Hindi Diwas: Modi, Shah hail Hindi as 'unifying force'

Hindi Diwas was observed across India on Sunday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other top leaders underlining Hindi's role as a unifying factor in this linguistically diverse country while......

Operation Sindoor, swadeshi push in Modi's I-Day speech

The invitation cards for the 79th Independence Day celebration also carry the Operation Sindoor logo, and the water mark of Chenab bridge to exemplify the rise of ‘Naya Bharat’. Floral......

No school on Christmas: Smriti Irani rubbishes news report

Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani on Monday dismissed as "baseless and inaccurate" a media report suggesting that schools would remain open on December 25 to observer 'good......

UCC Can Wait, Personal Law Reforms Can't

Crucial reforms in Muslim personal law, especially laws related to inheritance and adoption, need to be initiated forthwith; historically speaking, without the State's backing, hardly has any......

Govt to rope in corporates, NGO's for 'Clean India' drive

Government will involve business and industrial chambers, residents welfare associations and NGOs among others to create mass awareness about its ambitious 'Clean India' campaign. Besides, the......

India must stop being the West's digital colony

'India missed the software products revolution (and now is in danger of missing the platform revolution), complacent that we are the software experts of the world based on IT services prowess,'......

6 states hold key to India's demographic dividend

Perhaps half-way through India’s demographic transition, what is the outlook for the future? Robert Malthus wrote his famous An Essay on the Principle of Population in 1798. In that book his......

'New breed' Indian Diaspora has its heart in the right place

Indians all over the US are going beyond being human and are learning to be humanitarian and expand their philanthropy activities finds Ajailiu Niumai. 'The raising of extraordinarily large sums of......

10 AMAZING movies you must see!

The 21st Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival brings together 190 movies from 53 countries. This year's Indian selection, selected from various parts of the country, carries promise. As the eight-day......

10 Things You Didn't Know About Gone With The Wind

Did you know Clark Gable nearly didn't say 'Frankly, my dear I don't give a damn' in Gone With The Wind?Or about the film's India connections? IMAGE: Rhett Butler and the widowed Scarlett O'Hara......

The movie that made Kishore Kumar famous

Rediff.com celebrates Kishore Kumar's 90th birth anniversary today by tracing his life from small beginnings to unfulfilled dreams.  Photograph: Rediff Archives Kishore Kumar, after Mukesh,......

Tu Hai Mera Sunday Review: Not the movie it could've been

True misogyny is when you stop being curious about women, and Milind Dhaimade directs his actresses with a sense of wonder.  Tu Hai Mera Sunday has delightful women characters, sketchy......

India's next gen light up Ranji Trophy Day 1

IMAGE: Delhi vice-captain Yash Dhull scored fifty but failed to convert into hundred. Photograph: Yash Dhull/Instagram Vimal, Pradosh slam tons as Tamil Nadu dominate; Solanki shines for Baroda......

Women's WC PIX: De Klerk, Wolvaardt help SA down India in thriller

IMAGE: Nadine de Klerk smashed 84 off 54 balls to help South Africa beat India in Visakhapatnam on Thursday. Photograph: Proteas Women/X The collective combativeness of Laura Wolvaardt and Nadine......

Ranji Trophy: 5-star Shami fires Bengal to victory

IMAGE: Mohammed Shami's eight-wicket haul helped Bengal beat Gujarat by 141 runs in their Ranji Trophy Group C encounter, in Kolkata, on Tuesday. Photograph: ANI Photo Mohammed Shami served......

IPL hat-trick king Amit Mishra bids farewell to cricket!

IMAGE: Amit Mishra is the only bowler to have claimed three hat-tricks in the IPL. Photograph: BCCI Veteran India leg-spinner Amit Mishra on Thursday announced his retirement from all forms of......

KL Rahul vs Sarfaraz: India's middle-order battle heats up

IMAGE:  With India looking to bounce back from the eight-wicket thrashing at Bengaluru in the opening Test, focus will be on the team combination. Photograph: BCCI India assistant coach Ryan......