'Nowhere to go': Dream Sikkim tour turns nightmare for tourists

Surat-resident Shailendra Kumar, who had gone to Sikkim with his family for a short vacation, hadn't imagined in his wildest dreams that their trip to the picturesque state would turn into a......

'I never imagined I would have a jail life'

'I was under the illusion that this could never happen to me because my background was such -- corporate CEO, IIT professor, IIT alumnus, IIM...' IMAGE: Scholar-activist Anand Teltumbde, second......

How Pullampara Became India's 1st Digital Literate Village

Shobha Warrier/Rediff.com travels to Pullampara to discover how it became India's first digital literate village. IMAGE: Panchayat Digi-Pullampara team Vice President Aswathy, President P V......

GN Azad is 'Mir Jafar', 'vote-cutter' propped by BJP: Jairam Ramesh

Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Saturday said he never thought former party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad would turn out to be a "Mir Jafar" and alleged that he had been propped up by the......

Meta India executive Manish Chopra resigns, fourth major exit in 6 months

Meta's director and head of partnerships in India Manish Chopra has quit the company. He joined the social media giant in January 2019. Photograph: Dado Ruvic/Reuters Chopra took to LinkedIn to......

Persistency ratio must improve for life insurance customers: India Inc

In order for life insurance customers to attain maximum benefits, it is crucial for the persistency ratio to be far higher than its current level, top executives of the industry said at the......

'We didn't expect such retaliation by bankers'

'We went to the NCLT to facilitate payment and in our wildest dreams we had not imagined that this would result in such a severe action.' Photograph: PTI Photo A day after the RBI superseded the......

'Two-fifth of restaurants will shut down'

'Business will be 20% of what it was before the lockdown.' Kindly note that the image has been posted only for representational purposes. Photograph: Ajay Verma/Reuters Among the industries......

The Magical World Of Muzaffar Ali

'I somehow felt that Muzaffar Ali was in Aligarh to feel the pulse of the Muslim youth, especially in the darker and harsher times that India is passing through,' notes Mohammad Sajjad. IMAGE:......

Bramayugam Review: Mammootty is Terrifying

Mammootty is towering as the unflinching enigma that prevents Bramayugam from being a middling genre exercise, observes Arjun Menon. Bramayugam is the third directorial feature by Rahul Sadasivan......

When Juhi's Worst Nightmare Came True

'I was completely shattered, it was my first encounter with death.' An excerpt from Roshmila Bhattacharya's new book, Spooked! Bollywood's Encounters With The Paranormal. IMAGE: Juhi Chawla with......

'We all need a little piece of utopia in our life'

'This was a film, a story that had never been told before.' IMAGE: Koji Yakusho in Perfect Days. For the last four-and-a-half decades German film-maker Wim Wenders has been making compassionate......

Veteran Ghosal calls time from professional squash

Will continue to play for India in multi disciplinary events IMAGE: Saurav Ghosal remains the only Indian to reach the world's top 10, achieving the career-high ranking in April 2019 and spending......

Neeraj honoured with plaque at Jungfrau's Ice Palace

IMAGE: Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra joins stars such as Roger Federer, and golfer Rory McIlroy, who also have such commemorative plaques at the Ice Palace in Jungfraujoch, Switzerland.......

South Africa opener Elgar to retire after India Tests

IMAGE: South African opener Dean Elgar has scored over 5000 runs in 84 Test matches. Photograph: Carl Fourie/Gallo Images/Getty Images from the Rediff Archives  Dean Elgar will retire from......

'Rs 24.75 cr bid was beyond my wildest dreams'

It was a shock, price tag will bring some pressure: Mitchell Starc IMAGE: Mitchell Starc became the costliest player in the history of IPL. Photograph: Philip Brown/Reuters Australian pacer......

'Who is this? It could be anyone random': Bashir ignored McCullum's Eng selection call

IMAGE: Uncapped spinner Shoaib Bashir missed head coach Brendon McCullum’s selection call. Photograph: ECB/X A few days ago, when young England off-spinner Shoaib Bashir saw a missed call......