Pix: New tunes, drone show among many firsts in Beating Retreat

As a cold zephyr blew across the historic Vijay Chowk, multiple colours dotted the sky with around 1,000 drones taking flight, a projection mapping show with myriad hues depicted the country's 75......

Only 5,000-8,000 people allowed to attend R-Day parade

The number of people allowed to attend the Republic Day parade this year is likely to be curtailed to approximately 5,000-8,000 due to the COVID-19 situation, with seats reserved for construction......

Coronavirus: 'Life, as I have known it for 16 years here, has changed'

'I had not imagined there would come a day when food shopping become a real danger.''Or the daily statistics in the news could have such chilling effect.' IMAGE: A cyclist rides by rainbow signs......

'COVID-19 is not food-borne'

'It is safe to consume cooked non-vegetarian food.' IMAGE: Students wearing masks at Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu .Photograph: PTI Photo= With the number of COVID-19 infected cases rising by the day,......

Why I am fida about Baba Ramdev's products

Baba Ramdev may be controversy's child, yet he has a fan following not just in India, but almost all over the world.Sanjeev Nayyar recounts why he is fida about Patanjali products. IMAGE: Ramdev......

From a rickshaw puller to a successful innovator!

From being a rickshaw puller in New Delhi to becoming an organic farming expert and an innovator, it has been an amazing journey for this farmer from Damla village in Haryana. There was a time......

HUL kisses Liril Girls goodbye; turns family way

FMCG major HUL, known for launching starlets popularly known as 'Liril Girls' through advertisements for its lemon soap, is now charting a different strategy to tap family audience, keeping in tune......

'Bio beer' set for launch across country

Buoyed by 'tremendous' response to its trial marketing, the lady Bird Bio Beer, a herbal and vitamin-rich beer produced by a Bangalore-based researcher, would be launched in more states this year.......

The Engineer who designed Deepika, Ranveer, Shahid's looks

Preetisheel Singh lets us into some star secrets. IMAGE: Ranveer Singh looks unrecognisable as he poses with Preetisheel Singh. Were you amazed at Nawazuddin Siddique's look in Mom? Did Ranveer......

At Gurmeet Ram Rahim's ashram

Last September on the eve of the release of Gurmeet Ram Rahim's MSG: The Warrior Lion Heart, Rediff.com's Patcy N and Afsar Dayatar attended a huge concert in Sirsa, Haryana, to promote the......

'I got more praise than the hero'

Image: Chandrashekhar. Photographer: Pradeep Bandekar 'Shakti Samanta was a very honest man. I have done four films with him. He was very sick before he died; nobody was allowed to see him in......