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IIT prof booked after PhD student dies during excavation

Police have registered a case against an Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi professor for alleged negligence following the death of a woman PhD student last year during excavation work near the......

How rumours of burning of holy book fuelled Nagpur violence

Several houses, vehicles and a clinic have been vandalised in violence in Nagpur following rumours that the holy book of a community was burnt during an agitation by a right-wing body for the......

Archie and friends celebrate Holi in new comic book

Popular comic book character Archie and his friends are learning about Holi as the celebration of the festival of colours in India is featured in the comic's latest edition. IMAGE: Girls smear......

'Partition Should Never Have Happened'

'We wouldn't have had to face all this had our national leaders taken care to select a place for Sindhis and sent us there, instead of sending us all over to settle in places where the locals......

Maharashtra police books YouTuber Dhruv Rathee over parody account post

Maharashtra's cyber police have registered a case against popular YouTuber Dhruv Rathee after a parody account allegedly posted a fake message on X about Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla's daughter, a......

Bibek Debroy, chief of PM's economic council, passes away

Bibek Debroy, a key economic adviser to the Prime Minister whose prolific work included translations of the puranas and the vedas, passed away on Friday. He was 69. Photograph: Utpal Sarkar/ANI......

Bibek Debroy: A 'towering scholar' & economist

Debroy's economic interests and research work covered numerous areas such as economic theory, income inequality, and infrastructure financing. Photograph: ANI Photo What distinguished Bibek......

Rediff Test Drive: The all-new Tata Safari

Is it an old SUV in a new body? Or a new SUV in old body? Rajesh Karkera test-drives the next-gen Tata Safari aka Gravitas and comes away impressed. So it came as a total surprise when......

'Shyam Had The Answer To Every 'Why' Under The Sun'

'I find his sense of history astounding, not just history of film, but of life in general.'Another fascinating excerpt from Sangeeta Datta's book Shyam Benegal. PART I: 'Smita Didn't Want Anything......

'Smita Didn't Want Anything To Do With Films'

'Naseer does not have the sense of humour that Om Puri has.''Also Om has a great deal of compassion as a human being. Naseer was too focused on his own self.'A fascinating excerpt from Sangeeta......

Shyam Benegal, Sir, Only Gratitude For You

'With his passing, Indian cinema has lost its most undaunted voice, a voice of unsettling truths, a window to history, a school of filmmaking.'Sukanya Verma mourns the movie legend. IMAGE: Shabana......

'India Has Lost The Most Humane Storyteller Of Our Time'

'He was a visionary who redefined storytelling and inspired generations.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Kamal Haasan/X As news spread of Shyam Benegal's passing on December 23, heartfelt tributes......

'I Feel Like I Have Lost My Father Again'

'After Om's untimely demise, he would call us every Sunday for the next two years to ask, "How are you doing my dear? How's the young fella?"' IMAGE: Shyam Benegal with Om Puri on his son Ishaan's......

Modi Look-Alike Graces India NZ Final

A few, acting like his followers, cheered him into the stadium while calling out, "Modi, Modi, welcome Modi." IMAGE: A look-alike Modi fan at the Dubai international cricket stadium. Photograph: K......

PIX: Barcelona rally to beat Real Madrid; PSG, Bayern lose

IMAGE: Franck Kessie celebrates with team-mates after scoring the second goal for Barcelona during the LaLiga Santander match against Real Madrid CF at Camp Nou in Barcelona, on Sunday.......

PIX: Salah 'tricks'; Bayern, Club Brugge, Napoli in last 16

Bayern Munich, Club Brugge and Napoli join Manchester City and Real Madrid in the last-16 of the UEFA Champions League on a night of high drama that saw Mohamed Salah register the fastest-ever......

Padma Shri for TT player Mouma Das, six other sportspersons

IMAGE: India's veteran TT player Mouma Das had won the Arjuna Award in 2013. Photograph: Jeremy Lee/Reuters Veteran table tennis player Mouma Das and the legendary PT Usha's coach Madhavan Nambiar......

Nashik boy sets cycling record

Cycles from Kashmir to Kanyakumari in eight days. IMAGE: Om Mahajan covered the distance of 3,600 km from Srinagar to Kanyakumari on bicycle in eight days, seven hours and 38 minutes, finishing on......

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