Land subsidence old issue, no link with tunnel: NTPC

Noting that it is wrong to relate the land subsidence in Joshimath with the Tapovan Vishnugad Hydroelectric Project, a senior NTPC official has said that tunnel is being built under "a competent......

Bihat gears up for Kanhaiya's first visit since arrest

Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar's two-day visit to his native village in Bihar seems to have brought a festive mood to the area. M I Khan/Rediff.com reports on......

Bihar exam scam: 5 arrested, ex-chairman still at large

The Bihar police on Thursday arrested five persons in connection with the Class 12 toppers’ scandal, while former Bihar School Examination Board chairman Lalkeshwar Prasad Singh and Bishun......

Don't make shifting cheetahs a prestige issue, SC tells Centre

The death of 40 per cent of cheetahs translocated from South Africa and Namibia to the Kuno National Park (KNP) in less than one year doesn't present a "good picture", the Supreme Court said on......

Why India's airlines are plagued by glitches

The recent spate of technical glitches in aircraft has prompted the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to issue an order on July 18, making aircraft maintenance engineers (AMEs) with......

The Top 10 Spy Thrillers On OTT

The West has had an advantage over Indian cinema and OTT when it comes to espionage thrillers -- the two World Wars and the Cold War were grist for the mill, and then the Middle East joined the......

Box Office: Judwaa 2 is a hit!

The hits and misses of the week. David Dhawan's Judwaa 2, starring Varun Dhawan, Jacqueline Fernandez and Taapsee Pannu, is a winner at the box office. And it shows that Varun's successful stint is......

Box Office: Newton scores; Haseena, Bhoomi flop

The hits and misses of the week. Sanjay Dutt's comeback film as a free man was, without mincing words, a bad choice. Bhoomi, an old fashioned revenge saga of a father out to redeem his daughter's......

Box Office: Simran, Lucknow Central get poor opening

The hits and misses of the week. Kangana Ranaut promoted Simran aggressively. Unfortunately, her film openly poorly. The other two releases, Lucknow Central and Patel Ki Punjabi Shaadi, also opened......

Mishra wins Indian Golf Tour opener

Keshav Mishra who almost bagged the title in the second round itself with a brilliant round of nine-under 63 and consolidated his lead to 10 strokes on the penultimate round, lost five strokes on......

Keshav Mishra on record-breaking spree

Keshav Mishra was not only on a birdie-spree but on a record-breaking one too as the second round of the Royal Challenge Indian Golf Tour's Northern Indian Amateur championship saw some remarkable......

Ranji: Tons by Baba twins put TN on top vs Chattisgarh

A round-up of the first day's proceedings in the Ranji Trophy matches across the country. IMAGE: Tamil Nadu's Baba Aparajith and Babba Indrajith run between the wickets during their 206-run......

Ranji Trophy: Karnataka thrash Mumbai

IMAGE: Karnataka all-rounder Shreyas Gopal. Photograph: PTI Putting up an all-round show, Karnataka defeated Mumbai by 5 wickets in their Elite Group B Ranji Trophy game in Mumbai on Sunday,......

Ranji Roundup: Gambhir deserves that last hurrah

Gambhir bats on 92 as Delhi score 190/1 IMAGE: Delhi cricketer Gautam Gambhir raises his bat during the Ranji Trophy group league match against Andhra at Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, in New......