16 mysterious deaths in Jammu village confound authorities

A mysterious illness has taken 16 lives in a small village Rajouri, confounding authorities, which remain clueless about the cause of the deaths even two months after the first casualty. Kindly......

Ustad Zakir Hussain Passes Away

Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain died in a hospital in San Francisco, United States, his family said on Monday. He was 73. IMAGE: Tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain. Photograph: Pradeep Bandekar Hussain......

Jimmy Carter's India Connection

Lillian Carter, a trained nurse and a Peace Corps worker, spent two years of her life, when she was in her late 60s, serving the poor in India, in the 1960s. She was posted as a volunteer to......

If NC was not there during Partition...: Farooq hits back

National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah on Thursday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying the release of terrorists in exchange for Rubaiya Sayeed in 1989 and Indian Airlines plane in......

Now, Saradha shockwaves rock Assam

The Saradha fraud in West Bengal is reverberating in neighbouring Assam as well, with depositors, as well the company’s former agents and employees, holding protest demonstrations here......

Govt to help 1,200 media people who lost their jobs in Bengal

A day after about 1,200 media persons from Saradha Group media entities lost their jobs in West Bengal, the state government extended a helping hand. On Wednesday, government officials are set to......

'Tatas will bring Air India to former glory'

'All they need is proper leadership.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com 'Dear guests, this is your captain speaking. Welcome aboard this historic flight, which marks a special event. Today,......

'I Was Fated To Play Jinnah'

'I have no idea why I was so many film-makers' choice for Jinnah. I assume it is because I was born and bred in Mumbai and speak English.' 'There's also my name, people tend to believe that a......

'India In 1947 Was Like A Ticking Time Bomb'

'When you watch Freedom At Midnight, I want you to feel like you are sitting on a ticking time bomb.' IMAGE: RJ Malishka as Sarojini Naidu, Sidhant Gupta as Jawaharlal Nehru, Chirag Vora as......

A Peek Inside Taimur's Birthday Party

Photograph: Kind courtesy Karisma Kapoor/Instagram Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan's son Taimur turned seven on December 20, and his proud parents threw a party at the Pataudi palace. Karisma......

19 Brilliant Movies You Need To Watch

Sukanya Verma gives us a lowdown on all those wonderful movies she saw and movies you need to see as and when they arrive to a screen or streaming space near you. A lot has changed since the 2019......

Tennis history made: Siegemund's record-breaking win

IMAGE: Laura Siegemund of Germany in action. Photograph: Violeta Santos Moura/Reuters Germany's Laura Siegemund entered the record books with her defeat of fifth-seeded Xiyu Wang of......

'More Gold, More Silver, More Bronze'

SEE: Virat Kohli urges all of India to back our Olympic Games-bound athletes. VIDEO: Kind courtesy, Virat Kohli/X Virat Kohli has urged the nation to get behind our Olympic-bound contingent. The......

US Open PIX: Gauff, Sabalenka cruise; Zheng stretched

Images from the US Open women's singles second round matches, at Flushing Meadows, New York, on Wednesday. IMAGE: Coco Gauff of the United States in action against Germany's Tatjana Maria during......

India Open: Prannoy, Sat-Chi in quarters; other big guns crash out

IMAGE: HS Prannoy used deep tosses and was far more polished at the net and was successful in drawing out errors from Priyanshu Rajawat. Photograph: BWF/Twitter Star shuttler HS Prannoy......

World Athletics PIX: Watson wins a thriller to claim 400m gold!

Watson pips Hudson-Smith to take 400m gold IMAGE: Jamaica's Antonio Watson crosses the line to win the men's 400m final at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest on Thursday. Photograph:......