In a dark, dingy, slum, families cope with Mumbai's hooch tragedy

Families, torn apart by the Malvani hooch tragedy, where 104 people lost their lives, confront a dark and hopeless future. Rediff.com reports on how the families are coping with their individual......

Cyclone Michaung leaves trail of death and destruction

At least 12 people lost their lives in various rain-related incidents in and around Chennai even as personnel on fishing boats and farm tractors were engaged in rescuing stranded people in the city......

Record rains in southern TN claim 10 lives; state blames poor IMD forecast

Unprecedented rains that battered south Tamil Nadu claimed 10 lives and brought the region to a standstill, leaving individuals, families, and a trainload of people stranded for days. IMAGE: An......

Kharge rejigs CWC; Tharoor, Sharma, Wasnik of G23, Pilot part of new team

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday reconstituted the Congress Working Committee, retaining the old guard, giving space to the young and including prominent G23 group leaders like Shashi......

Sensex pares early losses; ends up 144 points

Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty closed higher on Thursday, extending the winning streak to the fifth straight session after the RBI unexpectedly kept policy rates unchanged as global banking......

Modi replaces top finance mandarin Mayaram in 1st major shake up

In first major Secretary-level shuffle by the Narendra Modi-government, Finance Secretary Arvind Mayaram has been transferred out of the Finance Ministry to a low profile Tourism Ministry. Mayaram,......

Finmin gets 2 ministers of state after 4-year break

Asked about the Congress’s opposition to the GST Bill, Santosh Kumar Gangwar said no party opposes GST outside Parliament. IMAGE: Santosh Kumar Gangwar is now minister of state......

Why Alia Wears White in Gangubai Kathiawadi

'I knew that since I would be designing for Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film, the aesthetics would have to be correct.''There had to be some grandness to it.''He doesn't show poverty in his films.''He......

PIX: Deepika, Katrina party with Shah Rukh

Just a day before Shabana Azmi met with a road accident on January 18, she was celebrating husband Javed Akhtar's 75th birthday bash with the rest of Bollywood. And it was a full house, as......

Sonakshi, Taapsee lash out at Akshay, Devgn

'Let us stand together in displaying our utter and complete lack of spine, in safeguarding our hundreds of crore rupees of income and in supporting this military-style mobilisation against the very......

Kareena bats for the women's cricket team!

Get your lowdown on what's happening in the world of Bollywood, right here! Photograph: Kind courtesy Poonam Damania/Instagram Kareena Kapoor Khan will unveil the T20 World Cup trophies for Men......

Neeraj to skip Asian Athletics C'ships, sprinter Kujur in squad

IMAGE: Double Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra will miss the event as he will be hosting eponymous event in Bengaluru on May 24, while focussing on training for Diamond League. Photograph: Kai......

National Games: Aldrin qualifies for World C'ships; Rosy breaks national record

IMAGE: Jeswin Aldrin jumped 8.26m in his sixth and last attempt to win the gold and go past the World Championships qualifying mark of 8.25m. He also had two other 8m-plus jumps -- 8.07m amd......