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UP minister Rajbhar's son booked over Mau railway station chaos

Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party leader Arvind Rajbhar and around two dozen of his supporters have been booked allegedly for disrupting operations at the Mau Railway Station in Uttar Pradesh. IMAGE:......

'Baby, I love you': Delhi baba's lewd texts revealed in FIR

Self-styled godman Chaitanyananda Saraswati, who has been booked for allegedly sexually harassing 17 female students of a private management institute in New Delhi, would monitor the hostel and......

Archie and friends celebrate Holi in new comic book

Popular comic book character Archie and his friends are learning about Holi as the celebration of the festival of colours in India is featured in the comic's latest edition. IMAGE: Girls smear......

'All India Radio Is No Underdog'

'The largest listenership for Vividh Bharati outside the country is in Spain.''The labourers who go there for the tomato-picking season feel cut off from their country and listen to Vividh Bharati......

Renowned British Indian economist Lord Meghnad Desai dies at 85

Lord Meghnad Desai, a renowned British Indian economist and House of Lords peer, died on Tuesday at the age of 85. IMAGE: renowned British Indian economist and House of Lords peer Lord Meghnad......

IPO Boom Faces Reality Check Amid Market Volatility

More than a third of 83 mainboard IPOs this year ended their debut sessions in the red, with losses of up to 35 per cent. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff Primary market performance hinges on......

Bibek Debroy: A 'towering scholar' & economist

Debroy's economic interests and research work covered numerous areas such as economic theory, income inequality, and infrastructure financing. Photograph: ANI Photo What distinguished Bibek......

Bibek Debroy, chief of PM's economic council, passes away

Bibek Debroy, a key economic adviser to the Prime Minister whose prolific work included translations of the puranas and the vedas, passed away on Friday. He was 69. Photograph: Utpal Sarkar/ANI......

'Gabroo, Chooza, Sometimes Nalayak'

'On the set, he was this big personality, the great Om Puri. But at home, he was like a fluffy teddy bear. IMAGE: Nandita Puri's book Unlikely Hero: Om Puri. In public perception, Om Puri was a......

What Made Bappi Lahiri Such A Rage

Bappi Lahiri realised disco was a winning ticket and escalated his game with several more dancefloor perennials.Soon, every film producer and music director in town was down with disco fever.On......

Assam Mourns Zubeen Garg

According to Indian High Commissioner to Singapore Shilpak Ambule, Zubeen Garg had gone with 17 others on a yacht trip and died while 'swimming in the sea without a life jacket'. IMAGE: All Assam......

Guru Dutt To Waheeda: 'You Don't Look Like A Woman...'

'You have become a big star. How can you play a secondary role to Meena Kumari?' Celebrating Guru Dutt's birth centenary on July 9 with this must-read excerpt from the book, Kagaz Ke Phool and......

'Guru Dutt Was Very Down To Earth'

'I always considered him as a director, never an actor. Do you know he always considered other actors for his films first?''For Pyaasa, he wanted to cast Dilip saab; only when Dilip saab refused......

Modi Look-Alike Graces India NZ Final

A few, acting like his followers, cheered him into the stadium while calling out, "Modi, Modi, welcome Modi." IMAGE: A look-alike Modi fan at the Dubai international cricket stadium. Photograph: K......

Nashik boy sets cycling record

Cycles from Kashmir to Kanyakumari in eight days. IMAGE: Om Mahajan covered the distance of 3,600 km from Srinagar to Kanyakumari on bicycle in eight days, seven hours and 38 minutes, finishing on......

PIX: Barcelona rally to beat Real Madrid; PSG, Bayern lose

IMAGE: Franck Kessie celebrates with team-mates after scoring the second goal for Barcelona during the LaLiga Santander match against Real Madrid CF at Camp Nou in Barcelona, on Sunday.......