'Modi knows the people here are opposed to this project, but he is using the might of government to push this port down our throats.' Reportage and Videos: Rediff.com's Hemant Waje, Satish Bodas,......
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched its third and final developmental flight of Small Satellite Launch Vehicle here on Friday whose payloads can be used in......
Engagement with neighbours is a strategic imperative, and not an option, asserts Rup Narayan Das. IMAGE: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrives to attend Prime Minister designate Narendra......
The Sittwe deal is more significant than Chabahar in Iran, where India has rights to operate only two terminals and not the port itself. IMAGE: A view of Sittwe port in Myanmar. Photograph: Press......
After his anti-India rhetoric, Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu has struck a reconciliatory tone, saying India will continue to remain his country's “closest ally” and urged New Delhi......
India and Iran on Monday signed a 10-year contract for the operation of a terminal at the strategically important Chabahar port in Iran, a move that will boost regional connectivity as well as......
The US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) will be investing funds to the tune of $553 million in Colombo West International Terminal Pvt Ltd – a consortium of India's largest......
As a model of transport, the A380 strikes a parallel -- a shared fragility -- with giant container ships, observes Shyam G Menon. IMAGE: A container ship is loaded at a container terminal in......
The country must get its act on global alliances right in order to feed its fuel-hungry economy, points out Subhomoy Bhattacharjee. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Trend spotting on a......
The success story of Adani's Mundra Port in Gujarat, in terms of efficiency, technology and management, should be replicated at Vizhinjam to ensure that this ambitious project does not fail,......
'Actors like me heave a sigh of relief if we get work.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Vishal Jethwa/Instagram Vishal Jethwa, who gained notice for his ruthless act in Mardaani 2, will be seen in a......
Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire. S P Balasubrahmanyam passed away in his 75th year, and so we celebrate the singer with 75 of his top songs, in a multi-part......
Shonali Bose's The Sky Is Pink will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September. Starring Priyanka Chopra, Farhan Akhtar, Zaira Wasim, Rohit Saraf, The Sky Is......
There are people-- film critics, indie filmmakers, and audience members -- who are averse to the idea of technology overshadowing the dramatic content of films.I have often found myself in that......
Just when you think Tamil cinema has entered a new phase where logic and reason have a slight edge over the proceedings, comes a movie like Annam Films' Anthony-Yaar? (Who is Anthony? And......
IMAGE: Bishan Singh Bedi with Ravichandran Ashwin and Erapalli Prasanna during the BCCI Annual Awards in Bengaluru on March 8, 2017. Photograph: BCCI He could mess with a batter's mind with his......
M P Anil Kumar recalls a momentous Indian victory and recounts the trials and tribulations of a forgotten star of that triumph. The first cricket match that I watched live on television had......