailed on the four courses spread out over the Mumbai Harbour and the Girgaum......

Military Games triathlon, sailing in Mumbai

Twenty-seven top male and female triathletes, who have already qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, are in the fieldfor thetriathlon event of the fourth Military World Games (MWG), to be held......