Maha hospital reports 18 deaths in 24 hrs, govt orders probe

Eighteen patients have died in the last 24 hours at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital in Kalwa in Thane, civic commissioner Abhijit Bangar said on Sunday. IMAGE: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj......

Could This Man Be India's Next President?

Sunil Gatade and Venkatesh Kesari reveal that Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar's name is now doing the rounds as President Kovind's likely successor. IMAGE: Haryana Chief Minister......

Santoor maestro Shivkumar Sharma is dead

Santoor virtuoso Pt Shivkumar Sharma, who took the stringed instrument to the global stage and successfully straddled the worlds of classical and film music, died in Mumbai on Tuesday following a......

Time for police to act against offensive WhatsApp groups

Why has Mumbai's cyber police taken no action against these WhatsApp groups who everyday, commit offences under the Indian Penal Code?The police cannot be unaware of their existence, observes......

'First micro credit was from an IITian-led co'

In a scintillating chat with rediff.com on Thursday, Pradeep Gupta, chairman of CyberMedia Group, South Asia's first and largest specialty media house, with 13 publications (including Dataquest and......

What are you downloading next?

Punjabi pop, heavy metal, hard rock and tuneless songs from some of the recent Hindi flicks. These are some genres that lack appeal, especially when it blares from your mobile phone into the......

Forbes names the 40 richest Indians

Forbes has announced its maiden list of the top 40 richest people in India in its upcoming issue (December 20).Steel titan Lakshmi Mittal tops the list with wealth of $11.2 billion. His Ispat......

The Best Of Yash Chopra On OTT

In recent years, Yash Chopra has been labelled King Of Romance, when in fact, his best film, Deewar (1975) did not have a chiffon-clad heroine dancing in the snow. Unfortunately, it is not......

Watch: Sonu Nigam Manhandled

Sonu Nigam was pushed and two of his colleagues manhandled, allegedly by the son of an MLA, during a scuffle over taking a selfie with the singer at a musical event in Mumbai, the police said on......

Rest Well, Pandit Shivkumar Sharma

Santoor maestro Pandit Shivkumar Sharma passed into the ages on May 10. He was 83. Celebrities from the music fraternity paid their respects to Panditji at his State funeral in north west Mumbai. .......

Hariharan on Shiv-Hari: 'Those were lovely days'

IMAGE: Juhi Chawla and Sunny Deol in Darr. Singer Hariharan worked quite a few times with Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, who passed into the ages on May 10, and flautist Hari Prasad Chaurasia.......

India@Asiad: Bopanna-Sharan, Ankita assure at least two medals

IMAGE: Ankita Raina in action. Photograph: Ben Hoskins/Getty Images for LTA Ankita Raina and top seeds men's doubles pair of Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan assured India of at least a couple of......

Anju to lead in Asian Indoor athletics

Long jumper Anju Bobby George will lead India's challenge at the third Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, starting in Doha on Thursday. India is fielding a large contingent of 32 athletes,......

Anju to spearhead athletics challenge

Ace long jumper Anju Bobby George and sprinter Pinki Pramanik will spearhead India's challenge in track and field at the 15th Asian Games in Doha. The Athletics Federation of India on Wednesday......

Pinki claims golden double

Teenager Pinki Pramanik stole the show with her second consecutive golden double in the 400 and 800 metres, while Anju Bobby George was again forced to settle for silver in the women's long jump,......