How parties use WhatsApp as go to campaign medium

As the country gears up for the world's biggest electoral exercise, messaging platforms like WhatsApp and social media influencers have emerged as the go to mediums for political parties to......

How These Lawyers Worked Tirelessly To Free Saibaba

'We were sure our appeal would succeed. We knew we could break down the evidence and show it was hollow.' IMAGE: Professor G N Saibaba with his wife Vasanta Kumari after his release from the......

Relief for Cong as Himachal minister Vikramaditya Singh softens stand

Amid a fresh scramble for power in the state, Himachal Pradesh public works minister Vikramaditya Singh on Wednesday announced that he is quitting from the Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu cabinet but hours......

'They want to suffocate our voices'

'Farmers have been sent notices in which the government is threatening that if you will join the movement, then we will impound your whole ancestral properties.''We will seal your bank accounts. We......

How Banks Are Tackling Cyber Frauds

Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com   From launching campaigns like 'RahoCyberSafe' and 'Vigil Aunty' to urging their customers to buy retail cyber insurance policies, banks are taking......

What Makes Amitabh Bachchan The Forever Star

In spite of its flaws, I enjoyed reading the book, says Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.Simply for the joy of digging into the life, in pictures and words, of one of the most enduring stars of Indian......

The Day I Directed Amitabh Bachchan

'This man changed the mindset of a generation.' IMAGE: Nikkhil Advani and John Abraham feature in an episode of Kaun Banega Crorepati, the quiz show Amitabh Bachchan has hosted for over 20 years.......

Lijo Jose Pellissery's Women And Mine

Somewhere in the back of my mind, Lijo Jose Pellissery's women have begun to stand for the women in my family, each of them with such an intensely vital sense of personality that she withstands all......

A NOT-SO-SENSITIVE Guide to Badhaai Do

Badhaai Do carries its audience on the wave of those little farces that come with being queer in India, a land where masculinity still has some say, observes Sreehari Nair. By the end of Badhaai......

When Boom Boom Met Thala

IMAGE: Jasprit Bumrah and Mahendra Singh Dhoni met up at the Wankhede stadium on Sunday, April 14, 2024. Photograph: BCCI Jasprit Bumrah is as much a Mahendra Singh Dhoni fan as any of us. So, on......

Goswami alleges match-fixing in Kolkata league cricket

IMAGE: Shreevats Goswami called the match between Mohammedan Sporting and Town Club as a case of 'got up' cricket, an informal description for rigged proceedings. Photograph: Shreevats......

'Sachin! Sachin!' Reverbrates In The Sky

  Video: Kind courtesy Sachin Tendulkar Fan Club page/X We've heard gooseflesh inducing chants of 'Sachin! Sachin!' reverberate across stadiums in India and abroad. The same chants were heard......

Westlife's Shane Filan At Old Trafford

Shane Filan, one of the main leads of the popular 1990s Irish boyband Westlife, was in the stands at Old Trafford, watching his favourite club Manchester United held to a 2-2 draw by Tottenham......

Tendulkar deepfake video: Mumbai police file FIR

IMAGE: A deepfake video, carrying a digitally manipulated clip and voice of Sachin Tendulkar, was shared on Facebook in which it was falsely shown that the former ace batsman was promoting a......