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R-Day: 265 women daredevils perform motorcycle stunts

Exhibiting the prowess of 'Nari Shakti', 265 women on motorcycles performed various stunts to showcase bravery, valour and determination during the 75th Republic Day parade in New Delhi on Friday.......

Not just LS, RS too to see polls to 68 seats this year

Sixty-eight Rajya Sabha members, including nine Union ministers, are completing their tenure this year, triggering a race of sorts among leaders across political parties to eye a six-year term in......

Delhi excise policy: ED files caveat in SC on Kavitha's plea against summons

The Enforcement Directorate has filed a caveat application in the Supreme Court on the Bharatiya Rashtra Samithi MLC K Kavitha's plea challenging the summons issued by the probe agency against her......

UPSC results declared, women bag top four slots

Ira Singh clinched the top position in her sixth attempt. Photograph: Twitter Delhi-based Ira Singhal on Saturday became the first physically-handicapped woman to top the civil services......

Padma Vibhushan for Gen Rawat, Kalyan Singh; Padma Bhushan for Azad

Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Hindutva poster boy late Kalyan Singh, India's first Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad and former West......

Guaranteed returns for golden years? Go for annuities

Conservative investors and those in the lower tax bracket should opt for these, experts tell Sanjay Kumar Singh The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) recently asked......

What Reliance's takeover of Network 18 means for media

With Mukesh Ambani taking over Network 18, the space for disseminating a diverse range of views could shrink, feels Paranjoy Guha Thakurta. Now that India's richest man Mukesh D Ambani is formally......

Marathi Cinema Gets The Spotlight!

Marathi film folk were honoured at the Filmfare Awards Marathi 2025, which took place at Mumbai's Hotel Sahara Star. A look at the big winners of the night, and the glamourous red carpet arrivals.......

Love, Sitara Review: Confused Drama

Love, Sitara doesn't flesh out the people or their problems enough to give us a glimpse into their minds, observes Sukanya Verma. Love, Sitara starts off by quoting Leo Tolstoy's opening line from......

The Rise Of The Mid-Range Movie Hit

While big hits like Jawaan are missing this year, it has been filled with a range of medium-range hits such as Crew, Teri Baaton Ne Uljhaa Diya and Guntur Kaaram, observes Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.......

Meet Bollywood's HOT DADS, post 45!

Photograph: Kind courtesy Kareena Kapoor Khan/Instagram Saif Ali Khan, who turned 50 on August 16, is expecting all set to become an 'Quadfather,' a title given to him by his sister Soha Ali Khan,......

PIX: Imran, Aamir, Salman celebrate Eid

The happy festival of Eid saw Bollywood's Khans dress up and greet their fans and media. A look at the pictures: Imran salutes the media, as he poses with his daughter Imara, and wife......

CSI asks IOC to debar Kalmadi and his aides

In a continued effort to thrust the ouster of jailed Indian Olympic Association president Suresh Kalmadi and his aides, Clean Sport India (CSI) has asked the international governing body to take......

P T Usha's coach O M Nambiar passes away

IMAGE: Coach O M Nambiar with Indian athletics legend P T Usha. Photograph: Kind courtesy, P T Usha - Olympics.com Renowned athletics coach O M Nambiar, who nurtured India's athletics great P T......

Bedi and Azad backed by Olympians to oversee BCCI reforms

IMAGE: Former India captain Bishan Singh Bedi. Photograph: PTI. Hailing the decision of the Supreme Court to appoint a two-member committee to oversee reforms in the Cricket Board after the......

India's woman wonders at the Olympics

Rediff.com presents India's Olympic wonder-women... Women athletes have been at the forefront of India's Olympic dreams for the last three decades and more. Medals or not, they have been......