PIX: India celebrates Eid with prayers, feasting; 'Free Palestine' poster in UP

Dressed in traditional finery, Muslims across India offered prayers at mosques and eidgahs on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr on Thursday, marking the end of the holy month of Ramzan. IMAGE: A drone......

BJP drops 2-time Chandigarh MP Kirron Kher

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday announced Sanjay Tandon as its candidate for the lone Lok Sabha seat of Chandigarh, replacing two-time MP Kirron Kher. IMAGE: Incumbent Chandigarh MP Kirron......

Leo Varadkar, The PM Who Likes Jalebis

'When my father travelled 5,000 miles to build a new home in Ireland, I doubt he ever dreamed that his son would one day grow up to become its leader.' Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff.com profiles Dr......

Carnatic Music Goes From Raga To Rage

They all seem to forget that the Music Academy is as much an independent institution as T M Krishna is an individual musician. In drawing those red lines for the Academy management, they do not......

What Led To Paytm's Big Fall

At the heart of Paytm's slide lies the abject failure of its Super App strategy, notes Indrajit Gupta. IMAGE: Vijay Shekhar Sharma. Photograph: ANI Photo For more than three weeks now, the......

Corporate bosses' message for 2024: Focus on people, tech, geopolitics

Asia’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani, signed off an address to employees last week by assuring them that 2024 would be better than 2023 for both Reliance Industries and India. Illustration:......

'Subrata Roy was arbitraging between India and Bharat'

'The India which was all about glamour and razzmatazz through which he could earn the trust of people of the other India, which was Bharat.' IMAGE: Subrata Roy with his employees. Photograph:......

Tatas to be India's first homegrown iPhone maker

Tata Group is set to become India's first homegrown iPhone maker after Taiwan's Wistron Group agreed to sell a plant in Bengaluru to India's largest conglomerate. Photograph: Francis......

Looking At 1999: 25 Years Ago In Bollywood...

1999 in Hindi movies marked the end of a vibrant young decade and a gentle promise of electrifying new things to come in the new millennium. Where madcap masala still reigned supreme, morally......

What's Karisma Doing At Harvard?

Kartik wants to be a food blogger... Bipasha's family time... Ayushmann seeks blessing... Photograph: Kind courtesy Karisma Kapoor/Instagram 'It was an absolute pleasure and honour to be a speaker......

'Films offer you life lessons'

'If someone were to ask you if you want to die tomorrow, no matter what problems you are grappling with, you would be hesitant, right?' Photograph: Kind courtesy Rohini Hattangady/Instagram Rohini......

The Best Political Biopic? VOTE!

Atal Bihari Vajpayee's biopic Main Atal Hoon reveals the pitfalls of making films on political figures: The maker has to be careful not to offend any followers. It often results in bland......

'Watch out for Riyan Parag 2.0'

IMAGE: The promotion to No. 4 in IPL 2024 has proved to be a turning point for Riyan Parag. Photographs: BCCI   Rajasthan Royals batter Riyan Parag's splendid match-winning knock in the IPL......

Give him time: Afridi comes out in defence of Shaheen

IMAGE: With Shaheen Shah Afridi’s captaincy under threat, Shahid Afridi defended the pacer, stating he should be given more time to prove himself. Photograph: Samuel Rajkumar/Reuters Former......

AB's prediction: Virat Kohli set to dominate IPL 2024

AB de Villiers expects 'good friend' Virat Kohli to be at his usual best in IPL 2024 IMAGE: ‘Virat Kohli will be back’. Photograph: RCB/X South Africa great AB de Villiers has backed......

'Thank you Gavaskar sir...but there is only one MSD, I am happy to be Dhruv'

IMAGE: Dhruv Jurel put up a memorable performance during his debut in India’s home series against England. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters He might be drawing comparisons with Mahendra Singh......

T20 World Cup: Leave out Kohli at your own peril

Kohli is the man for the big occasion and has been scoring runs consistently across formats, says Harish Kotian. IMAGE: Virat Kohli smashed 29 off 16 balls in the 2nd T20I against Afghanistan......