Smithsonian to showcase Indian-American history

Two young Indian-American political activists belonging to the second generation have convinced the Smithsonian Institution to moot a project to showcase the Indian-American history and experience......

Indian to lead Asian American panel in White House

Kiran Ahuja, the founding executive director of the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum, has been appointed by President Barack Obama as executive director of the White House Commission......

BJP drops Khadse, fields his daughter; Tawde ignored too

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday released its fourth list of seven candidates for the October 21 Maharashtra assembly polls, dropping senior leader Eknath Khadse and cabinet minister Vinod......

Another Indian American in Obama's transition team

Yet another young Indian American Democratic Party activist has been named for United States President-elect Barack Obama's transition team.Parag Mehta, 31, has been named the deputy director of......

GST collections rise to Rs 1.65 lakh cr in July

GST collection rose 11 per cent to over Rs 1.65 lakh crore in July as a result of anti-evasion measures and higher consumer spending. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com This is the fifth time......

GST revenues grow 15% to nearly Rs 1.50 lakh cr in Dec

The collections from Goods and Services Tax (GST) grew by 15 per cent to over Rs 1.49 lakh crore in December 2022, indicating improved manufacturing output and consumption demand, besides better......

GST collection up 18% at over Rs 1.33 lakh cr in Feb

GST collections in February grew 18 per cent to over Rs 1.33 lakh crore in February even as the Omicron wave dented the month-on-month collection momentum. Photograph: PTI Photo This is for the......

GST collections dip to 19-month low of Rs 91,916 crore in Sep

The revenue collection in the same month a year ago stood at Rs 94,442 crore. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections dropped sharply to a 19-month low of......

'It Slowly Dawned On Me That I Had Won'

'I want to believe that now the world is my oyster.' IMAGE: Anasuya Sengupta at the Cannes Film Festival. Photograph: Kind courtesy Anasuya Sengupta/Instagram As Anasuya Sengupta stood at the......

Kiara-Sidharth Celebrate Holi

Film folk celebrate Holi with their families and make pretty pictures on social media. Photograph: Kind courtesy Kiara Advani/Instagram 'Holi with my Homie,' says Kiara Advani, sharing a picture......

#ReaderResponses: Movie titles for Tiger's new film

Photograph: Kind courtesy Tiger Shroff/Instagram Tiger Shroff obviously has a lot of fans out there. We asked readers to help him out by suggesting titles for his new film with Hrithik Roshan, and......

Kumkum Bhagya, Kundali Bhagya win big

Meet the winners at the Zee Rishtey Awards. After the Star Parivaar Awards on October 6, came the Zee Rishtey Awards 2018 on October 13.   Amruta Khanvilkar.   Shraddha Arya, from......

Gujarat get Assam out cheaply, then struggle

\n\nGujarat bundled out Assam for 180, but were themselves in trouble at 32 for two on the opening day of their four-day Ranji Trophy tie at the Nehru Stadium in Guwahati today.\n\nAssam elected......

Aakash Christian fashions Gujarat win

Aakash Christian scored his maiden Ranji Trophy century as Gujarat defeated Assam by seven wickets in the Elite Group B match at the Nehru Stadium in Guwahati on Tuesday.Resuming at their overnight......

'Ganguly's ouster was wrong'

As part of a series of weekly chats on cricket, Prem Panicker appeared on the rediff Chat at 1300 EDT/1000 PDT on December 15. Following is a transcript of the chat. Earlier transcripts: - 'On form......