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'Never Imagined Meeting Hardened Criminals'

'We have been fighting to treat political prisoners differently.''Except for Hyderabad and Kolkata, the concept of keeping political prisoners separate doesn't exist in India.' IMAGE: Sudhir......

'Please Pray For Us And Our Country'

'My father died in the liberation struggle. Bangladesh is our Motherland. This is home,' says Monindra Kumar Nath, a Hindu who has lived his 74 years in Dhaka. IMAGE: Supporters of Bangladesh......

'IC-814' series row: Govt summons Netflix content head

The government has summoned the content head of OTT platform Netflix over the series IC-814: The Kandahar Hijack, which has triggered a row over the depiction of hijackers, contending that nobody......

Terrorism biggest form of human rights violation: Amit Shah

Terrorism is the biggest form of human rights violation and action against terrorism cannot be contradictory to human rights, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Thursday. IMAGE: Union Minister......

'It's inhuman, merciless that breaches every human right'

'I was put in an anda cell. No window, light or air. Only grills.''During the monsoon, water would seep. There were rats running around all the time.''We were forced to sleep under bright lights......

How the Web lost its innocence

Ajit Balakrishnan on how the Web could return to its original egalitarian goals.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com It all started in 1989 with an inter-office memo, describing in very humble......

India may ease clinical trial norms for coronavirus vaccine

The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation said while the rights, safety, and well-being of trial subjects were of paramount importance, protocol amendment, deviation or modification might be......

India must have a future in Electronics

'It is in electronics that the gap between where we are and where we need to be is most obvious and most persistent.''It is not only a national security issue, but also a commercial issue,' argues......

8 things India Inc, govt must do against Pakistan

The three-day-long terror strike on the country's financial capital was devastating in terms of its reach and impact. It has left Corporate India badly shaken and the elites numb. It is no more......

Loan waiver: Will the farmers gain?

The finance minister has delivered a Rs 60,000 crore (Rs 600 billion) handout to farmers. How much of that will go to the farmers who are truly debt-stressed is a moot question. But is this the......

Why Ayushmann is proud of his 'warrior princess'

Tahira Kashyap's Instagram post is funny and inspiring -- and an alert to all young women. Tahira Kashyap, Ayushmann Khurrana's wife, was recently diagnosed with DCIS (Ductal Carcinoma In Situ),......

Naseeruddin Shah: 25 TOP Performances

Sukanya Verma celebrates Naseeruddin Shah, acting legend. There's a beautiful quote I once read by Swedish film-maker Ingmar Bergman: 'No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film......

Why cellular operators are against Rajini's 2.0

'Everybody has freedom, but you cannot start a fire in a crowded theatre.' A couple of days before the release of the Rajinikanth starrer 2.0 , the Cellular Operators Association of India has......

Ghoul makes it terrifying to be a Muslim

'Any Muslim who shows even the slightest hint of revolutionary thought is marked as 'infected'.''At that point, he is taken to the nearest Detention Centre where a procedure called Reconditioning......

China's Olympic Games app has security flaws?

IMAGE: An orange peel cut out by a Chinese volunteer featuring Bing Dwen Dwen, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Mascot is pictured at the Main Press Center. Photograph: Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters......

2000 match-fixing scandal: Bookie Sanjeev Chawla extradited from UK

IMAGE: Sanjiv Chawla (masked) a key accused in the match-fixing scandal involving former South African cricket team captain Hansie Cronje in 2000, at crime branch office, in New Delhi.......

Nigeria's Okagbare gets 10-year ban for doping at Tokyo Olympics

IMAGE: Blessing Okagbare, who won silver in the long jump at the Beijing 2008 Games, was provisionally suspended last year after testing positive for multiple prohibited substances before the......

Match-fixing accused Chawla set to be extradited to India

The 50-year-old British national, a key accused in the match-fixing scandal involving former South African cricket captain Hansie Cronje in 2000, is set to be extradited from the UK by February 19.......

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