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11 militants killed in attack on police station, CRPF camp in Manipur

Eleven suspected militants were killed in a fierce gunfight with security forces on Monday after insurgents in camouflage uniforms, armed with sophisticated weapons, fired indiscriminately at a......

Rediff's Wave Rider Retires!

After steering the Rediff mothership for close to 29 years, Ajit Balakrishnan, founder, chairman and CEO, did what few businessmen in this country do -- R-E-T-I-R-E. On August 2, 2024, we were......

IT professionals join stir as protests continue to rock Kolkata

Multiple protests by people seeking justice for the RG Kar Hospital victim, with and without political banners, continued to rock Kolkata for yet another day on Tuesday even as the Central Bureau......

Beware! China, Pakistan's Bangladesh Games

Bangladesh is in turmoil, which is not good news for India, which shares a porous 4,000 km border with it. There is a danger of fundamentalism growing there, and India has to move in to reset its......

Stuck in lift for 2 days, man wrote 'farewell' note

The 59-year-old man who was stuck for 42 hours in the lift of a major government hospital in Thiruvananthapuram over the weekend said that while being trapped there he had written a note akin......

Unlock 1: 3 challenges facing India

'When the lockdown grounded a billion people, nothing had been planned well: Testing, masks, face shields, protective gear, medical equipment, contact tracing... nothing.' 'Before COVID, if you......

Pollution: Millions die young every year!

The ranking of the world’s most polluted cities issued by the World Health Organisation in 2014 showed that 13 of the 20 most polluted towns were in India. Latest international......

Jaane Jaan Review: Mesmerising Kareena Steals The Show

Few actors share Kareena's fearlessness for closeups in their 40s.A still force in a high-strung thriller, her marvellously opaque portrayal of a woman hiding skeletons in her closet turns a crafty......

Bambai Meri Jaan Review: Gansgter Gush

Bambai Meri Jaan features horrific massacres and violence so brutal that it ought not to be seen on a home entertainment platform, warns Deepa Gahlot. Mainstream Hindi cinema went through a phase......

RRR Review

A copious amount of blood, beating, crying, saving, sacrificing, nationalism fills up its staggering three hours running time.Emotions run sky high, but you feel nothing, sighs Sukanya Verma.......

'Amitabh began his day reading the Gita'

'He wrote a letter to his parents every night, and read the Gita every morning before going about his work.' IMAGE: Amitabh Bachchan and Ranjeet in Namak Halaal. On Amitabh Bachchan's 79th......

What sending Jallikattu to the Oscars means

To an award show that's famous for honouring artists belatedly, we have sent as our official entry one of our major film-makers's weakest work yet, feels Sreehari Nair. So I am taking my evening......

Asian Games: Colourful closing ceremony brings curtains down in Hangzhou

IMAGE: Curtains dropped on another successful edition of the multi-nation extravaganza. Photograph: Tingshu Wang/Reuters The curtains were brought down on a memorable Asian Games with the......

Winter Olympics: China fuels controversy as Uyghur athlete lights cauldron

IMAGE: Torchbearers Zhao Jiawen and Dinigeer Yilamujiang hold the Olympic torch to light the cauldron during the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Games at the National Stadium on Friday.......

Arif Khan carries the tricolour and a billion dreams in Beijing

IMAGE: India's Arif Khan leads the Indian contingent out at the opening of the Beijing Winter Games on Friday. Photograph: Olympid Khel/Twitter Indian skier Arif Khan walked out proudly with the......

Soldier wounded in border clash with India at Beijing torch relay

While many Western countries, including the United States, Britain and Australia, are diplomatically boycotting the Winter Olympics over China's human rights record, Putin will join a number of......

Beijing marks 100 days to Winter Olympics amid COVID, rights concerns

IMAGE: Beijing Winter Olympics will kick off from February 4. Photograph: Reuters With 100 days until the start of the Winter Olympics, Beijing is promising a "simple and safe" 2022 Games -......

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