Nearly 6,000 passengers were stranded as train services on the Konkan Railway route in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district were suspended on Thursday after a river overflowed following heavy rains, while incessant downpour badly hit road and rail traffic in several parts of the state, including around Mumbai, as authorities called in NDRF to help the administration in rescue efforts.
'I believe that to be a successful leader, you need to develop fly vision.'
HR Guru Mayank Rautela offers practical advice.
Images from Day 2 of the fourth Test between India and England, at the Narendra Modi stadium, in Motera, Ahmedabad.
Bollywood is doing everything it can to busy themselves during the national lockdown. And some of them are adding a touch of humour too.
'There are a lot of women out there in abusive marriages.'
Reaching is one thing, surviving another. The camp has no Wi-Fi, almost no phone signal and no electricity.
'I would love to do a masala film. I am a creature of masala films. My first hit Tezaab was an out and out masala film,' says Madhuri Dixit.
One man follows Guru Nanak's visits to multi-faith sites across nine countries.
Mumbai-based couple Jyoti and Shrinath Iyer travelled 4,600 km by bike from Maharashtra to Kerala and back.
Communicate your every step towards the betterment of their future. If the initial hand-holding will be done right, they will understand and respect your decision of helping them, says Naval Goel.
'Earlier, they used to give hints and then kill; now they have started killing without any hints.'
On the back of some great all-round performance, Australia thumped New Zealand by 247 runs to win the Boxing Day Test and take a 2-0 series lead. Images from Day 4 of the Boxing Day Test played at the MCG on Sunday.
Drishyam 2 fulfills all the criteria required for a blockbuster in terms of story, message, performances and execution, aplauds Divya Nair.
This Mohanlal suspense drama may well go down as yet another modern day classic, raves Joginder Tuteja.
English club may send coaches to train players
The way to enjoy Munnar in the monsoons is to make peace with the rains, says Geetanjali Krishna.
Amitabh Bachchan turns 75 on October 11. Rediff.com celebrates the superstar's birthday with a special series, looking back at all the things that made him the BIG B.
Rediff reader Rahul Datta tells us how he changed his unhealthy diet and lifestyle and reclaimed his life.
Tea and coffee estates, the smell of eucalyptus in the crisp mountain air, cool nights huddled in shawls, sylvan lake rides and mountain treks... Peace and tranquility is at hand!
Apoorba Kumar Patranabish, 37 from Hyderabad reveals how he went from 127 kg to 90 kg in 11 months.
It's #ThrowbackThursday and Bollywood actors have so many beautiful memories.
Neil Wagner claimed a five-wicket haul from a fiery spell of fast bowling as New Zealand reduced hosts Zimbabwe to 120 for eight at tea on day one of the first Test at Queen's Sports Club on Thursday.
The superstar, the realist, the father - Shah Rukh Khan presents different sides of himself.
'Not many know I am a Rajput from Jodhpur.' 'My ancestors shifted to Kolhapur as my great grandfather and grandfather were both engineers.' 'They were called by Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj to build the city of Kolhapur.'
For 80 years, news and views aired on BBC Hindi reached audiences in the remotest parts of the country. For millions of its followers, the signature line -'yeh BBC hai (this is BBC)' -- has been like a morning alarm, and the bulletins a vital link between India and the world. That link, which began when there was no mobile phone or internet, is about to break as the radio service will fall silent after January 31. And for many living in smaller towns and in rural areas, life won't be the same again, writes Nivedita Mookerji.
Mumbai's famous Kala Ghoda art festival has begun.
'While the Congressmen were fighting, the LDF was quietly doing its job, perhaps bringing in results in the lives of the people.' 'Pinarayi Vijayan and several ministers in his cabinet believed that the government should do real business, which is not to fight with the UDF but govern.'
At 27, Uppma Virdi is telling stories, connecting cultures and making a killing out of chai.
'Tamhane's densely composed shots achieve what a vacuously whizzing camera seldom does.' 'Like those Renaissance Paintings in which a bewitching lady is shown posing for a portrait, and daily life plays out in a corner unruffled, Tamhane's static frames have a hundred interesting things happening within them,' observes Sreehari Nair.
Chat with best-selling author Preeti Shenoy on writing books and being in love.
What went wrong for India in the World Test Championship Final against New Zealand?
The Calcutta high court on Thursday rejected the bail prayer of Haldiram Bhujia owner Prabhu Shankar Agarwal who was sentenced to life imprisonment for conspiring to murder a tea stall owner whose shop came in the way of a food plaza the dry snacks baron was building.
Maryam and her husband are likely to file an appeal challenging the verdict in the Avenfield Properties corruption case.
Instead of venting your anger, look for solace in the right foods.
Build something that customers love. And then sit back to enjoy it.
At the end of the six short stories, Feels Like Ishq is uneven yet watchable, feels Sukanya Verma.
True Indian scenes most often lie on less travelled routes, along roads that have fallen off the map, after modern highways have come up. On the fourth leg of their 2,148 km journey, Rediff.com's Archana Masih and photographer Rajesh Karkera discover one such forgotten place in the Thar Desert.
