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When Kashmir's Waterfall Stood Still

IMAGE: The stunning frozen waterfall in Kashmir. Photograph: Umar Ganie for Rediff Snow-capped Himalayas. The Top Videos of the Week, listed by Shailajanand Mishra. Also see: Rajasthan's grand......

Raj: Class 12 girl student gang-raped inside moving car in Rajasthan

A Class 12 girl student was allegedly kidnapped and gang-raped inside a moving car in Rajasthan's Bikaner district, police said on Monday. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff The incident occurred......

The World's Only Floating National Park

IMAGE: A floating home on Manipur's Loktak Lake. Photograph: Kind courtesy Sharada Prasad CS/wikipedia.org/Creative Commons The first Vande Bharat sleeper train. The Top Videos of the Week, listed......

Man found dead in Bengal, family blames stress over SIR

A 57-year-old man was found dead on Tuesday near Siliguri in West Bengal, with family members alleging that he was under stress over the hearing into special intensive revision (SIR) of voter......

Body of woman killed in US to be brought to India

Union Coal Minister G Kishan Reddy on Wednesday said the mortal remains of Nikitha Godishala, who was allegedly killed in the United States, are expected to be brought to the country on January 7......

Equity capital inflow in real estate rises 25% to record $14.25 bn in 2025

The Indian real estate sector received a record equity capital inflow of Rs 14.25 billion last year, higher by 25 per cent annually, as developers and institutional investors remained bullish on......

FPIs' selling spree continues; Rs 22,530 cr pulled out from equities in Jan

Foreign portfolio investors withdrew over Rs 22,530 crore ($2.5 billion) from Indian equities so far this month amid rising US bond yields and a stronger dollar, continuing their selling streak......

Net direct tax kitty swells 9% to Rs 18.4 lakh cr

Net direct tax collection grew about 8.82 per cent to over Rs 18.38 lakh crore in the current fiscal till January 11 due to slower refunds and better corporate tax mop-up. Illustration: Dominic......

Home loan growth: Tier-2, Tier-3 account for 64% of volumes

Home loan demand is moving away from core metropolitan markets, with Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities emerging as the dominant contributors to growth in 2025, a report said. Illustration: Dominic......

Rupee Went Down 4.9% In 2025

It has underperformed peers amid volatile capital flows and uneven forex support. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff At the start of December 2025, the Indian rupee breached the Rs 90-per-dollar......

Why Australia's top stars are not travelling to Pakistan!

IMAGE: Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood will skip Australia's T20 warm-up matches against Pakistan starting later this month. Photograph: Tingshu Wang/Reuters Australia's Pat Cummins will be kept on......

Two athletes found hanging in SAI hostel in Kollam

The reason for the deaths is yet to be ascertained and no suicide note has been recovered from the room, police officials said. IMAGE: The suicide of the duo came to light at 5 am on Thursday.......

Hazlewood 'on track' to start T20 World Cup

IMAGE: Josh Hazlewood availability from the start will be a big boost for Australia, who are fretting over the composition of their pace attack. Photograph: ANI Photo Australia fast bowler Josh......

Cummins picked for T20 World Cup despite injury concern

Australia named injured fast bowlers Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood and big-hitter Tim David in their provisional squad for the Twenty20 World Cup in February-March, while expanding their spin......