BJP wins big in UP council polls, but loses crown jewel Varanasi

A month after its resounding victory in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday swept the biennial polls to the state's legislative council by winning 22 out of......

How Many Children do BJP MLAs in UP have?

Given the controversy over the Uttar Pradesh government's population control policy, Hemant Shivsaran/Rediff.com digs deep to find out how many children BJP legislators in UP have. IMAGE: Uttar......

'Human lives more important': Juna akhara exits Kumbh Mela

The Juna Akhara, one of the largest sects of seers in the country, announced the end of its participation in the Kumbh Mela on Saturday, hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's  appeal that......

Lakhs take dip in Ganga on shahi snan amid rising coronavirus cases

Amid rising coronavirus cases nationwide, a sea of saffron-clad seers and ash-smeared Nagas converged at Har ki Pairi in Haridwar for a holy dip in the Ganga during the second shah snan of the......

Vishy Anand to lead India in Online Nations Cup

The six-team event, touted to the richest online team tournament, features all the big names in the game with World champion Magnus Carlsen being the only big gun missing from the line-up. IMAGE:......

Chess World Cup: Vishy Anand, Gujrathi, Sethuraman advance

Five-time World champion Viswanathan Anand made it to the second round but not without fumbling a little against Malaysia's International Master Li Tian Yeoh. IMAGE: Viswanathan Anand in action......

Corus Chess: Anand to meet Leko in fifth round

Chasing an elusive win after four successive draws, world champion Viswanathan Anand will take on Hungarian Peter Leko in the fifth round of the Corus Chess tournament's elite 'A' group in Wijk Aan......

Corus: Hari scores, Anand draws again

P Harikrishna registered his second successive victory even as Viswanathan Anand and Parimarjan Negi drew again on the fourth day of the Corus chess tournament, at Wijk aan Zee, near Amsterdam, on......

Chess: Anand draws again; Hari, Abhijeet win

World champion Viswanathan Anand settled for his third successive draw, but P Harikrishna and Abhijeet Gupta posted wins in their respective groups on a reasonably good day for the Indians in the......