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Nitish Kumar: Longest-serving Bihar CM despite JD-U's majority challenges

Janata Dal-United president Nitish Kumar has distinguished himself as a leader who ruled Bihar for the longest time, without his party having ever won a majority on its own. IMAGE: Bihar acting CM......

People are skating, cycling, walking to Ayodhya

Walking, cycling and even skating! Covering long distances amid bone-chilling cold, people from all over the country and cutting across religions are flocking to the temple town of Ayodhya ahead of......

2.2 Million Diyas Light Up Ayodhya

Ayodhya surpassed its earlier record of lighting 1.7 million diyas and set a new Guinness World Record by lighting 2.23 million diyas across 51 ghats during its Deepotsav celebration. ......

China Will Never Get Ladakh!

'It is flabbergasting to think that this heavenly region has, for decades, been coveted by India's aggressive neighbours,' says Claude Arpi after a recent visit to Ladakh.'Wanting to use the newly......

'Yoga free from copyright': Modi leads Yoga event at UN

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday described Yoga as "truly universal" and "free from copyrights and patents" as he led a historic event at the UN Headquarters in New York to commemorate the......

'Diageo India focuses on value rather than volume'

'Our approach has been to work with consumers and help them drink better, not more.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Diageo India Diageo, the UK-based alcoholic beverage company, that acquired......

Diageo's India-born CEO Ivan Menezes passes away

Ivan Manuel Menezes, the India-born CEO of the world's biggest spirits company Diageo, died on Wednesday, days after being hospitalised for treatment of stomach ulcer. Photograph: Reuters Menezes,......

National Highway Authority creates Guinness World Record

State-owned NHAI has created a Guinness World Record for the longest continuously laid bituminous lane of 75 kilometres in 105 hours and 33 minutes on the national highway between Amravati......

NFTs, Metaverse prices follow crash of cryptos

While stablecoins in particular and cryptocurrencies in general have fallen sharply recently, other virtual assets in the Web 3.0 ecosystem like non-fungible tokens (NFTs), Metaverse (or......

'Tatas will bring Air India to former glory'

'All they need is proper leadership.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com 'Dear guests, this is your captain speaking. Welcome aboard this historic flight, which marks a special event. Today,......

Beautiful Stories From All Over India

IMAGE: A scene from Ladakh 470. Imaad Shah's Tuesday's Women, Haoban Paban Kumar's Iron Women of Manipur, Shivam Singh Rajput 's Ladakh 470 and Samman Roy's The Exile are among 10 titles to watch......

Akshay Sets World Selfie Record!

Photograph: Shashank Parade/PTI Photo Ahead of Selfiee, which releases on Friday, February 24, 2023, Akshay Kumar broke the Guinness World Record for the Most Selfies taken in three minutes at a......

The Banshees of Inisherin Review: Friends No More

People move on, get attached to other people, ending a close bond. But we rarely see that on screen, observes Aseem Chhabra. Martin McDonagh's The Banshees of Inisherin opens with fog lifting and......

'Award Raju Srivastav Bharat Ratna'

'Today's generation can learn from him how not to hurt anyone's sentiments at a time when many stand-up comedians deliberately set out to do so.' Photograph: PTI Photo On September 21,......

'They call me King of Disco'

'Oscar has been given to A R Rahman.' 'Ringa Ringa Ringa, Choli ki peeche kya hai -- What's the difference? Exactly the same.''Also, Jai ho.''I did Ramba ho in 1985.''Rahman combined three of my......

Now, A Pro Govinda League!

Rediff.com Photographer Satish Bodas and Videographer Afsar Datayar capture glimpses from the first Pro Govinda League organised by the Maharashtra government at the National Sports Club of India......

Satwiksairaj 'smashes' Guinness world record!

IMAGE: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy smashed a decade-long record set in May 2013. Photograph: Andrew Boyer/Reuters Star India shuttler Satwiksairaj Rankireddy has set the Guinness world record for the......

Cristiano Ronaldo first football player to reach this landmark...

IMAGE: Cristiano Ronaldo already held the record for most international appearances when he surpassed Kuwait's Bader Al-Mutawa's, who held the record of 196 matches. Photograph: Portuguese......

Sachin Tendulkar moved by Sharjah's tribute on 50th

Iconic Sharjah stadium stand named after Sachin Tendulkar on his 50th birthday An iconic Sharjah cricket stadium stand has been renamed after Sachin Tendulkar in a special ceremony in the UAE,......

Spanish athlete, 50, spends 500 days alone in cave!

IMAGE: Beatriz Flamini, an elite sportswoman, mountaineer and climber, is said by her support team to have broken a world record for longest time spent in a cave. Photograph: Beatriz......

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