'Why Do We Need Cities Where People Travel Long Distances?'

'In the larger cities, we can see that 12%-20% of the population making use of the metros. I don't think it is happening in the smaller cities.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi inaugurates......

Carnatic Music Goes From Raga To Rage

They all seem to forget that the Music Academy is as much an independent institution as T M Krishna is an individual musician. In drawing those red lines for the Academy management, they do not......

Will Modi's TN Outreach Help The BJP?

If the idea was to garner AIADMK votes with or without the three faction leaders after the party broke ties with the NDA, it may not work after all, observes N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Prime......

BJP mocks Stalin with birthday wish in Mandarin after ad goof up

The Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party took a jibe at Chief Minister and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader M K Stalin on Friday by extending birthday wishes in Mandarin amid the ongoing 'Chinese......

Private philanthropy outstripped corporate largesse by 42% in FY20

The share of domestic companies in total private philanthropy, declined from 29 per cent to 28 per cent. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Individuals flew the flag for philanthropy in FY20,......

IOC bans Russian Olympic Committee

IMAGE: Thursday's ruling does not affect any decision on Russian and Belarusian athletes' participation at the Paris 2024 Olympics which the IOC will take at a later date. Photograph: Kind......

'Gold is gold, had tears in my eyes': Smriti gets candid

'This is a really special feeling because we don't get the chance every day to win a Gold medal, especially at a stage like the Asian Games' Photograph: Kind Courtesy Team India/X Star Indian......

Kushti badnaam hui hai: Yogeshwar on WFI's suspension

IMAGE: Yogeshwar Dutt termed WFI’s suspension as ‘very distressing’. Photograph: Tim Wimborne/Reuters Olympic medallist Yogeshwar Dutt on Thursday termed the suspension of the......

PIX: Ladakh's Frozen Lake Marathon sets new Guinness record

IMAGE: The four-hour long marathon at 13,862 feet high Pangong Tso started from Lukung and ended at Maan village on Monday with no injury reported to any of the 75 participants. Photographs:......

Dronacharya awardee boxing coach O P Bhardwaj dies

India's first Dronacharya awardee coach in boxing, O P Bhardwaj, died on Friday after battling prolonged illness and age-related issues here. He was 82 and had tragically lost his wife Santosh to......