They Showed India To The World

'The culture of mankind has been spread by the travel gene which pushes one in five people to have the curiosity to move to unknown destinations.' IMAGE: Commander Hugh and Mrs Colleen Gantzer......

Patnaik breaks 53-day silence on teacher's murder, says case 'politicised'

With proceedings of the Odisha assembly remaining paralysed for the third consecutive day on Friday over the kidnapping and murder of a woman teacher in Kalahandi, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik......

Op Silent Viper: How a rapist was caught after 22 years

'When a criminal assumes a new identity he think everybody knows them by that name only.''Criminals forget that the police are always hunting for them to put them in jail.' IMAGE: Dr Sudhanshu......

Maha, UP, MP target locust swarms; more invasions predicted

Civic workers sprayed gallons of insecticide and farmers beat 'thalis' and played loud music in several areas of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh to drive away swarms of......

World Bank projects displaced 380,000 in India

Bank claims procedures were followed, affected communities and stakeholders were consulted A new report by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists says the projects funded by the......

Modi's sell-off drive thwarted; more spending cuts likely

Image: Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters India will fall well short of its $9.5 billion privatisation target this year, despite a big stock market rally that has......

India's most astute deal maker is now a bankrupt entrepreneur

A look at the life and times of maverick businessman Chinnakannan Sivasankaran Chinnakannan Sivasankaran On August 26, the Supreme Court of Seychelles declared Chinnakannan Sivasankaran, better......

Saradha scam: Orissa MP's home searched by CBI

Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday carried out search operations at 30 locations, including house of a sitting Biju Janata Dal member of Parliament and two other politicians from Odisha in......

How Sonu Sood became India's Superman

'Ek ghante ke andar humare paas 78,000 calls aaye.' '78,000!' Actor Sonu Sood became a saviour for migrant workers when he helped them get home during the nationwide lockdown. Neha Dhupia all......

Why NaMo, Rahul, Kejri etc MUST watch Newton

'Will anything change for you after the election?' And the man said, 'Kuch nahin badlega.' And he had a smile on his face. He knew nothing was going to change. IMAGE: Rajkummar Rao in and as......

Looking forward to Orissa, ASK and Vallatha Pahayan?

Three Malayalam films -- M Padmakumar's Orissa, Rajesh K Abraham's ASK or Aaru Sundarimaarude Kadha and 'Marimayam' team's Vallatha Pahayan -- will hit the screens this weekend. We take a look:......

Dilip Tirkey feels, love for hockey will drive votes towards BJD

'The Odisha government has changed the image of the state by making it a sporting hub of the country with high performance centres, state-of-the-art training facilities and hosting big tournaments.......

The Parsi Dronacharya

'I am a gadha (donkey)! But God has been on my side and I have managed to produce players,' Dronacharya Awardee Merzban Patel tells Laxmi Negi/Rediff.com. IMAGE: Merzban Patel's enthusiasm for......

Gambhir gets suspended for four matches, says will abide by it

Veteran Indian opener Gautam Gambhir was on Saturday handed a suspended four-match ban from first-class cricket for his ugly confrontation with Delhi Ranji coach KP Bhaskar earlier this year, a......

Ranji round up: TN oust Karnataka, champions Mumbai in trouble

Tamil Nadu outclassed Karnataka in a low-scoring encounter, while defending champions Mumbai find themselves in trouble against Hyderabad. A round-up of the Ranji Trophy quarter-final matches:......

Ranji: Delhi beat Rajasthan; draw for Mumbai and Karnataka

IMAGE: File picture of Shikhar Dhawan. Photograph: Scott Barbour/Getty Images.  Delhi survived a mighty scare before their lower order, led by Nitish Rana and Sumit Narwal, saved the day......