'The Kuki-Zo are aware of this rich resource in their areas and feel the Meitei push for ST status is because of this reason.' IMAGE: Security personnel conduct Joint Combing Operations in......
Nitish Kumar had a week's time to prove his majority, but Laloo Yadav made full use of Siwan don Mohammad Shahabuddin (who died of COVID-19 on Saturday, May 1, 2021). A revealing excerpt from......
We may be witnessing a slow erosion of the democratic republic and the emergence of the police State, warns Sunanda K Datta-Ray. IMAGE: Security personnel threaten a commuter in Jammu. Photograph:......
'Congress gave Muslim conservatism support and here the BJP saw a window of opportunity' IMAGE: The instant triple talaq bill, passed thrice by the Lok Sabha earlier, cleared its toughest test in......
'#metoo has put front and centre an issue that society has suppressed for far too long,' says Kanika Datta.Illustration" Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com In America, since the #metoo movement began,......
An unprecedented number of Americans have received unprecedented incomes and accumulated unprecedented net worth in recent years. Sure, the gains are tempered by the reality that while the top tier......
The much maligned John Carter might have opened to ho-hum business in North America but its three day worldwide gross was over $102 million. And while it made just about $30 million on home turf,......
Raja Sen reviews Raavan. It's eerie how two very different directors with very distinct styles can gradually start mirroring each other's work. Mani Ratnam makes a film every few years, with the......
IMAGE: Ajinkya Rahane. Photograph: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images from the Rediff Archives Former India skipper Ajinkya Rahane has signed with English county side Leicestershire for the second......
IMAGE: India face England in the 4th Test in Ranchi, starting on Friday, February 23. Photograph: BCCI/X Security has been tightened in Ranchi, after US-based designated terrorist Gurpatwant Singh......
20 years ago this week, India and Australia played one of the greatest Test matches in cricket history.Sreehari Nair relives the sound and the fury of that unforgettable game at the Eden Gardens.......
'We can't make a law that we can't apply.' IMAGE: Glenn Maxwell plays the switch-hit during the first ODI against India in Sydney, on November 27, 2020. Photograph: Mark Kolbe/Getty Images Former......
'I think if you can't shine the ball, that takes away swing bowling, that takes away reverse swing bowling and I just don’t want to give batsmen another reason to score runs' IMAGE:......