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The Kashmir Princess Crash, 70 Years On

The Air India flight crashed into the sea after a mid-air bomb explosion in what was a failed assassination attempt on Chinese premier Zhou En Lai. IMAGE: Air India's Kashmir Princess aircraft.......

Rafale stayed 300 km behind Pakistani border because....

The western media is going all out to prove that India suffered a major setback in Operation Sindoor with Chinese missiles shooting down Indian fighter jets. A report in the Daily Telegraph stated......

R N Kao, India's legendary Spymaster

'Here was a man who played a major part in helping the Bengalis of East Pakistan create a new nation, secured the merger of Sikkim into the Indian dominion and built R&AW into a formidable outfit,......

'India will look into hurting the Pakistani army's interest'

'It could be the Pakistan army's commercial interest, tactical or strategic interest or one of their leaders.' 'Even if you send a message that we have attempted to kill one of the Pakistani......

'In a way the India-Pakistan war is already on'

'Pakistan cannot sustain a war with India for more than four days. They are in such dire straits. At best they can sustain war for one week.' IMAGE: Indian Army’s Panther Division and the......

Privatise education, says Kumar Birla

Noted industrialist Kumaramangalam Birla on Friday favoured privatisation of education for meeting the acute talent crunch affecting the country's corporate and intelligence agencies. "There are......

Inflation a destructive disease: Rajan

Terming inflation as a 'destructive disease', Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan On Thursday said there can be no trade off with growth and prices have to be brought down. "Inflation is a......

Order on notes not an attempt at demonetisation: Rajan

Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan on Thursday said the order withdrawing all currency notes printed before 2005 was not an attempt at demonetisation or had anything to do with the......

Corporatising OFBs: An idea whose time has come

'The much-awaited decision could be a welcome change at a time when the Indian armed forces are crying for self-reliance and the defence industry is looking forward to more indigenisation,' notes......

China - Prospects and paradoxes

No country has achieved a faster, deeper modern transformation than China, says former ambassador Kishan S Rana. That China is in the news is not novel. What is new is that rosy narratives of its......

Saare Jahan Se Accha Review: Gripping Thriller

The always dependable Pratik Gandhi finds a match in Sunny Hinduja and they are surrounded by a top notch supporting cast, observes Deepa Gahlot. As Independence Day approaches, there has to be at......

Now, Watch Munjya At Home

Enchanted rings, talking teddy bears and arranged marriages of the phony kind, hijack horror and more on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma gives you some interesting options to choose from. ......

Guess who Nana Patekar plays in his comeback role?

IMAGE: Rameshwar Nath Kao, founder of the Research and Analysis Wing, India's external intelligence agency. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Nana Patekar, who was accused of sexual......

Have You Watched These OTT Films Yet?

There may not have been anything as remarkable as 2022's Darlings or Qala on OTT in 2023, but the advantage of the medium is the variety of genres that can be found, and there are always surprises.......

The Top 10 Spy Thrillers On OTT

The West has had an advantage over Indian cinema and OTT when it comes to espionage thrillers -- the two World Wars and the Cold War were grist for the mill, and then the Middle East joined the......

Deaflympics: Abhinav, Pranjali add to India's haul with mixed team gold

IMAGE: India's Pranjali Dhumal/Abhinav Deshwal atop the podium after taking gold in the 10m air pistol event at the Tokyo 2025 Deaflympics with a 16-6 win over Chinese Taipei, who took the silver.......

Archery World Cup: China deny India gold in recurve team

IMAGE: This was India's third medal of the season-opening event. Photograph: World Archery/Instagram India clinched a silver medal in the men's recurve team event at the Archery World Cup......

Indian archers return with four medals at World Cup

IMAGE: Dhiraj Bommadevara won the individual recurve bronze at the Archery World Cup Stage 1 in Aubundale, Florida, on Sunday. Photograph: Kind courtesy SAI Media/X India wrapped up their......

Asian TT Championship: India men win bronze

IMAGE: The Indian men's team won the bronze medal after losing in the semi-finals of the Asian Table Tennis Championships in Astana, on Thursday. Photograph: SAI Media/X The Indian men's team......

Olympics: Check out India's schedule on August 1, 2024

Photograph: Kind courtesy Nikhat Zareen/Instagram The spotlight will be on India's boxing sensation, Nikhat Zareen, as she faces a formidable opponent in her quest for an Olympic medal. The......

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