'Woman with self-respect will die if raped': Kerala Cong chief's shocker

Kerala Congress chief Mullappally Ramachandran on Sunday found himself in the midst of a controversy for his alleged remarks about rape victims. However, he tendered an unconditional apology after......

Ambulance driver rapes 19-yr-old Covid patient in Kerala

A 19-year-old woman COVID-19 patient was allegedly raped by an ambulance driver while shifting her to a first line treatment centre near Pathanamthitta, police said on Sunday.  ......

50 maids await return in Indian embassy in Kuwait

Indian women are being fooled by job offers in Kuwait, but there's little they can do except turn to the Indian embassy for help. A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com reports. IMAGE: The four women who......

Pope to declare Indian nun Mariam Thresia as saint this year

IMAGE: The Pope has formally approved the canonisation of Mariam Thresia, foundress of the Sisters of the Holy Family. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons Pope Francis will declare Mariam Thresia......

Oil prices fall as China share crisis worsens

  Oil futures fell again on Wednesday as worries over the Greek debt crisis and China's stock market turmoil outweighed an expected US inventory drop. China's stocks tanked further on......

Milestones: The rise and fall of gold prices

Gold prices hit two-year lows on Monday in their biggest one-day drop since 1983 as an exodus of institutional money fueled expectations that bullion's 12 years of gains as a haven in a......

Indian woman pleads guilty to tax evasion in US

An Indian-origin woman has pleaded guilty to not reporting to the US federal authorities about her HSBC bank account of more than $8 million to evade taxes, days after another Indian descent......

Lift ban on Satyam, Tech M to World Bank

Tech Mahindra, the new owner of the troubled Indian IT services firm Satyam, has officially written to the World Bank seeking an end to the eight-year ban against Satyam Computer Services for......

Salman, Spies, Soup, Superheroes on OTT

Sukanya Verma lists her this week's OTT recommendations.   Tiger 3Where to watch? Amazon Prime VideoLanguage: Hindi Salman Khan resumes his spy duties as Tiger in the third film of the......

Downton Abbey, Back Once More

As Downton Abbey: A New Era readies for its worldwide release -- the film premiered at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York on May 15 -- the cast were there to celebrate. Please click on the......

Review: The new Chashme Baddoor is awful

David Dhawan's Chashme Baddoor is an unnecessary remake, writes Sukanya Verma.What’s the point of a remake?Either a) a filmmaker wants to recreate the success of the original or b) wants to......

The Ten Sexiest Biopics Of All Time

The sexiest women are the ones who actually lived. This Friday, as posters heralding Vidya Balan's decolletage inform us, The Dirty Picture hits our screens, promising to tell us the story of......

PICS: India win women's ICC Under-19 World Cup

Images from the ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup 2023 final between India and England, at JB Marks Oval in Potchefstroom, South Africa, on Sunday. IMAGE: India's players celebrate with the ICC......

China Open: Sindhu makes another early exit, Satwik notches up twin wins

IMAGE: India’s PV Sindhu reacts. Photograph: Lintao Zhang/Getty Images World Champion P V Sindhu suffered a shock defeat to lower-ranked Pai Yu Po of Chinese Taipei in the opening round but......

China Open: Srikanth pulls out; Sindhu, Saina eye title

IMAGE: Srikanth was pitted against Kento Momota of Japan in his opening round but he pulled out of the tournament. Photograph: Kidambi Srikanth/Twitter Kidambi Srikanth has decided to give China......

Sports Shorts: India should become sports-playing nation, says Tendulkar

A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar appealed to adopt a sport and play in on a regular basis. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com......

India win two bronze in World Jr badminton

Indian shuttlers B Sai Praneeth and H S Prannoy won two bronze medals in the recently-concluded Junior World Badminton Championships in Guadalajara, Mexico. There was more good news for India, as......