Teacher thrashes students for not touching her feet, suspended

The Odisha education department has suspended a woman teacher after she was found guilty of corporal punishment at a state government-run upper primary school in Mayurbhanj district, officials said......

Seen So Many Ladies On Bikes?

IMAGE: Women take part in a motorcycle rally on Gudi Padwa in Mumbai. Photograph: ANI Photo Gudi Padwa is celebrated mainly in Maharashtra, Goa and parts of Karnataka to mark the Maharashtrian New......

Lathmar Holi Marks Start Of Mathura's Colorful Celebrations

Traditional Lathmar Holi festivities commenced in Nandagaon on Sunday, marking the beginning of the week-long Holi celebrations in Mathura.   With just days left for the Festival of Colours,......

Manipur: Protesters clash with security forces, set govt building afire

Protesters took out torchlight processions overnight, burnt a government building and clashed with security forces, defying prohibitory orders as Manipur continued to witness demonstrations over......

India's push to save its cows starves Bangladesh of beef

The $600 million-a-year trade has flourished over the past four decades and is considered legal by Dhaka. Some 30,000 Indian soldiers guarding the border with Bangladesh have a new mandate under......

How Shardul Shroff built India's top law firm

'Power is always transitory, and you should be the same person whether you have it or not,' the head of the number one law firm in India tells Pavan Lall.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com......

Nilam Sanjeep: From bamboo stick to hockey World Cup

IMAGE: India hockey defender Nilam Sanjeep Xess made his World Cup debut in Rourkela during the opening match against Spain last week. Photograph: Nilam Sanjeep Xess/Twitter It was a proud moment......

Images: Police, fans clash outside Chinnaswamy stadium

The Cricket World Cup's top official was severely criticised on Thursday after police battered hundreds of fans with bamboo sticks outside Bangalore's M Chinnaswamy Stadium as anger at the lack of......

'Our aim is to obtain the Olympic gold'

The obscure hamlet of Tainser was painted in silence except for a few young Adivasi lads who would regularly duel with bamboo sticks for possession of an indigenous ball. Little did the elders of......

India hockey forward S V Sunil calls it a day

'With the 2024 Paris Olympics three years away, I think, as a senior player, it is important that I make way for youngsters and help in building a winning team for the future.' IMAGE: Two-time......

This braveheart competed with injuries to qualify for Olympics

'I tried my best and went for all competitions. Even if I had some injuries I tried to compete in events' IMAGE: Fencer C A Bhavani Devi competes in the sabre category. Photograph: C A......