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BJP-AIADMK Gift Stalin An Election Issue

Amit Shah seemingly encouraging AIADMK dissident Sengottaiyan after party boss Edappadi K Palaniswami had removed his one-time mentor from all party posts has not gone down well with party cadres.......

Azizul Haque, towering leader of Naxalbari uprising, dies at 83

Azizul Haque, firebrand poet, political thinker and one of the last towering leaders of India's Naxalite uprising, died in Kolkata on Monday, marking the end of a turbulent, blood-soaked chapter in......

Fake X account created in name of 'Supreme Court of Karnataka'!

Solicitor General (SG) Tushar Mehta on Friday highlighted the dangers of unchecked online activity by revealing to the Karnataka high court that a fake, yet verified, X (formerly Twitter) account......

Abrogation Article 370 @ 6 Years: Delhi Plays Cat-and-Mouse Game

New Delhi looks to be testing Omar Abdullah's endurance with unconcealed glee, never feeling shy to bite whenever a moment comes its way. After all, ruling the country's only Muslim-majority......

Around 1 am on May 10...: CDS explains how India foiled Pak plan

Pakistan launched multiple attacks on early May 10 aiming to bring India to its knees in 48 hours but it had to fold up the offensives in eight hours and reach out to New Delhi for talks seeking an......

Jane Street Now Under CBDT Scanner

The CBDT is investigating Jane Street for possibly misusing the India-Singapore tax treaty. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) is building a case based on......

'Phenomenon That Takes Place Once In A Century'

This is the longest winning streak for gold in the last three decades. IMAGE; Women buy gold at Pednekar Jewellers, Dadar, north central Mumbai, on Dussehra. Photograph: Sahil Salvi A continued......

Govt issues new guidelines banning surrogate ads

The government on Friday came out with new guidelines to prevent misleading advertisements, including those targeting children and making free claims to woo consumers. Illustration: Dominic......

Nirav Modi: Indian mission to liaise with UK authorities for early extradition

The Indian High Commission in London on Thursday welcomed the Westminster Magistrates' Court ruling in the extradition case of diamond merchant Nirav Modi, wanted in India to stand trial on charges......

Meet India's Latest Billionaire

'It has taken us 15 years to get to where we are. It obviously doesn't happen overnight.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Amongst all the unicorns that listed last year and had......

Yudhra Trailer: Siddhant in Carnage Mode

Will Yudhra spin the formula and bring something new to this already trite genre, wonders Mayur Sanap. Looks like Siddhant Chaturvedi is set to bid goodbye to his boy-next-door image with Yudhra......

Malayalam Cinema In No Mood To Slow Down

'The film-literate public in Kerala are not happy watching run-of-the-mill movies.' IMAGE: Jyotika and Mammootty in Kaathal: The Core. At 72, Mammootty is in no mood to slow down. The Malayalam......

Poacher Review: Hard Truths, Hard-Hitting Storytelling

Poacher neither minces words in condemning these self-seeking slaughterers nor leaves any stone unturned in highlighting the hard work put in by friends of the forest, notes Sukanya Verma. It's......

Vijay, Oppenheimer... Lots On OTT!

From Vijay's fiery latest to atom bomb origins, brace yourself for some explosive action on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma gives us her recommendations. LeoWhere to watch? NetflixLanguage: Tamil......

Review: The Village Fails To Impress

The Village starts off pretty well, but it required something more convincing than a bunch of creepy Gollum-like monsters to deliver the impact it should, observes Divya Nair. Exploring the......

National Games: Services tops medal tally

IMAGE: Karnataka hockey players celebrate a goal. Photograph: Hockey India/X Services continued its dominance in the National Games as it topped the medal tally at the 38th edition in......

Gymnastics PIX: Biles claims balance beam bronze on return

’…I'll treasure this one a lot more after everything I have been through.’ IMAGE: USA's Simone Biles competes in the Women's Balance Beam Final on day eleven of the Tokyo 2020......

Li masterclass inspires China to new heights

Li Xiaopeng's golden double gilded a day to remember for China on Sunday as the 37th world championships drew to a close.Li, a graduate of the famous Hunan gymnastics school, successfully defended......

Gymnast Dipa Karmakar set to take part in World Cup

IMAGE: Dipa Karmakar competes during the qualification round at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters Top Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar will return to competition after......

WFI chaos: Sakshi, Bajrang threaten agitation

IMAGE: Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat have been protesting for more than a year, demanding the arrest of former WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh for allegedly sexually harassing......