From Ambanis to Tim Cook, Who's Who At Modi Dinner

Big names in the tech world and billionaire industrialists such as Mukesh Ambani, Google CEO Sunder Pichai and Apple CEO Tim Cook were among those invited to the State Dinner hosted in the honour......

What the torn evidence in Ayodhya hearing says

'Whether Lord Ram is a historical person is not the subject before the court.''The court was asking every time if can anyone show the exact birthplace of Lord Ram on the basis of documents.''I have......

Walls of hatred erected in name of religion: Naseeruddin Shah

Walls of hatred are being erected in the name of religion in India and those who stand against this "injustice" are being punished, actor Naseeruddin Shah on Friday claimed in video released by......

Lalu Prasad convicted in fodder scam case, sent to jail

The court will pronounce the quantum of sentence on January 3, 2018  IMAGE: RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav and his son Tejashwi Yadav at a special CBI court in Ranchi. Photograph: PTI......

'I never like watching my films'

'I don't look forward to seeing my films because this only sort of gives me a deep sense of dissatisfaction that I could have done better, and I lose my self-confidence.' IMAGE: Satyajit Ray in......

'Politics should not be treated like lavatory cleaning'

'Politics has become a toilet because we delegate everything.''We have to catch a bus, watch a cricket match, live our life... we feel this (politics) is not part of our responsibility.' IMAGE:......

2016: A year at the movies when India thumped Hindi

'2016 was the age of convenience for Hindi movies; of down pat effrontery and planned feeling triumphing over attempts to discern something complexly beautiful,' says Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: Ae Dil......

How Alia Bhatt nailed Udta Punjab

'The starting point of the Udta Punjab casting was that we didn't think stars would do a film like this, so we'd take non-stars.''As the names kept rolling in and we had Kareena Kapoor and Shahid......

IPL Auction: Shami, Iyer for Rs 2 cr

IMAGE: Mohammed Shami celebrates taking a wicket for the Punjab Kings during IPL 2021. Photograph: BCCI The top Indian players, including Mohammed Shami, Shikhar Dhawan, Ravichandran Ashwin and......

New Zealand to tour Pakistan twice next season

IMAGE: New Zealand will tour Pakistan in December 2022-January 2023 to play two Tests and three one-day internationals before returning in April for five ODIs and a the same number of T20......

James Bond would approve of the British Grand Prix

In an afternoon of heroes, Sebastian Vettel played the Bond villain at Silverstone, notes Raja Sen, who returns to Rediff.com as F1 columnist. IMAGE: Daniel Craig, who has essayed the role of......

Djokovic turns back the clock with slam double in 2018

Prajnesh Gunneswaran rose up the rankings chart to become India's No 1 player   IMAGE: Novak Djokovic with the World Number one trophy. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Young German......

Sports Shorts: India outplay New Zealand in hockey series opener

IMAGE: Manpreet Singh celebrates with Mandeep Singh, centre, after beating New Zaeland. Photograph: Hockey India/Twitter The Indian men's hockey team pulled off a sensational 4-2 win over New......