India trashes Canada's 'absurd, baseless' charges against Shah

India on Saturday said it has protested in the strongest possible terms the references made by a Canadian minister about Union Home Minister Amit Shah and warned that such "absurd and baseless"......

India slams Canadian news report claiming Modi knew of Nijjar plot

India on Wednesday strongly trashed as 'smear campaign' a Canadian media report that claimed that the Indian prime minister was aware of the alleged plot to kill Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh......

'Canada ignored India's warning on organised crime'

India first raised the presence of organised crime in Canada but the issue was ignored because of a permissive atmosphere for a long time, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday,......

People with BJP links tried to attack Kejriwal: AAP

The Aam Aadmi Party alleged that people affiliated with the Bharatiya Janata Party tried to attack AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal, a Z-plus protectee, during his padyatra in West Delhi's Vikaspuri......

SC trashes bail plea of ex-CMD of Amrapali Group

The Supreme Court has dismissed the bail plea of jailed former CMD of Amrapali Group of Companies Anil Kumar Sharma, saying he doesn't deserve “sympathy” after having siphoned off the......

Sustainable fashion gets thrown a life jacket after PM wears upcycled sadri

Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi has been at the forefront of climate action and saving the environment campaigns — whether plogging at a beach in Mahabalipuram in 2019 or wearing a sky-blue......

Fraternity, prosperity and polarisation

Economic stagnation is the advance payment for polarisation, which extracts a terrible price. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com One of the most heartening and fraternal features of......

Squid Game 2 Review: The Blood Sports Rage On

Squid Game 2 is almost a rehash of the earlier season, discovers Deepa Gahlot. When Korean series Squid Game came out in 2021, it went on to become the most watched show on Netflix. Soon enough,......

Life Hill Gayi Review: Groan-Worthy

Vinay Pathak, Divyenndu Sharma and Kusha Kapila are comfortable enough in their comic skins to play their parts with ease, observes Deepa Gahlot. Anybody who wants to make a comedy about a loony......

The Failed Promise of Indian 2

Kamal Haasan is right where he left off from the first film but there is only so much he can do to salvage an already lost cause, observes Arjun Menon. IMAGE: Kamal Haasan in Indian 2. A municipal......

2023 At The Movies: A Double Take

It was a year of so many contradictions and contrasts that it became dangerous to talk about movies, people lost their heads discussing Friday releases, psychiatrists began dabbling in film......

PIX: Duplantis beats Warholm in Scandinavian sprint showdown

IMAGE: Sweden's Armand Duplantis crosses the finish line to win the 100 metres exhibition race against Norway's Karsten Warholm at the Diamond League meeting in Stadion Letzigrund, Zurich,......

The Olympics, From A Spectator's Lens

What is it like watching all the Olympian action and drama unfold from the spectators' galleries at the Stade de France?Rediff.com asked Dr Rajesh Parikh, director of medical research and......

T20 WC parade: BMC collects kilos of footwear, bottles

IMAGE: Fans with the Tricolour on Marine Drive ahead of the victory parade. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com As a sea humanity turned up at the Mumbai's iconic Marine Drive promenade to......

Hero worship is great but not at cost of another player: Ashwin

'Fan wars should never go this ugly a route. One should remember which country these players represent -- our country. So, then what warrants a cricketer getting booed?'   IMAGE: Mumbai......

'Magician Dhoni can turn someone else's trash into treasure'

IMAGE: Mahendra Singh Dhoni has captained Chennai Super Kings to a record 10 IPL finals. Photograph: BCCI Mahendra Singh Dhoni is a "magician" who can turn someone else's "trash into treasure"......