What explains India's love affair with SUVs? They are not exactly "value for money" -- the watchword for brands across segments -- nor always practical. Is it for the badge value? Or the butch imagery associated with SUVs? Maybe both, says Alokananda Chakraborty.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday
On December 15, 2020, JLR announced that it has opened bookings of its first Plug-In Hybrid in India, the New Defender P400e.
'The biggest danger is that majoritarianism is getting normalised, insidiously and overtly... We are bringing the worst, not the best in us... We are looking for new enemies - Muslims, urban Naxals, tukde tukde gang, some enemy or the other which keeps this majoritarian wheel turning,' says journalist Rajdeep Sardesai.
Supporters of late Shiv Sena Supremo Bal Thackeray turned up in large numbers early Sunday morning to pay their last tributes to the leader.
Awed by the stunning Innova Crysta, Rajesh Karkera, is now eagerly waiting to get into the driver's seat for the magical experience.
Rajesh Karkera snapped Carol Gracias with her cute munchkin.
Designer Payal Singhal has quite a fan following in tinsel town, finds Rajesh Karkera.
Kiara Advani was the showstopper for Farah Sanjana's spring summer collection.
Power dressing lessons from designer Sunita Shanker.
'Fashion changes fast and if you are not keeping up you're getting left behind,' design diva Anita Dongre tells Pavan Lall.
A glimpse of Neha Agarwal's Lakme Fashion Week collection Mithila in Soho.
As the Lakme Fashion Week Winter Festive 2017 begins, Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com captures the chaos backstage.
Rediff.com captures the mood of the Thackeray family as Bal Thackeray's final journey continues
Bathinda is the only district in Punjab to start a movement to find out what the actual drug situation on the ground is and aims to address it.
An agreement between India and Pakistan, however tenuous, has its own meaning and impact. We have not heard the last word about the ceasefire agreement, observes Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.
Big, Bold and Smart. That's what the MG Hector radiates when you first see it.
Braving the downpour, Mumbaikars came together on Sunday to protest against the cutting of over 2,700 trees in Aarey milk Colony for the upcoming metro shed project.
'They have the greatest number of cricketers, they have the greatest enthusiasm for the game, they have the greatest resources, they have the greatest stakes in their own success.'
But at the end of the day, the Indians came out superior and continued their recent domination over Pakistan that includes back-to-back victories in the Hockey World League Semi-Final in London earlier this year.
The Indian team are in Pool B along with Pakistan, Malaysia, Wales, England, and will begin their campaign on April 7 against Pakistan.
Amazing views outside my window which I had never noticed until I was forced into quarantine at home!
It's Badhai Ho time in Bollywood!
Driving the Scorpion MK IV feels like driving a sports car with 40-inch tall tyres.
There was more to the launch of Thunderbird 500. Rediff.com's Rajesh Karkera was at the glitzy event where Royal Enfield's brand new bike was unveiled. Here's what is new in the he saw
Mercedes-Benz joins the connected cars revolution with the launch of their app -- 'Mercedes Me'.
Monica Dogra, Aditi Rao Hydari and Kiran Rao were among the celebs spotted on Day One of the Lakme Fashion Week Resort/Summer 2016
So what is a fashion model's life like? Top Indian model Alesia Raut shares snippets from her life in pictures.
'Mother Nature is our greatest teacher and is always showing us the way, if only we would listen.'
Rajesh Karkera offers these fascinating insights into all the backstage happenings at the Lakme Fashion Week.
With the Thar, M&M has come full circle. In a market where every other vehicle has an SUV tag, the company plans to stick to its core competence of making rugged, true-blue, all-terrain SUVs, and marks a fresh beginning for the 75-year-old firm that enjoyed an indomitable position in the SUV segment till 2012, reports Shally Seth Mohile.
Deepika Padukone, who makes her Hollywood debut with him in the film xXx: The Return of the Xander Cage, also arrived with him.
Rajesh Karkera meets the glamorous women who rock the fashion week offstage with their quirky styles
The car sports a gear knob and not the normal stick.
As promised, ladies and gentlemen, here's the Triumph Thruxton.
We feel for you, Harsimrit!
Equipped with the ' Mercedes Me' connect feature which makes this one too a connected car, this is the 10th 'Made in India' product from Mercedes and comes in two engine variants. The 300d 4MATIC diesel and the 300 4MATIC petrol, both BS VI versions. The diesel is an in-line 4-cylinder engine that churns out 245 hp power and 500 Nm of peak torque, and can do a 0-100 km/h in 6.6 seconds, while the GLC 300 Coup in-line petrol engine produces 258 hp and 370 Nm of torque and can do 0-100km/h in just 6.3 seconds!
There are a whopping 10 sedans slated for a launch in India this year. Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com gives the lowdown.
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