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Rediff's Wave Rider Retires!

After steering the Rediff mothership for close to 29 years, Ajit Balakrishnan, founder, chairman and CEO, did what few businessmen in this country do -- R-E-T-I-R-E. On August 2, 2024, we were......

New airport, revamped railway station: Modi's gifts for Ayodhya ahead of Ram temple event

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in a festooned, festive Ayodhya on Saturday to unveil a ‘new look old' city with an airport, a revamped train station and projects worth Rs 15,700 crore......

RPF constable shoots dead ASI, 3 passengers on Jaipur-Mumbai train

A Railway Protection Force constable on Monday shot dead his senior colleague and three passengers in two bogies and a pantry car on board the moving Jaipur-Mumbai Central Express near Palghar......

'Chances of sabotage are very remote'

'To avoid accountability and cover the mismanagement of the head of the department, they create this kind of sabotage theory.' 'If it's a sabotage theory, then the higher-level officials can go......

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......

The major decisions taken by the GST Council

The GST Council on Saturday decided to tweak tax rates on items, including accommodation services for students and solar cookers, and took a host of taxpayer-friendly measures including waiver of......

The Modi Premium

Economic growth, which we are taking for granted, slows for a completely different set of local or global factors and the Modi premium vanishes, observes Debashis Basu. Illustrations: Uttam......

Railways speeds along on digital fast track

Around 30-50 million passengers in the reserved category have switched over to digital payments. A little more than a year since demonetisation and the consequent push for digital payments by the......

Indian Railways' off-track plans to raise Rs 39,000 crores

Indian Railways plans to raise Rs 39,000 crores in revenue via branding of trains, vinyl-wrapping of Rajdhanis, Shatabdis and Garib Raths, and moving billboards. IMAGE: In what may change the face......

The problem with using e-wallets to buy train tickets

Shine Jacob & Karan Choudhury highlight the red flags raised by the Controller General of Accounts. IMAGE: The CGA has rejected the proposal to allow the purchase of train tickets over the counter......

Hrithik Roshan's 10 WOW scenes!

Hrithik Roshan first faced the camera as a child for his maternal grandfather J Om Prakash's movies. Growing up, he assisted his actor-turned-director dad Rakesh Roshan on home productions like......

From Etawah to Bollywood, Pia Bajpai's AMAZING journey

'I got Rs 300 for a dubbing job and I was so happy with that money because it was my first income in Mumbai!' Laal Rang heroine Pia Bajpai tells her story. Pia Bajpai has an amazing story. The......

Nagpur to PK, Rajkumar Hirani's amazing journey

As Rajkumar Hirani's PK gets ready for release, we re-publish our special on the director, published in December 2009. Barring a Shah Rukh Khan, an Akshay Kumar or a Preity Zinta, it is......

'Jewellery in Rani Padmini's wedding scene is worth Rs 1 crore'

Tonight's episode of Chittod Ki Rani Padmini Ka Johur will show the beautiful queen Rani Padmini's wedding ceremony. Tejaswini Lonari, who plays the title character, looks splendid in her bridal......

Cannes' Movers & Shakers

Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds got a rousing welcome at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday. Cheering for the film was Sharon Stone, who looked svelte in a sexy black number with......

IPL 2024: How this Punjab Kings dasher battled depression for glory

IMAGE: Ashutosh Sharma's late cameo powered Punjab Kings to victory against Gujarat Titans on Thursday. Photographs: BCCI "There was a time when I wasn't even allowed to get a feel of the cricket......

'There will never be another Bishan Bedi'

'He was a cricketer who come once in a lifetime...' Cricket legend Bishan Singh Bedi passed away into the ages on October 23, 2023.Regarded as one of the greatest spinners to have played the game,......

There Will Surely Never Be Another Bishan Singh Bedi

One of cricket's greatest players passed into the ages on Monday.Rediff.com salutes the legend. IMAGE: Bedi in action, August 2, 1971. Photograph: Dennis Oulds/Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty......

'I would have been the king of limited overs cricket'

'I am not envious of those who are making millions. It's their era and I had my era.' IMAGE: Cricket legend Salim Durani trains budding cricketers in Jamnagar in this January 2004 photograph.......

Mithali's heartfelt tribute to longtime teammate Jhulan

'She would spit fire even while bowling at me in nets' IMAGE: Mithali Raj with Jhulan Goswami. Photograph: Jan Kruger/Getty Images Jhulan Goswami's commitment to the game was such that she......

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