COVID-19: Senior MPs keen on skipping Parliament

With 200 MPs out of 785 above the age of 65, there is a serious shadow of COVID-19 looming over the monsoon session of Parliament, with several senior MPs expressing their concern over the large......

A Congress MP's lesson for Rahul: Remember names

A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com recalls how Kanyakumari MP H Vasanthakumar, the first parliamentarian to die of Covid-related complications, would address his constituents by their names, making it a......

VIDEO: 12-yr-old girl barred from proceeding to Ayyappa temple

  A 12-year-old girl from Puducherry, who had come for darshan to Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala along with her father, was not allowed to proceed to the shrine from Pamba on Tuesday......

Heavy rush of pilgrims in Sabarimala, 2 women sent back

Amid heavy rush of devotees to the Lord Ayyappa temple, police on Monday sent back two women devotees from Andhra Pradesh at Pamba as they were in the 'barred' 10-50 age group. On Saturday, 10......

Blackberrys joins race to buy out Spykar

Premium menswear apparel brand, Blackberrys, has joined the race to acquire leading Indian denim maker, Spykar Lifestyle. According to sources in the know, discussions with Avigo Partners, a......

Dell India set to turn more enterprising

Even as investors debate over Dell’s founder’s offer to take it off the market, it has launched a new marketing campaign in India, four years since the last one.Globally, Michael......

Kerala logs Microsoft out of schools

The Communist Party of India (Marxists)-led government in Kerala headed by Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan is not just against American cola majors -- Coca-Cola and PepsiCo -- alone.Nearly three......

Shaji N Karun's Swapaanam releases today

Jayaram plays a Chenda artiste in the national award winning director Shaji N Karun's Swapaanam. Bengali dancer Kadambari is the female lead. "Many geniuses have been dubbed as eccentric during......

First Look: Shaji N Karun's Swapaanam

Jayaram plays a chenda artiste with amazing talent in acclaimed filmmaker Shaji N Karun’s Swapaanam. The shooting of the film is currently going at the legendary Varikkassery Mana in......

Review: Chattakari lacks emotional quotient

Paresh C Palicha says Chattakari is glossy but lacks an emotional core.These days Malayalam cinema is running on two parallel tracks. On one we have urban tales (inspired mostly from foreign......

Kunchacko Boban is back!

Kunchacko Boban was the quintessential chocolate boy of Malayalam cinema until he decided to take a break from the hustle-bustle of filmdom. Chackochan, as he is popularly known, belongs to one of......

Sports Shorts: Ankita wins first title of 2019; Henry fumes at VAR

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday IMAGE: Ankita Raina in action. Photograph: Ben Hoskins/Getty Images for LTA Indian tennis player Ankita Raina, on Sunday, won her......

RSC win for Harikrishnan

Displaying solid aggression from the start, national champion V Harikrishnancruised into the second roundin the 12th World amateur boxing championship in Bangkok, Thailand.The 22-year-old......

Sania sparkles as AP maintain top position

Teenage sensation Sania Mirza gave ample proof of her class to clinch the women's crown in tennis while seasoned shooter Samaresh Jung picked up his second gold as one record was re-written in the......