Modi unveils India's 1st underwater metro line in Kolkata

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday unveiled multiple metro projects across the country, including India's first underwater metro line in Kolkata. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi......

Sharad Pawar to skip Oppn meet on Day 1, to attend on Tuesday

Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar will not participate on the first day of the two-day joint opposition meeting to be held in Bengaluru from Monday, the party said. IMAGE: Nationalist......

'Idea of India will be destroyed in 2025'

'The situation in India is much more grave and serious than all of us think.''That's why it's important to defeat the BJP in 2024.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi, flanked by Kerala......

India sizzles at 40 degrees, IMD predicts heatwave in northwest and east

Mercury hovered around 40 degrees Celsius in large parts of the country on Monday as the Indian meteorological department predicted heat wave conditions in parts of east India over the next four......

When R K Krishna Kumar Spoke To Rediff

R K Krishna Kumar, one of the stalwarts of the Tata group, passed away on Sunday, January 1, 2023, evening. A close lieutenant of then Tata Sons chairman Ratan Tata, he spoke to Rediff.com's......

Covid has taken sheen off India's most exclusive clubs

Few of these highly sought-after socialising and networking hubs are seeing much activity as regulars are missing in action. The bars at the Delhi Gymkhana Club are closed. So is the Lady......

How Shardul Shroff built India's top law firm

'Power is always transitory, and you should be the same person whether you have it or not,' the head of the number one law firm in India tells Pavan Lall.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com......

Kolkata's Taj Gateway Hotel fails to repay loans; lands at NCLT

Rooms at this Kolkata hotel are priced between Rs 7,000-8,000 per night. Gateway is a full-service upscale hospitality brand under the Taj Group of Hotels. The Gateway, a 197-room Kolkata hotel......

'Would be criminal if I stopped Saira from acting'

'On the first day of shooting, after our first shot together as co-stars was canned, a dream Saira had cherished for years, Rajinder Krishan, the poet who was watching the way Saira was following......

Shammi Kapoor and his beautiful women

Nutan was the kind of woman Shammi got drawn to -- sensitive, aware and erudite, yet seductively feminine.He admitted he was infatuated with her. 'We had a sort of calf love going between us,' he......

Birthday Special: The GLAMOROUS life of Lisa Ray

Get a load of this stunner's jet-setting life.The stunning Indo-Canadian actress Lisa Ray, who turned 43 on April 4, celebrated her birthday with her husband Jason Dehni at the Ritz Carlton in Hong......

'Investing in girls is about the smartest thing you can do'

Over Dosas in Mumbai, Oscar winner Megan Mylan tells Vaihayasi Pande Daniel why she chose India and girl empowerment as the subject of her new documentary. Image: Megan Mylan (centre) with her......

When Indian skippers and selectors crossed swords...

IMAGE: The team management comprising skipper Virat Kohli are peeved with the national selectors, led by chairman Chetan Sharma, over Bengal opener Abhimanyu Easwaran's contentious selection.......

Kolkata 2001: The Odyssey, viewed from the sidelines

20 years ago this week, India and Australia played one of the greatest Test matches in cricket history.Sreehari Nair relives the sound and the fury of that unforgettable game at the Eden Gardens.......

PIX: Sakshi and Dhoni, 10 happy years

Photograph: Kind courtesy Sakshi Dhoni/Instagram   Ten years! It seems like just yesterday that Mahendra Singh Dhoni, then India's cricket captain -- wed the petite Sakshi Singh Rawat.......

Sourav Ganguly was absent during my interview: Ravi Shastri

IMAGE: From right, Ravi Shastri, Sourav Ganguly, Sunil Gavaskar. Photograph: Kamal Kishore/Reuters. Former India team director Ravi Shastri has expressed his disappointment on losing out his job......

Dalmiya clarifies on Dhoni's 'conflict of interest' issue

MS Dhoni. Photograph: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images The Board of Control for Cricket in India president Jagmohan Dalmiya clarified his stance on Mahendra Singh Dhoni's alleged conflict of interest......