Cong questions PM's 'silence' on Dalit girl rape case

The Congress on Sunday demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi break his "silence" on the alleged rape and murder of the nine-year-old Dalit girl in Delhi and provide speedy justice to her......

How Many Children do BJP MLAs in UP have?

Given the controversy over the Uttar Pradesh government's population control policy, Hemant Shivsaran/Rediff.com digs deep to find out how many children BJP legislators in UP have. IMAGE: Uttar......

IMA puts out names of 382 doctors martyred in war against Covid

Taking exception to Health Minister Harsh Vardhan not mentioning the death of healthcare workers due to Covid-19 in his statement in Parliament, the Indian Medical Association has published a list......

BMW 'driven' by MLA's son kills 3, injures 5

A BMW car allegedly driven by the son of a Rajasthan Member of Legislative Assembly, suspected to be in an inebriated state, hit an autorickshaw in Jaipur killing three persons before ramming......

'Consumer preferences will kill kirana shops'

Retail is a 'tricky' business, say experts. And retailers are a trickier lot. Yet, they have grabbed power across the globe by simply transforming private labels from price purchases into powerful......

Who's afraid of Wal-Mart?

7:00 pm, Lucky General Store, Mayur Vihar, Delhi. Three delivery boys are packing grocery bags with orders from the neighbourhood condominiums. A loaf of bread and two packets of soup for Mrs Verma......

When Retro Songs Make A Re-Entry In The Movies

Hindi film songs have a long life and versatile character. They please. They comfort. And when used in a different surrounding from its original setting, they acquire an altogether new context.......

What's Kishore Kumar doing on OTT?

Sukanya Verma offers you interesting choices from Ray to Godzilla on OTT this week.   RayWhere to watch? NetflixLanguage: Hindi Three directors -- Srijit Mukherji, Abhishek Chaubey and Vasan......

Saying goodbye to the ones we lost in 2020

We have lost so many extraordinary talents this year. Subhash K Jha remembers the dear departed.   Irrfan Khan Photograph: Kind courtesy Irrfan Khan/Facebook Irrfan lost the battle to cancer......

'His voice had the unalloyed purity of a copper vessel'

IMAGE: S P Balasubrahmanyam, left, with Hariharan. Photograph: Kind courtesy Hariharan/Instagram Hariharan is inconsolable at S P Balasubrahmanyam's passing. "He was one of a kind," he tells......