Breakfast by DMK, lunch by TRS, dinner by AAP at MPs' relay fast

Twenty suspended Rajya Sabha members on Wednesday started a 50-hour relay protest inside the Parliament complex, with sources saying the Opposition declined the chairman's offer that they express......

'I don't want to live, but I have no option'

'How will they give me permission to die when there are many others in conditions worse than mine?' IMAGE: Seema Sood. All photographs: Neeta Kolhatkar   She was still a teenager, on the cusp......

The Shelter Home in the Nilgiris

'The people who stay with us were not born orphans; they have been abandoned.' IMAGE: Rajeswari and N Ramamurthy run a shelter home in Tamil Nadu's Nilgiris district. All photographs: Kind......

How 25 Indians Escaped Ukraine!

'There were moments when you didn't know if you will get out of there alive.' IMAGE: Relief is palpable on the faces of Ukrainians entering Moldova at the border crossing in Tudora, March 6, 2022.......

'I don't think I will die so fast'

'My wife, family members as well as members of the workers will be trustees.''The trust will take all decisions -- no family member can individually take any decision.' On the passing of Subrata......

How start-ups, IT cos helping staff tackle Covid blues

Many have shortened work weeks to four days, others are offering more time off to help staff rejuvenate or care for loved ones. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com As the deadly second wave of......

Homestays come to travellers' aid in Covid times

Intimate getaways offered in the form of homestays by hotels are proving to be the flavour of this extraordinary and difficult time. Not far from cities, they offer a pleasant respite from......

Reliance sets up India's 1st dedicated COVID-19 hospital

This first-of-its-kind-in-India centre is fully funded by Reliance Foundation and includes a negative pressure room that helps in preventing cross-contamination and helps control infection. All......

Review: Yaatris Fails To Make You Laugh

Yaatris works neither as a comedy nor as a family drama, points out Deepa Gahlot. The idea must have looked workable on paper -- a dysfunctional family rediscovering family ties when on holiday.......

Bipasha's Daughter Devi Turns 1

Bipasha Basu and Karan Singh Grover celebrated their daughter Devi's first birthday on November 12 by jetting off to the Maldives and having the time of their lives! Photograph: Kind courtesy......

The Incomparable Waheeda Rehman

Dinesh Raheja doffs his hat to the movie legend, who will be honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award this year. IMAGE: Waheeda Rehman in Guide. Rati Agnihotri confides breathlessly, "I was......

The Highlight Of Madhuri's US Trip?

Sonal prefers breakfast in the pool... Gul flies a plane...Karishma is in Turkiye... Photograph: Kind courtesy Madhuri Dixit/Instagram Madhuri Dixit and her husband Dr Shriram Nene treated......

Indian hockey's GOLDEN evening in Moscow

'The feeling that we were Olympic champions only dawned on us when we reached India.' Part 1: When 'The Babes of Indian Hockey' struck gold in Moscow IMAGE: The Indian hockey team members after......

The batsman who is Satya Nadella's hero

'On the ground, Jai would never swipe or slog or do anything ugly with a cricket bat.'A Joseph Antony salutes the memory of M L Jaisimha, one of the most stylish batsmen to play cricket for India.......

Timeline: When cricket was held hostage by terrorism

IMAGE: Emergency services personnel transport a stretcher carrying a person at a hospital, after reports that several shots had been fired, in central Christchurch in this still image taken from......