'A Fearless Man Devoted To Truth, Justice'

'Every report I filed for Rediff.com on the professor's incarceration, would leave me wondering for days, at the depth of the State's malevolence towards this disabled professor, and his equally......

Cold wave persists in North India, but Delhi gets some relief

Large parts of north India reeled under numbing cold on Tuesday with the mercury remaining below freezing point at most places in Jammu and Kashmir, while dense fog in the early hours of the......

Why Is Prof Saibaba Denied A Water Bottle in Jail?

It took a five-day hunger strike by the former Delhi University professor, in jail without a break for five years after being convicted of links with Maoists, for the jail administration to agree......

The strange case of Professor Saibaba

Fed up with the treatment at the Nagpur central jail, his advocate has decided he will no longer deliver anything for Professor Saibaba, leaving it to the jail authorities to fulfill their legal......

Re-inventing Khadi, the independent label way

The appeal of the natural fabric, which now comes in a variety of beautiful colours has seen an upsurge Khadi is attracting small upcoming fashion labels who are exploring possibilities to reinvent......

Fabric brands stitch up the ingredient story

Raymond hangs its latest communication on a new hook -- wool for summers -- while Birla Cellulose of Aditya Birla Group has focused on Liva for a year Raymond, led by its Chairman and Managing......

Carpet exports grow by 22% to $3.60 mn

India's carpet export rose by 22 per cent to $3.60 million (about 17 crore) in June year-on-year on account of good orders from the US and Europe. In June 2009, the export was $2.94 million (about......

Ludhiana textile industry forced to outsource work

Industries in Punjab are facing an acute shortage of labourers, most of whom come from other states. In spite of revising the wages of labourers, be it unskilled, semi-skilled or highly skilled,......

Rudra: The Edge of Darkness Review

For all its tall claims of edge and darkness in the title, Rudra is a rather bland, blah, posturing, personality-less take on a sinister series, observes Sukanya Verma. 'Tu theek toh hai,' a cop......

Dress like SPRING, like Shraddha Kapoor!

Winters and woolens have bid adieu and the garden is buzzing with blooms and bees. That's right, spring has arrived and Bollywood's fashionistas are showing us how to dress for it. Sukanya Verma......

Bollywood's Amazing WINTER FASHION

Winter is kicking in, but in a year dominated by a deadly global pandemic, chills and thrills are largely limited to staying indoors. One can always take refuge in the world of movies though where......

Disha, Alia, Sara: Looking GORGEOUS in boots!

Going shoe-shopping? We give you some fine ideas! There's something about boots. They're sexy. They're stylish. And they make a woman look both fashionable and formidable. Remember Julia Roberts......

Here's how TN players weathered Delhi winter

'This happens with all south teams. They can't factor in how cold it gets'  IMAGE: Tamil Nadu bowlers Lakshminarayanan Vignesh, Vijay Shankar, Sandeep Warrier and Washington Sundar during......

'When Mumbaikars experience English summer'

Jemimah Rodrigues is right on the money with her latest post on Twitter. Put a Mumbaikar in any place under 20 degrees C and out come all the woolens. In just one photograph, the young India batter......