Court grants bail to Iqbal Mirchi's aide, pulls up ED over trial delay

A special PMLA court in Mumbai on Friday granted bail to businessman Haroun Yusuf, arrested in 2019 in connection with a money laundering case also involving late gangster and drug smuggler Iqbal......

Salman Rushdie: The free speech champion whose 'verses' put his life at risk

The attack on Rushdie sent shock waves around the world, with world leaders and literary stalwarts saying they were appalled at the attack on the author who championed free speech and lived under......

Salman Rushdie stabbed at New York event, undergoes surgery

Salman Rushdie, the Mumbai-born controversial author who faced Islamist death threats for years after writing The Satanic Verses, was stabbed and suffered multiple wounds to the neck and is in......

Why Sitharaman lost her cool over Rahul

'Having long portrayed Rahul as being out of touch, the BJP was suddenly confronted with a spectacle of humbleness and concern for the downtrodden,' observes Amulya Ganguli.Illustration: Uttam......

Which company built the Gateway of India?

Construction firms and grand buildings in IndiaWhich company built the Gateway of India?Take the Rediff Biz Quiz and find out how much you know about India and the companies that built some of its......

Riffing With The Readers, Vol 2

I really do try, you know. The emailed response to this column has been staggering, and it mostly involves a genuine interest in cinema and honest to goodness debate, and it's such an improvement......

Get ready to watch Midnight's Children

After having eluded half a dozen efforts over last two decades to make it into a film, Salman Rushdie's acclaimed novel Midnight's Children is getting a big push. Deepa Mehta will produce and......

Mistress: Aishwarya's best work?

A few years before they wrote and directed their 2003 hit film Bend it Like Beckham, the husband and wife team of Paul Meyeda Berges and Gurinder Chadha were given a novel written by a new author,......

Rushdie's Haroun an opera now

When Ayatollah Khomeini declared a fatwa against Salman Rushdie on Valentine's Day 1989, the Mumbai-born author went into hiding, where he eventually wrote Haroun and the Sea of Stories.A fable......

AFC Champions League: Mumbai City lose, Neymar's Al-Hilal held

IMAGE: Mumbai City FC midfielder Greg Stewart battles for possession with Nassaji Mazandaran players during the AFC Champions League match at Balewadi Stadium, in Pune, on Monday.......

IAAF Continental Cup: Historic medal for Arpinder; Neeraj disappoints

IMAGE: India’s Arpinder Singh in action. Photograph: PTI Triple jumper Arpinder Singh created history by becoming the first Indian to win a medal in the IAAF Continental Cup as he clinched a......

Semenya breaks her own 1500m record despite controversy

IMAGE:  South Africa's Caster Semenya celebrates after winning the women's 1500m.Photograph: Ibraheem Al Omari/Reuters Caster Semenya put aside the controversy over a planned rule change in......

SHOCKING! Every runner in 400m heat disqualified at World Indoors

It is the first time every athlete has been disqualified from a heat at a major championships. IMAGE: Bralon Taplin of Grenada wins the men's 400m heat at the IAAF World Indoor Championships.......

Wayde van Niekerk: He's the champ!

Van Niekerk, the Olympic and defending champion and world record holder, ran a controlled race IMAGE: Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa reacts. Photograph: David Ramos/Getty Images Wayde van......