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Challenges and dares mark Punjab's election campaign

In the bitterly fought multi-cornered Punjab assembly election, political leaders across parties are playing the dare game by throwing various challenges at rivals and freely using the outbursts......

WTF News: It's Weird, True and Fascinating

Here's your weekly digest of the most weird, true and funny news from the across the world. >> Penguin swims 5,000 miles every year for reunion with his rescuer A South American Magellanic......

1965 decided the fate of the subcontinent

'It would not be incorrect to say that the Chinese-Pakistani strategy of containing India began in the aftermath of the 1965 war,' the legendary K Subrahmanyam noted on Rediff.com 10 years ago.......

Derek Trucks on Ustad Ali Akbar Khan

Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, who passed away on Friday, was an inspiration in more ways than one for Derek Trucks, a rock guitar phenomenon with a growing, global fan following. Trucks, who began playing......

1965 decided fate of the subcontinent

Though the 1965 Indo-Pak war was only a medium-scale, limited war that lasted less than three weeks, it resulted in the Tashkent Agreement that brought about exchange of territories occupied by......

India's top women bankers most powerful outside US

SBI's Bhattacharya is ranked second on the list, while ICICI's Kochhar is 5th and Axis's Sharma is 19th in the State Bank of India chief Arundhati Bhattacharya is ranked 2nd. Photograph: PTI Photo.......

China plans to build huge space solar power station

China plans to build a huge solar power station 36,000 kilometres above the ground in an attempt to battle smog, cut greenhouse gases and solve energy crisis, much on the lines of an idea first......

Good companies, bad karma

Sitting in his Mumbai hotel room after a day-long workshop with senior executives of a large corporation, Jagdish Sheth is still eager to talk shop. He adroitly juggles multiple telephone calls and......

Kolkata gets a new US resident

Ghosts of the past must have crowded in on the US Consul General, Henry V Jardine (whose name has a commercial resonance from here to Hong Kong, but that may be coincidence), and Ramesh Bajpai,......

Who is the CEO of PepsiCo?

Of this and that Who is the CEO of PepsiCo?Take the Rediff Business Quiz to know more about some famous companies and their bosses. Biz Quiz is best viewed in Internet Explorer (IE) and Netscape......

Why Priyanka is UNSTOPPABLE!

I have heard cynics say that Priyanka Chopra Jonas as we know her today is the creation of a PR machinery, but that is rather a poor reading of a determined woman and the work she has done to get......

Madhavan returns to Tamil cinema after 3 years

The latest updates from Tamil film industry. R Madhavan is busy promoting his sports drama called Irudhi Suttru in Tamil, and Saala Khadoos in Hindi. Directed by Sudha Kongara, the film......

Sound of Music at 50: The Von Trapp family THEN and NOW!

As Sound of Music turns 50 today, here's a look at its beloved Von Trapp family and what they're doing today. Julie Andrews swirling in a field of flowers against snow-clad Alps. Blue-eyed......

New rock guitar god is Indian shishya

It was an ad in the Village Voice. Derek Trucks Band, live at the Nokia Theatre, said the Manhattan free newspaper. The name rang a bell; I had heard a live recording at a friend's place. $40,......

Weekend Watch: Night of the Living Dead

They keep coming back in a bloodthirsty lust for human flesh!' With the appearance of that tagline, in 1968, the genre of horror filmmaking took a gigantic jump into uncharted territory.Directed by......

IPL 2024: Full list of released, retained and traded players

IMAGE: Featuring in the retained player’s list, Mahendra Singh Dhoni will captain the Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2024. Photograph: BCCI The curtains dropped on the IPL trade window on......

IPL: Upbeat MI hold the edge vs Titans in Qualifier 2

IMAGE: Mumbai Indians celebrate winning their IPL 2023 Eliminator match against Lucknow Super Giants on Wednesday. Photograph: BCCI Akash Madhwal's breathtaking bowling performance against Lucknow......

IPL Eliminator: Confident MI ready for showdown with LSG

With MI's batting finally clicking, LSG bowlers have task cut out IMAGE: Rohit Sharma-led side would like to make the most of the proverbial 'life' to go the distance and win their sixth......

MI need big win over SRH to keep play-off hopes alive

Unlike Rajasthan Royals, who finished the league stage with 14 points and a superior NRR of 0.148, Mumbai Indians can do one better and end up with 16 points if they win big. IMAGE: Mumbai......

IPL: LSG look to halt Mumbai's charge in crucial clash

IMAGE: Suryakumar Yadav is fourth highest run-getter in IPL 2023, with 479 runs in 12 matches, including four fifties and a century, at an amazing strike of 190. Photograph: BCCI Mumbai Indians......

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