'The entire public needs to be evacuated immediately. Any day, the entire town can collapse.' IMAGE: A building damaged due to land subsidence in Joshimath, January 10, 2023. Photograph: Ayush......
Jayalalithaa was the third chief minister in Tamil Nadu to die in office, after her mentor M G Ramachandran (1987) and before that his mentor C N Annadurai (1969).The state government should have......
Despite severe restrictions imposed on the number of bulls, bull-tamers and spectators thanks to the pandemic, Jallikattu organisers are hopeful of the show going on this Pongal.A Ganesh......
'From environmental impact assessment to forest clearances, this has turned out to be an unscientific road-widening project with catastrophic consequences.' IMAGE: The mountain side being blasted......
'This is probably why the late General Bipin Rawat, who hails from the Garhwal Himalaya, said that the existing roads are fine with the army.' IMAGE: One of the Char Dhams in Uttarakhand, the......
Companies are looking to combine risk management with strategy. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com An Indian manufacturing company which supplies goods to the US and to companies in Europe......
Almost 63 per cent of the increased allocation of around Rs 1.01 trillion has been spent in the first five months of 2020-21. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Funds allocated for the Mahatma......
The plan could mature into either an umbrella programme for urban youths similar to the Garib Kalyan Rozgaar Abhiyaan or a modified urban-focused version of MGNREGS. Illustration: Dominic......
However, demand was still much higher compared to the previous years, underlining the scheme’s vital role in providing employment to the rural poor, a vast majority of whom are migrants.......
Given the rapid changes in the Indian labour market, there is an urgent need to have current, accurate and publicly available data through regular, dynamic and comprehensive surveys.Indeed, this......
Many, including me, firmly believe that the best films in India are made in Kerala. Year after year, Malayalam cinema throws stunning surprises at us. 2022 was no exception. Here are Malayalam......
In a year of overwrought spectacles that slavishly sucked up to the audience, I found refuge in a bunch of 'mainstream' Indian films that espoused such old-fashioned values as dedication to craft,......
Dear Friend is for those who idealised Dil Chahta Hai all out of proportion, and then warmed up to the premise that friendship could be a lot more complicated, and transient, observes Sreehari......
'At the outset when director Srinath discussed it with Dulquer, there was agreement that it will remain a negative character.''So, we knew we wouldn't have to alter the character in any way to suit......
As M Karunanidhi passed into the ages, we look back at some of the legendary scriptwriter's greatest movies. CN Annadurai and M Karunanidhi of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam realised quite early......
S Bhaskaran is the first bodybuilder to be presented the Arjuna Award in 20 years.A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com met the man of steel. IMAGE: S Bhaskaran with his wife and two children. When S......
'There were a lot of jealous people out there, happy to turn us against each other' IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar and Shane Warne had collaborated in 2015 to bring the All Stars Exhibition T20 series to......
Opener Virender Sehwag blasted a quickfire half-century but Sachin's Blasters were beaten by Warne's Warriors by six wickets in Game 1 of the Cricket All Stars T20 Series. P......
Sachin's Blasters has Lara, Sehwag, Mahela, Murali and, of course, Tendulkar! Warne's Warriers has Ponting, Kallis, Sanga, Akram and Donald... P Rajendran/Rediff.com was present at the unveiling of......
'Once you retire, it doesn't mean you never pick up a bat. We're picking up a cricket bat for fun, for enjoyment. While doing so if we can inspire thousands there's nothing wrong with it.' 'We're......