Tight security on Uma route

The Karnataka police have put in place a massive security cover along the route of the train in which former Madhya Pradesh chief minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Uma Bharti is travelling......

We are Indians, not Hindi-ans

Only nine out of India's 29 states have Hindi as the official language, so why impose Hindi on the other states, asks Syed Firdaus Ashraf.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com My first encounter......

Maharashtra train derailment: Toll mounts to 21

The death toll in the train derailment in Maharashtra's Raigad district has gone up to 21 even as the traffic on the affected stretch was restored on Monday morning. A Central Railway official put......