18 Hour Power Cuts In VIP Kashmir Seat

'I have faced 18 hours of darkness daily all my life.' IMAGE: A bakery functions in the dark in downtown Srinagar. Power cuts are a common feature of life in Kashmir. Photographs: Umar Ganie for......

Will Modi's TN Over-Exposure Boomerang On BJP?

There is an impression within the Tamil Nadu BJP -- although no one is airing it -- that over-exposure for Narendra Modi may work against party candidates as they have triggered a near-continuous......

Akhilesh: Decision on INDIA seat-sharing after...

Commenting on the seat sharing in the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA), Samajwadi Party president and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said in......

'Govt wakes up only when you come on the roads'

'Had they agreed to our demands that we raised two years ago, we would have never started our agitation again.' IMAGE: Farmers are stopped as they march to the frontline of a protest, at a site......

Want to be happy? Pay taxes on time

Want to light up the pleasure centre in your brain? Just pay your taxes on time, and then donate a little extra to feed the children of the lesser God who hardly get to eat two square meals a day.......

India Inc urged to give jobs to disabled

Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday stood up for the noble cause of helping the disabled, not through concessions or subsidies, but by offering employment opportunities to them.Chidambaram......

Gautam Singhania likes Trump's feud with China

'Trump's sparring with China is good for business,' Raymond's CMD tells Pavan Lall. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Clad in a V-necked, orange pima cotton T-shirt emblazoned with his team......

Wooing tourists back to 'God's own country'

Stung with a sharp fall in tourist arrivals-- both international and domestic, Kerala Tourism is gearing up to weave a new magic with attractive packages and catchy slogans to woo visitors.......

'I Don't Preach About Keeping Two Wives'

'My primary reason to participate was -- and I told my wives as well -- that the three of us would live happily together on the show and create history.' IMAGE: Anil Kapoor with Armaan Malik and......

OMG 2 Review: Goes Round In Circles

Akshay Kumar looks cool in that trippy get-up and adds his charisma to the film that is otherwise a lot of verbiage, observes Deepa Gahlot. The play Kanji Viruddh Kanji by Bhavesh Mandalia,......

Small Films That Became Blockbusters

Small films, huge returns. While it's expected of the top guns of Bollywood to fire regularly, the real wonder is when the unusual suspects work well. That's what happened with the Adah Sharma......

Oscars 2021: Doesn't Maria Bakalova look dreamy?

At Hollywood’s most glamorous night -- the 93rd Academy Awards -- celebrities put their best fashion foot forward. And before they graced the red carpet, they gave us sneak peeks to......

Ratan Tata: A lifelong champion of Indian sports

IMAGE: Ratan Tata with former Jamshedpur FC coach Steve Coppell during launch of the football club in 2017. Photograph: Jamshedpur FC Fans/Instagram From the time Sir Dorabji Tata sponsored a......

Hardik maintains stoic silence on controversies

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Mumbai Indians/X India all-rounder Hardik Pandya remained tight-lipped on matters that kept him in limelight in recent times except for fitness here on Saturday, his......

BCCI boss Ganguly advices Rohit against playing in IPL

'You don't want him to get injured again. He has a hamstring tear and it will get ruptured again.' IMAGE: Rohit Sharma has been out of action since he sustained a left hamstring tear against Kings......

On this Day: The 'Master Blaster' was born

IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar celebrates scoring a century during the first Test against South Africa in Pretoria, on December 19, 2010. Photograph: Mike Hutchings/Reuters India's batting legend Sachin......

'The Indians disappointed me'

Updated: October 13, 2003 | 18:55 IST Kiwis in India - (Rediff's complete coverage) Dravid reaches new high [bbc.co.uk] The Indians disappointed me - K Srikkanth [sify.com] Tame cricket and......