My First Walk In Free India

'At school, on August 15, the Indian flag was raised. There was no national anthem at that time and we sang Rise India Thy Millions Lead,' recalls military legend Major General Ian Cardozo (retd).......

Moscow says Ukrainian strike in Donetsk kills 63 Russian soldiers

Amid the ongoing conflict, the Russian Defence Ministry today said that 63 soldiers of Russia have been killed due to Ukraine's strike through US-manufactured HIMARS, TASS reported. IMAGE:......

Punjab police busts terror module handled from Canada, Pakistan

The Punjab police on Friday claimed to have busted an ISI-backed terror module jointly handled by Canada-based gangster Lakhbir Singh alias Landa and Pakistan-based gangster Harvinder Singh Rinda......

'Prince Charles made us feel like family'

'We will be celebrating our friend's ascension as king by distributing sweets.' IMAGE: Prince Charles, now King Charles III of Great Britain, meets dabbawallahs, during his visit to Mumbai.......

Why Indian economy is less susceptible to external shocks

Moody's further said, 'We expect FDI inflows to continue to rise.' Low commodity prices and better foreign direct investment inflows have reduced India's vulnerability to external shocks which is......

Why Jaitley's fiscal deficit math is turning more difficult

  Jaitley and other senior finance ministry officials have said time and again that this year’s fiscal deficit target of 3.9% of GDP would be met The Central Statistics Office on Monday......

How IIT Kharagpur researchers are leading a 'green revolution'

Indrani Roy/Rediff.com traces how researchers at IIT-Kharagpur have managed to turn barren land of surrounding villages to multi-crop farmland Image: Dr P B S Bhadoria of IIT-Kharagpur speaks to......

'A well-balanced and logical Budget'

Sam Pitroda is an internationally respected development thinker, telecom inventor and entrepreneur. He has spent 48 years in information and communications technology and related human and national......

The Genius Behind Bollywood's Beautiful Words

As a uniquely multi-hyphenated writer-director-lyricist-author, Gulzar has built a reputation across multiple spheres of film-making and literary creative endeavours.Dinesh Raheja salutes the......

Review: Dunki Lacks Rajkumar Hirani's Touch

Rajkumar Hirani has a mastery in bromance. In Dunki, Sukanya Verma doesn't feel that chemistry one bit, it's more like SRK babysitting a bunch of clueless kids running helter-skelter in a garden......

'We gave her the same respect we gave our real mothers'

'Sulochanaji was indeed a mother-figure to both the Hindi and Marathi film industry.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Film History Pics/Twitter Sulochana Latkar, who played mother to nearly every top......

Why Lataji Didn't Sing With Rafi, SD...

Photograph: Kind courtesy Lata Mangeshkar/Twitter When it came to doing the right thing, Lata Mangeshkar was next to no one in the Hindi film industry. There are innumerable instances of her......

Deepika's journey: From a 12-year-old to India's Olympic medal prospect

Photograph: Kind courtesy World Archery/Instagram From being rejected as an emaciated 12-year-old kid, to throwing a challenge to prove herself in three months' time to India's top medal......

BEST Sports Photos of the Week!

We witnessed a lot of drama last week with the ouster of Real Madrid from the Champions League last Tuesday and Manchester United's miraculous comeback win the following day.  There was......

FIFA World Cup: 'Battle of the Cleaners' ends in draw

'We don't come here to leave the rubbish here. We have to take it out after every game to show the world that we are nice people.' IMAGE: Japan's fans clean up the stands after their match against......

Returning Hingis impressive despite losing Fed Cup tie

Martina Hingis has no plans of returning to play singles on the women's tour after a courageous performance in a Fed Cup defeat by Agnieszka Radwanska in Zielona Gora, Poland, on Saturday in her......

Oludamola stripped of 100 gold for doping

Nigerian Osayemi Oludamola was stripped of the women's 100 metres Commonwealth Games gold medal on Tuesday after her B sample confirmed a positive test for a banned stimulant, the Games Federation......