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Woman gang-raped near Pune, male friend assaulted

A 21-year-old woman was allegedly raped by three unidentified persons, who also tied her male friend using his own cloths and belt and assaulted him at an isolated place on the outskirts of Pune......

Dadra And Nagar Haveli: How The Portuguese Were Defeated

They realised that the Portuguese were better prepared to defend Daman than Dadra and Nagar Haveli. If reinforcements from Daman were to reach Silvassa, there was no chance of defeating the......

The Message From Modi's Ram Mandir Speech

Saisuresh Sivaswamy/Rediff.com decodes Prime Minister Modi's speech after the pran prathistha ceremony in Ayodhya. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi leads the rituals during the pran......

Jallikattu Verdict A Victory For Tamil Youth Power

They just wanted their angst noticed, and as a symbol of recognition, Jallikattu, restored without the annual ritual of court cases and adjournments, explains N Sathya Moorthy. IMAGE: A bull......

Not a speck of dust fell on governor, don't use him for politics: Stalin

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Wednesday asserted that not even a "speck of dust" fell on state Governor R N Ravi during a black flag protest against him in Mayiladuthurai and said the......

States worry as Centre plans to trim schemes in Budget

'It is just an excuse to say that the Centre has run out of money.''Pruning these schemes would mean hard time for the people of India.'Dilasha Seth reports. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com......

SBI raises $1 bn from JBIC, other Japanese lenders

These are untied loans, meaning SBI has freedom to use this money to lend. They also do not come with any conditions attached for lending to specific projects or programmes. The country’s......

Nirmala Sitharaman's first Budget puts brakes on some funds for states

Nirmala Sitharaman has designed the revenue mix in such a way that while Centre’s share in taxes would grow a massive 25 per cent, states’ share would grow a dismal 6 per cent.......

Piyush Goyal bats for team India

'When all the states compete among themselves to try and achieve aspirational goals and bold targets, that's when truly the potential of India will be unleashed,' asserts Union Minister Piyush......

Universal Basic Income? Telangana has the answer

Telangana’s Rythu Bandhu policy is an embryonic UBI, or rather embryonic QUBI (a quasi-universal basic income, pronounced Kyoo-Bee). And it could potentially also be the future of......

Made in Heaven: Beautiful contradictions, flat revelations

'Made in Heaven plays well as a busy show; when it's hip, but without being hopeless,' feels Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: Sobhita Dhulipala and Arjun Mathur in Made in Heaven. Photograph: Kind courtesy......

Rajinikanth's Kaala Karikalan: Whose story is it anyway?

As superstar Rajinikanth begins shooting his newest film, Kaala Karikalan, in Mumbai, there is much speculation about which Tamilian ganglord the Thalaivar is bringing to life on......

For the great love of British TV shows

Love Sherlock, Dr Who, and Downton Abbey? Vanita Kohli-Khandekar finds out how the UK became one the world's largest creators of television content. The Pakistan that India loves! IMAGE:......

Memory of '93 haunts France

Faltering France visit buoyant Israel on Wednesday in a World Cup qualifier that could have enormous ramifications for the two nations at opposite ends of the European pecking order.The......

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