Srinagar turns festive for Eid

Srinagar markets are overflowing with enthusiastic shoppers who are shopping to their heart's content for the festival of Eid. After the somber Ramadan, the atmosphere has become festive, as......

Does the aam Indian recognise his netas?

With photographs of some of India's top politicians, Rediff.com's Mukhtar Ahmad travelled across Srinagar to test if the common man knows his leaders. Here’s what he found out. Continuing......

After Mayawati's denial, Owaisi's party offers ticket to Mukhtar Ansari

The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen on Friday offered to field gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Anasri in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, hours after the Bahujan Samaj Party denied......

MUST SEE: The FROZEN beauty of Kashmir

The world famous Dal Lake was completely frozen on Saturday when the night temperature dipped to minus 7.8 degrees Celsius in Srinagar. The plummeting mercury intensified cold wave conditions in......

Dhoni to perform guard duties, patrolling in Kashmir Valley

India wicketkeeper batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni will carry out patrolling and guard duties with troops during his 15-day stint with a Territorial Army battalion in the Kashmir Valley, starting from......

Dhoni says he wanted to join the Indian Army

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said he always aspired to be a soldier but destiny intervened to make him a cricketer."Since childhood I wanted to join the Army. Seeing the soldiers, I thought......