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Thousands join in as Modi leads nation in cleanliness drive ahead of Gandhi Jayanti

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday pitched for blending fitness and well-being with cleanliness as he led a nationwide Swachhata hi Seva campaign that saw thousands participate in an......

Is Sharad Pawar Buying Insurance?

Sharad Pawar reckons that the NCP has value as a united, going concern, not as a gaggle of leaders in search of followers, notes Shreekant Sambrani. IMAGE: Sharad Pawar, who stepped down as......

Maharashtra sunstroke toll rises to 14; 7 still hospitalised

The death toll due to sunstroke at the 'Maharashtra Bhushan' award event in Navi Mumbai rose to 14 after the death of a 34-year-old woman while seven patients are undergoing treatment, a civic......

11 dead, many suffer heatstroke at Amit Shah event

The 'Maharashtra Bhushan' award event in Navi Mumbai on Sunday turned tragic with the death of at least 11 people apparently due to sunstroke as the function, attended by lakhs, was held in an open......

Modi goes on jungle safari at Bandipur Tiger Reserve

Prime Minister Narendra Modi went on a 'safari' at the Bandipur Tiger Reserve in Karnataka on Sunday, as part of programmes to mark 50 years of 'Project Tiger'. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi......

Ex-bureaucrats seek Green Credits scheme withdrawal

A group of 91 retired bureaucrats has appealed to the Centre to withdraw the Green Credits programme, which they claimed may facilitate diversion of forest land to private entities. Photograph:......

Foreign companies' interest in India fades, shows data

George Acland from Great Britain ran a coffee plantation in Sri Lanka and set up India’s first jute mill in 1855. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com He raised capital and imported the......

Is Darjeeling Tea Losing its Fizz?

Scanty rainfall, last year's lockdown, growing competition from Nepal and the disaster of the 2017 Gorkhaland agitation are steadily weakening exports and sales of Darjeeling tea. IMAGE: A worker......

Why CBI went after Sebi officers for Saradha, not Sahara

It is intriguing that the CBI has shown little interest in the most scandalous and biggest collective investment scheme ever, from the Sahara group, asserts Debashis Basu. Photograph: Shailesh......

How states are ensuring food reaches your plates

Most key rabi-producing states of north India, such as Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, have staggered their procurement to enable farmers to come in batches, so that there is no overcrowding. The......

19 Brilliant Movies You Need To Watch

Sukanya Verma gives us a lowdown on all those wonderful movies she saw and movies you need to see as and when they arrive to a screen or streaming space near you. A lot has changed since the 2019......

Here's Where YOU Can Watch The Golden Globe Winners

Once known as Hollywood’s biggest party where celebrities from both the silver and small screen hung out and got drunk, the 79th edition of Golden Globes was a staggeringly dull affair. No......

Mercury Review: Ghost movie with no spirit

There's something very pompous about the basic pitch of this movie that slowly chews away at its core, feels Sreehari Nair. If anything, Mercury will make you realise how good Nila Madhab Panda's......

Get ready for Coffee Bloom

For the first time, a Hindi film named Coffee Bloom has been shot in the picturesque locales of Kodagu (or Coorg), in Karnataka. Since the main crop of the region is coffee, a coffee......

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