The Last Double Decker Bus Ride

Mumbai bid adieu to its iconic red double-decker buses On Friday, September 15, 2023.Rediff.com's Vaihayasi Pande Daniel, Hitesh Harisinghani and Afsar Dayatar took a ride on the last non AC......

Heavy rains lash Mumbai, IMD predicts more

Heavy rains in Mumbai on Thursday resulted in water-logging in several areas, traffic jams on most arterial roads and delay in suburban train services of both Western and Central Railways,......

Will poll equations change in Morbi after bridge tragedy

Though the Patidar-dominated Morbi Assembly seat in Gujarat is considered a stronghold of the Bharatiya Janata Party, the poll equations this time may change due to many factors, including the......

Overnight spell of rain brings Bengaluru to its knees

Torrential overnight rains left India's IT capital struggling on Monday as inundation and waterlogging threw life out of gear, leading to a public outpour of anger against alleged misgovernance and......

India's bad loan problem is not a purely financial one!

It is a national economic problem and one that requires a political solution hand in hand with a clear government commitment to stand behind core national assets, says Vinayak Chatterjee.......

A tale of crumbling infrastructure in India's IT cities

Can the country afford to have problems of such magnitude in the cities of Gurgaon, Bengaluru, Pune and Hyderabad, which not only are the major growth drivers but are also the biggest revenue......

Climate meet: Developing nations put their foot down

134 countries warn of collapse of Paris talks if developed nations break the UN climate convention over finance One hundred and thirty-four countries, forming part of the G77+ China group,......

Forget smart cities, India must first make existing ones livable

Here's what the government should do to make our cities better - work out a plan to manage the traffic situation and make public transport more attractive. Image: Most Indian cities are grappling......

'Ranbir is phenomenal!'

'When we were to shoot Galti Se Mistake, Dada asked me to get some boys and see what we could do.''We got 50 boys, but he had no idea what we should do.''Ranbir was there too.''Then, he played the......

Shootout: Very pakao

Director Apoorva Lakhia, teri life toh ban gayee. First, you make pakao movies likeMumbai Se Aaya Mera Dost and Ek Ajnabee, and yet, all the heroes give you dates. So now, you have made your third......

Sharapova raps Australian Open organisers

IMAGE: So there is a business component which we have to understand, but from a tournament perspective, I think there needs to be flexibility, because no one is interested, you know, in seeing two......

Muguruza stars in late, late show at Melbourne Park

'I seriously can't believe there are people watching us at 3:15' IMAGE: Garbine Muguruza of Spain in action against Johanna Konta of Great Britain. Photograph: Julian Finney/Getty Images Garbine......

British Open: Leader Johnson holds firm; Woods misses cut

Woods misses two major cuts in row for first time USA’s Dustin Johnson tees. Photograph: Matthew Lewis/Getty Images More than 24 hours after Dustin Johnson began his second round at the......

Shortage of black cabs during Olympics feared

Flagging down a black cab on London's streets may prove a little harder during this year's Olympics after taxi drivers had a request to raise fares by 22 percent turned down on Thursday. Drivers......

Delhi will deliver good Games: Dikshit

Scrambling to complete unfinished Commonwealth Games projects, Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshitadmitted that some of the agencies are "over ambitious" in trying to improve infrastructure and......