Investigators were on Sunday looking into what caused one of the deadliest train accidents in recent times as rescue operations continued
The banyan tree and the green chilli; the crow and the beetle; the rose and the mango; the informality and good humour of its people... Beloved author Ruskin Bond continues Rediff.com's special series on India's treasures, and tells Archana Masih that India's wealth lies in its simple splendours.
Neither the filmmaker nor the actor who is being targeted, says Syed Firdaus Ashraf, has done anything illegal.
Ambani's $15 bn bet will upend Indian telecom
Reader Sarani Tarafder tells us how to make Jalebis in 30 minutes.
'In Bastar, as in Delhi, being branded 'anti-national' in the eyes of the government now seems to have acquired new meaning,' says Aakar Patel.
Fourteen photos from events that defined the world in the week gone by.
Qatar's construction industry is rife with abuse of migrant workers who are "treated like cattle" and live in squalid accommodation exposed to overflowing sewage, Amnesty International said in a report on Sunday.
Start-up Belong.co uses an unconventional way of hiring that trusts more on data available on social media or tweets than the resume.
A look at few marquee projects that are stuck for several reasons.
Rediff.com presents a selection of the year's most enduring moments year from around the world
A homoeopathic state of mind pervades our thinking in governance and infrastructure-building. Do it in small, harmless doses, but nothing bitter, sharp, or bloody, says Shekhar Gupta.
The fire broke out shortly after midnight on the third floor of the four-storeyed building on Senapati Bapat Marg, a commercial hub of the city, a civic official said.
'Love Sonia is a motion picture with the ambitions of a novel.' 'When I walked out of Love Sonia this Monday night, I walked out with a hushed audience that seemed too overcome by the raw power of the film to even pause for applause,' notes Sreehari Nair.
'The core sectors have not done very well in the past one year.'
This start-up connects diners with regional cuisines that restaurants do not serve.
In the 66th year of the Indian Republic, eight people died of cold every night in the nation's capital.
Resident doctors are the engines that run hospitals. For the patient, they are the face, hands, and voice of the hospital.
'Modi is the first BJP leader to try to include Dalits in its fold.' 'But the rank and file of his party is backward and want to bash up Muslims and Dalits whenever they have a chance.'
Rediff.com captures the mood among the people at Elphinstine Road railway station, a week after 23 people died in a stampede at a footover bridge.
'We hope there shall be more focus on existing projects and their completion rather than new projects.' 'Any new project announcements should be largely for decongesting the existing lines rather than new lines.'
The focus is on tapping all resources, even foreign agencies.
Hundreds of migrants, who continue to arrive in Europe as they flee the scenes of chaos and brutality of the Islamic State in the Middle East, have created sharp divisions among European Union member states which are increasingly finding it tough to control the massive influx.
RIL has faced protests from local authorities, activists and residents across India campaigning against masts and roadworks.
It will be the first to go, in what has become an overcrowded segment since India first allowed futures trading in commodities in 2003.
Less than half of rural households are engaged in agriculture.
'If we play our cards right, we may even benefit from the competition between the US and China as seen from increased investment from each of these countries into India.' 'The size of our market gives us an important lever of power which we shall have to play adroitly and intelligently,' points out Ambassador Gautam Bambawale -- who served as India's envoy to China -- in the Professor V M Dandekar Memorial Lecture 2019, delivered on March 8, 2019 in Pune.
Tiger Woods appears to be unmatchable in appeal, even when he does not play well as at this year's Masters.
Israeli troops backed by tanks and drones on Thursday continued to pound Gaza in its operation against Hamas, defying mounting calls for restraint and a United Nations vote to investigate the deadly offensive that has killed 720 Palestinians and 34 Israelis.
Times Now, the English news channel Arnab Goswami headed until recently, had an average daily reach of 1.7 million people. That may be a fraction of the 48 million Aaj Tak reached every day in 2016, but Goswami had no trouble getting investors for his new venture.
Lack of opportunities coupled with a desire to get rich quick in the West is fueling Punjab's human trafficking problem.
Supreme Court must be less ambitious in the issues it chooses to take up, says M J Antony
Claude Arpi, who spent 10 days in the Land of the Dragon, tells us how Bhutan is different from the rest of the world.
Claude Arpi, who spent 10 days in the Land of the Dragon, tells us how Bhutan is different from the rest of the world.
The 7th Pay Commission recommendations are a major challenge for the Railways.
'In the districts of Jagdalpur and Dantewada, the only time the accused walked out of jail was when they were acquitted. There is no concept of bail.' 'The women were very clear -- they had to fight. Remaining silent any longer was not an option.'
A sessions court in Mumbai is all set to deliver its verdict on Wednesday in the hit-and-run case involving Bollywood actor Salman Khan, who is charged with killing one person and injuring four by ramming his Sports Utility Vehicle into a bakery shop in suburban Bandra 13 years ago.
The station with the most annual revenue is CST Mumbai, followed by Dadar.
The lawmakers seem as uninterested as those who use the railways.
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