Syed Firdaus Ashraf tries to escape the Mumbai heat in the hills of Uttarakhand and discovers the aftermath of climate change and Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
Prasanna D Zore/Rediff.com reveals how the BMC has contained the spread of COVID-19 in Dharavi, India's largest slum, which WHO wants to know more about.
Equations change, and change drastically, in the Bigg Boss house. Rohan Shinde brings you up to date.
'There was no TV, no fridge, just illumination, so at least they could avoid the occasional snake, the frequent scorpions,' says Kishore Singh.
French Open organisers, having been criticised for allegedly ensuring the players stayed on court in the rain, came under fire for sending them back to the dressing room on Thursday.
The United Nations Children's Emergency Fund on Thursday said the deaths in mid-day meals in Bihar could have been prevented with strict adherence to protocols for preparing the meal.
A senior Air India pilot, who was found to be allegedly drunk by Sharjah International Airport security just prior to flying, has been let off with a warning by the United Arab Emirates authorities.
Maoists took 250 villagers hostage in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to neighbouring Dantewada but freed all the captives late on Saturday night barring one who was beaten to death after being tried in a 'people's court'.
In a brief interaction with Indrani Roy/ Rediff.com, Ashok Bhattacharya discusses the tragedy and criticizes the TMC government for the tragedy.
Mind/life coach, NLP trainer and Mental Health Guru Anu Krishna answers readers' queries and guides them to take control of their life.
The chemical -- perfluorotributylamine -- is the most radiatively efficient chemical found to date, breaking all other chemical records for its potential to impact climate, said researchers from University of Toronto's Department of Chemistry.
World No 2 Rafael Nadal brushed aside American Jared Donaldson 6-1, 6-1 and will next face Diego Schwartzman after the Argentine beat Roberto Carballes 6-3, 6-1.
Andy Murray's runstellar stretch included his second Wimbledon title, second Olympic gold medal and wins at Queen's Club and Rome.
The leadership of the NSCN-K is scheduled to join the peace negotiations in March as part of the Naga National Political Group with Government of India's Interlocutor R N Ravi, reports Sujit Kumar Chakraborty.
If it is so dark that Hawkeye stops working, then matches should be called off at Wimbledon, Roger Federer said.
Amid allegations of attempts to hush up a molestation row in St Stephen's College, its principal Valson Thampu on Saturday said it was not for him but the victim to go to police.
After taking over on Tuesday night, Rao overhauled the team probing allegations of corruption against Asthana, bringing in completely new faces, officials said.
These 8 images that show we live in an odd world
Two office-bearers of the Toyota Kirloskar Motor Employees Union and eight other employees are staging the strike. Simultaneously, about 1,000 employees, registered with the TKMEU, staged a dharna at the factory gate from 10 am to 6 pm on Wednesday.
Maruti Warke's basic understanding illustrated how far outside the system most less privileged Indians are -- simple, innocent people barely but admirably eking out an existence, with almost no knowledge of their surroundings or owning even the basic smarts to go about life. The same people who instinctively and often astutely vote governments into and out of office in New Delhi without knowing the entire reality of this country. The folks who are actually the essence of India.
For Keya Sarkar it HAD TO BE a Maruti because that was the only company with a service centre in Santiniketan. Until even that ceased to exist.
In a major decision that might have a far reaching impact on Sikhs joining the United States military, the Pentagon has issued new instructions relaxing norms to allow troops to wear jewellery and apparel to comply with their religious requirements.
Virendra Singh Rawat discovers that this child prodigy has never been to school.
A fired up Naomi Broady let her racquet do the talking as she stormed back to beat Jelena Ostapenko in an ill-tempered Auckland Classic clash marred by an on-court row after the Briton called for the Latvian to be disqualified.
McAllister, the son of Union City Police Chief Darryl McAllister, and the juvenile have been charged with attempted robbery, elder abuse and assault with a deadly weapon.
Bigg Boss gets grimier on day 38, says Rohan Shinde.
The SEC's complaint charges Khan, Chaganlal, Mendonsa, and Akbari with violating the antifraud provisions of the federal securities laws.
Theatre owners are currently screening those Indian movies which are already released and the decision regarding new films will be taken on Wednesday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
'There will not be another Baahubali in this country.' Rana Daggubati gives us a sneak peek into the much-awaited sequel.
As many as 108 flights cancelled and another 51 diverted to nearby airports.
Gurmukh Singh, a 46-year-old taxi driver from Punjab who sneaked into the US without a visa through the border with Mexico in 1998, was taken into custody on Monday after failing to get a stay in his deportation case, amid a clampdown by the Trump administration against undocumented immigrants.
How Amul is changing the face of dairying in Jammu & Kashmir. Some 15,000 dairy farmers, many women, are participating in the initiative.
"I am Dawood Ibrahim that is why I am being hounded," St Stephen's college principal Valson Thampu on Thursday said, expressing anguish over the "way" he is being "attacked" in connection with a research scholar's sexual harassment case.
'Since the RJD came to power, criminals have stopped fearing the law.'
Delhi, which has gained infamy as one of the world's most polluted cities, has for some years now witnessed a sustained campaign from various quarters seeking a ban on firecrackers. While the Centre launched the newly approved, eco-friendly firecrackers earlier this month as a "safer and cheaper" alternative, the mood in the market is tepid, says Ritwik Sharma.
'The darkest days of Indian democracy were (during) the Emergency when basic democratic rights were suspended. For a time it seemed as though India would move along the East Asian model -- everybody works hard, nobody asks questions, certainly not of the government.' 'There are people who say we are headed that way, but I am not persuaded by the evidence,' says Mahesh Rangarajan who recently resigned as director of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library in New Delhi.
The AAP govt has asked ACB's Additional Commissioner SS Yadav to supervise the main work including investigation and functioning of the anti-graft body.
Coaches will come under nearly as much scrutiny as the players over the next fortnight at Wimbledon with every facial gesture captured on the TV cameras and repeated in super slow motion.
Some examples that show we may be call for introspection, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
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