ECI Ruling: What Are Uddhav's Political Options?

Uddhav Thackeray and his followers have the option to stop riding a tiger and commence work around a more meaningful and enduring political ideology.It is an option Eknath Shinde's side may not......

Heatwave claims over 17,000 lives in 50 yrs in India

A study shows that the country has experienced 706 heatwave incidents from 1971-2019. IMAGE: In 2019, there were 26 incidents of heatwave in Maharashtra (15), Kerala (6), Bihar (4), Rajasthan (1).......

The most stunning scenes from nature

Wheeling round, a look of utter shock on its face, a marmot jumps in fright after a young fox sneaks up behind it. The split-second encounter between prey and predator -- called the Moment -- has......

Sheena Bora Trial: The Day The Skull Was Unveiled

‘On Day 157 of the murder trial in CBI Special Courtroom 51, one was finally face to face with Sheena Bora’s skull. Or rather the skull said to be Sheena’s, that was found near......

For India's rose cultivators, it was a thorny V-Day

Rose growers in South India, mainly Hosur, have for many years spread the scent of love on Valentine's Day around the world. But the world seems to have jilted them for other options this time As......

She's taking the fight to the tobacco companies

'Imagine the message it sends to people. They will think tobacco cannot be a killer because LIC is investing in it.''The so-called rakshak (protector) has become a bhakshak (destroyer).'Ranjita......

ONGC and RIL's dream of making it big at KG basin has turned sour?

The upstream business is not always about increasing production or produce what was envisioned. There are always surprises. It is not a factory that you put a machine and it produces 20,000 units......

Modi asks cola cos to blend aerated drinks with fruit juice

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said he has asked soft drink makers like Pepsi to try and mix aerated drinks with 5 per cent fruit juice to help distressed farmers find a new market for......

What's a young actor's home like?

Shashank Arora's home is a neatly done bachelor pad...Videos: Rediff.com/Afsar Dayatar. Shashank Arora could have bought an apartment in Bandra or Juhu, where Bollywood's biggest stars live. But......

New York gets a taste of India

From the glitzy world of Bride And Prejudice to the hell of Matrubhoomi, where the shortage of women in a village leads to five men marrying one woman, the five-day South Asian International Film......

My Daughter Mithali Raj

'From the beginning (I have told her) "Whatever it may be -- you are losing or winning -- on the ground you're not going to cry!" She never cried.''"I don't want you to project that you are a......

FA Cup: Bradford long for happy ending to fairytale run

An excited youngster stocked up on flags for his Wembley trip and the players spoke of fairytales as BradfordCity prepared for the last chapter in a giant-killing run that has lifted the gloom......

Ganguly best among current captains

Somehow, I also feel drawn into the captaincy debate currently on in India. Should it be Sourav Ganguly or Rahul Dravid? One is proven, the other has promise. One is charismatic, the other......