Savita Kanswal, 26, was posthumously awarded the highest adventure award at Rashtrapati Bhavan this month. She died heroically, as she had lived, doing what no woman had done before her.
'There is something in our desh ki mitti that has held us together.'
'So many conquerors, colonisers, cultures came and went, but we withstood them and rose up again.'
Her days of scorching the astro-turf might be over but legendary former India captain Rani Rampal has absolutely "no regrets" as she believes in making most of whatever opportunities that come her way.
Uttam Ghosh depicts the stories related to the life of the god of power and wisdom.
Kriti is a brown girl... Preity up close... Hina gets adventurous...
Twenty two years before Kabir Khan's The Forgotten Army streams on Amazon Prime on January 24, 2020, his documentary of the same name was telecast on Doordarshan. On that occasion, Kabir Khan spoke to Amberish K Diwanji/Rediff.com about Netaji's Azad Hind Fauj and its many battles for India's freedom.
Former Narcotics Control Bureau zonal director Sameer Wankhede, accused of demanding a bribe from Shah Rukh Khan for not implicating his son Aryan Khan in the 2021 drugs-on-cruise case, has claimed in his petition that the superstar praised the officer's "integrity" and pleaded with him to be kind to Aryan.
'I don't care what opinion people have of me. I am God's favourite child.'
'Any flight I take, the crew write personal notes to me, saying how good I was as Soudamini or Seema or Bulbul.'
Aseem Chhabra rates the movies he's watched in 2023, and tells you where you can watch them!
At the Gadar 2 success party, Sunny had a lot of things to say, and Hitesh Harisinghani/ Rediff.com and Afsar Dayatar/ Rediff.com bring back snippets.
Pro-BJP forces, unable to tolerate Udhayanidhi's stance against oppressive principles, have spread a false narrative, alleging he called for the genocide of people with Sanatan thoughts, Stalin said in a statement and wondered why Prime Minister Narendra Modi would also join those targeting the Tamil Nadu minister.
Bollywood stars celebrated Mother's Day with beautiful throwback pictures as well as adorable pictures of the next generation.
'But Telugu has done that.' 'The film that I'm doing right now is called Tiger Nageswara Rao, where I play a villain.' 'After this film releases, I guess things will be different.'
This piece is a tribute to that corner of film criticism that they call subtextual film criticism.
Images from Day 5 of the 2024 Australian Open in Melbourne on Thursday.
Amid speculation over Sachin Tendulkar's future, former India wicket-keeper Syed Kirmani has said that the senior batsman should be allowed to decide when to quit the game.
A Ganesh Nadar shares the unforgettable lessons his teachers have taught him.
If only you had thought ahead, you would have stocked snacks and biscuits, bread and cake, and vegetables suited for Amma or pondatti to make your favourite bajji and pakoda, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
The choking of natural drainage brings monsoonal Mumbai to its knees year after year.
Megha smiles for the camera. Her smile hides the trauma this child faced, of being abducted, begging on the streets of Kashmir, escaping a flood, and coming back home.
'India understands the situation of hostages by just remembering what happened to Baby Moshe as he was held hostage during the 26/11 terror attack'
'Nobody is telling you, 'Oh, my God, you are 30 and you are not married!'.'
Babar Azam does not believe that the outcome of the much-anticipated India-Pakistan clash in World Cup on Saturday will have an impact on his captaincy.
Alia Bhatt and Kareena Kapoor Khan looked stunning on Karan Johar's Koffee With Karan 8, and spoke candidly about motherhood, striking the perfect balance between work and family, and more.
Pooran in touch with Pant, says recovery phase could be depressing and frustrating
We should fill our heart with things that we will be proud of when anyone opens our hearts -- fill it with love rather than hate, fill it with confidence rather than fear, with care rather than apathy, with warmth rather than indifference, suggests Cardiac Surgeon Dr Sanjeeth Peter.
'There was trust, but perhaps there was also this apprehension that given the supreme post of prime minister, Sonia Gandhi felt her authority may be a challenged.'
Mahalaya, though essentially about the goddess, wasn't religious for us. And it isn't for most Bengalis. Mahalaya is an emotion. It's gooseflesh for a memory. A welling up of happy tears. A celebration of what is to come.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
Asked if petrol and diesel prices would be raised on October 15, the next due date for auto fuel price revision, Aiyar said: "Only God knows and the prime minister know."
A truck driver in Kuwait says they have no information about the megotiations on to free the Indian hostages.
After the debacle of the first episodes of Season 6, the latter half give an even-handed treatment to intriguing not-so-well-known events of Queen Elizabeth II's reign, observes Vaihayasi Pande Daniel.
Indra Soundarrajan on penning the Tamil TV serial, Yamirukka Bayamaen.
'The Sholay outdoors were like picnics.' 'I got the same feeling while doing Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani.'
What should be made out of the Madras high court order involving non-Hindus' entry into Hindu temples, when many non-Hindus are among the hundreds of thousands that have been worshipping at these temples for generations, asks N Sathiya Moorthy.
The Grammy-nominated sitarist talks about first love and life after separation.
Her fans think there should be a petition to cast her in a Bond movie and we see no reason why that shouldn't happen!
Her fans think there should be a petition to cast her in a Bond movie and we see no reason why that shouldn't happen!
Asked about him sticking with the Congress since he got the parliamentary polls ticket from Moradabad in 2009, he said loyalty is very important to him since the beginning.
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