Over 10K cops deployed for I-Day security in Delhi; heavy vehicle banned

With a few hours left for the Independence Day celebration, the Delhi police beefed up security arrangements in the city by deploying over 10,000 cops and 3,000 traffic police personnel, officials......

Delhi police procure 700 face detection CCTV cameras for I-Day security

The Delhi police procured 700 Artificial Intelligence-based facial recognition CCTV cameras to ensure robust security arrangements for the Independence Day celebrations in the city, officials on......

Chronicles Of A Disaster Foretold

'The larger story of systematic destruction, which can and has been quantified, goes mysteriously missing from any political and/or public discourse about the ongoing devastation in the Ghats,'......

'India Has Changed So Much'

'I don't feel like going back to India, to the old Delhi that I grew up in. Because the place doesn't exist anymore.' Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   Still a foreigner in her......

Sensex breaches 81K, Nifty scales 24,800 peak

Stock markets remained on record-smashing course for the fourth straight day on Thursday with benchmark Sensex breaching the 81,000 mark for the first time and Nifty scaling the record 24,800 level......

India's Economic Reality And The Hype

From connectivity woes to infrastructure advancements and the startup boom, there is a gulf between claims and reality in India's economic landscape, points out Devangshu Datta. Illustration:......

Markets @ record high on buying in IT stocks

Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty soared nearly 1 per cent to hit new lifetime highs on Friday, fuelled by intense buying in IT and tech stocks after robust TCS earnings. Photograph:......

Will Mid, Smallcaps Sustain Upward Trend?

131 stocks from the Nifty MidCap 150 index, and 211 stocks from the Nifty SmallCap 250 index are seen trading above the long-term moving average as of date. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com......

When Sonakshi's Maa Started Crying

Photograph: Kind courtesy Sonakshi Sinha/Instagram Sonakshi Sinha penned an emotional note for her parents Poonam and Shatrughan Sinha after the bidaai ceremony, where the bride leaves her......

How Sonakshi-Zaheer Fell In Love

Sonakshi Sinha and Zaheer Iqbal are getting married over the weekend and you can get the details here. But how did they fall in love? Namrata Thakker looks back at their love story. Photograph:......

Like Sidharth's Travel Selfie?

Kiara turns up the heat... Adah gets ready to dance... Shama's weekend pose... Photograph: Kind courtesy Sidharth Malhotra/Instagram Sidharth Malhotra feels his selfie game is on point. Do you......

'For Me, Light And Shade Is The Melody'

Santosh Sivan Sivan is the first Asian to receive the prestigious Pierre Angénieux ExcelLens in Cinematography honour at the Cannes Film Festival, which celebrates outstanding contributions......

How Do We Prepare For LA 2028? We Don't.

You don't prep for 2028 but for 2040, or even 2044.Sustained sporting excellence is based on mass support, grassroots development, and funding -- and it is this trifecta India needs to work on,......

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......

Olympics: Lakshya goes down fighting in bronze match

IMAGE: India's Lakshya Sen in action during the Paris Olympics Men's singles Bronze Medal match against Malaysia's Zii Jia Lee at Porte de La Chapelle Arena, Paris, France, on Monday. Photograph:......

Olympics: Lakshya Sen to fight for bronze after Axelsen defeat

Lakshya Sen falls to Axelsen in semis, to play bronze-medal playoff IMAGE: India’s Lakshya Sen in action during the match against Viktor Axelsen of Denmark. Photograph: Ann Wang/Reuters......

Manika, Sreeja beaten in TT singles pre-quarter-finals

IMAGE: Manika Batra in action during her Olympics women's singles Round of 16 match against Miu Hirano of Japan on Wednesday. Photograph: Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters India's historic campaign in Table......