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Maha kids' abuse: Protestors storm school, bring trains to halt

Thousands of protesters on Tuesday blocked railway tracks at Badlapur station in Thane district near Mumbai and stormed a local school building after the alleged sexual assault of two four-year-old......

Kedarnath: 10,500 pilgrims evacuated, op continues for 3rd day

The operation to rescue pilgrims stranded along a rain-ravaged trek route to the Himalayan Kedarnath shrine in Uttarakhand entered its third day on Sunday. IMAGE: SDRF and Police personnel climb a......

TM Krishna row: Madras Academy 'not to change decision'

A storm is brewing in the Carnatic music circle over the Music Academy Madras's decision to give its prestigious Sangita Kalanidhi Award to Carnatic vocalist T M Krishna this year, which was......

Carnatic musicians boycott Madras Academy event over Award to TM Krishna

Several Carnatic musicians have pulled out of Madras Music Academy's annual December conference to protest the Sangita Kalanidhi award to classical vocalist T M Krishna, who they allege has......

'The entire street was cheering'

'I feel like it's a personal triumph even though I have not contributed anything.' Everyone in the area where I live in Chennai, it seemed, was glued to their television sets on Wednesday......

Life insurers shell out crores as Covid-19 death claims

As of March 25, life insurers have paid Rs 1,986 crore towards 25,500 Covid death claims. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Life insurers, 24 in total, have spent crores on Covid-19 death......

Saral Jeevan Bima, a standard life product launched

The Saral Jeevan Bima product to be offered by all life insurance companies will be a non-linked non-participating individual pure-risk premium life insurance plan. Illustration: Uttam......

Insurers, MFs worried about impact of Sitharaman's tax 'sop'

While the proposed new tax regime is optional for taxpayers, the finance minister has said the government eventually wants to do away with all exemptions with a lower tax-rate simplified structure.......

Budget 2020: Key demands of the IT sector

The participants shared their views and suggestions regarding Big Data, incentives for encouraging setting up of data centres, fiscal incentives for data localisation, incentives for pushing......

The REAL story behind zero #MeToo cases

Audit firms such as KPMG believe zero complaints may be an indicator of the lack of requisite mechanism to allow for such reporting Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com In contrast to the......

Dil Dosti Dilemma Review: Sweet

Dil Dosti Dilemma is a coming-of-age series without profanity, and that by itself breaks the current mould, observes Deepa Gahlot. They are all Daddy's Darlings, spoiled, privileged brats, but......

'You've To Choose Your Battles Carefully'

'If you are a strong-minded, opinionated woman, scars are inevitable.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Geetika Tyagi/Instagram After speaking about her new film Yes Papa, about a survivor of child......

Want to Know What Uorfi Javed Is Really Like?

Amazon Prime Video has announced 69 assorted Web series and movies, and the slate sure looks interesting. Here's looking at the Web series that you will be watching this year! Do Read: Watch Vijay......

PIX: Sayani Gupta parties with Ali Fazal

Fukrey Returns is a hit, and it's time to party! Despite mixed reviews , Fukrey Returns has done well at the box office It was enough reason for the cast to celebrate. We missed Richa Chadha......

PIX: Richa Chadha, Swara Bhaskar watch a Punjabi film

Richa Chadha hosted a special screening of Khoon Aali Chithi, a Punjabi short film which she has produced, on April 24. Held in Mumbai, the screening saw her friends and cast members in attendance.......

PHOTOS: Scooterists reign in the dirt and rain!

It was survival of both man and machine in the Gulf Monsoon Scooter Rally as riders negotiated slushy, gravel-laden, winding terrain along the backwoods of Navi Mumbai. Nashik's Shamim Khan......

BCCI invited to register as Nat sports federation

Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Tuesday sought to strike a cordial note with the Board of Control for Cricket in India by inviting it to register as a national sports federation (NSF) with the......

Kaushik to take legal action against Hockey India

The sex scandal in Indian hockey took a new turn on Monday with the Sports Ministry launching its own probe into allegations of sexual harassment against suspended coach M K Kaushik, who has......

Sharath Kamal goes down to top seed Ning

India's campaign at the 17th Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships came to an end whendefending champion Achanta Sharath Kamal crashed out after losing to top seed Gao Ning of Singapore in the......

Table Tennis: Gao Ning wins Indian Open

Top seed Gao Ning of Singapore proved his class to score a convincing 4-1 victory over home favourite Achanta Sharath Kamal and claim the men's singles title at the Indian Open Table Tennis......

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