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......

BJP shouldn't give Oscar win credit to Modi: Kharge

Cutting across party lines, Rajya Sabha MPs congratulated the makers of Naatu Naatu, the breakout hit from the action film RRR, and the documentary The Elephant Whisperers on Tuesday for......

The Star Gazer Stars At TIME Gala

At this year's TIME ball in New York City on Thursday, April 25, you would have run into a Coimbatore-born American scientist, looking lovely in Sabyasachi Mukherjee designer finery, who would most......

Tamil daily journalist arrested

The police on Wednesday arrested Lenin, a news editor of Dina Malar, a Tamil daily which published a news item giving details of a statement purportedly given by a TV artiste arrested in connection......

Think of this as Husain's IPO

Emotional chicanery or fiscal prudence? Whatever it turns out to be - artist M F Husain's decision to accept Qatari citizenship will result in the hardening of his prices, writes Kishore Singh.......

Pak band Junoon plans IPO

What happens when a mergers and acquisition specialist rips off his tie and turns into band manager? Answer: you get a rock group that's intensely focused on the business opportunities.That's the......

Indian among Fortune's 10 most promising women entrepreneurs

Every year, Fortune honours 10 innovators, groundbreakers and game changers as 'Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs'. Image: Brit Morin, Founder and CEO, Brit + Co. Photograph, courtesy: Brit + Co......

Why Indians are US's best immigrants

They have funny accents, occasionally dress in strange outfits, and some wear turbans and grow beards, yet Indians have been able to overcome stereotypes to become the U.S.'s most successful......

'I owe my career to Vijayakanth'

IMAGE: Vijayakanth. Photograph: Kind courtesy Sonu Sood/Instagram Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) founder-leader and actor Vijayakanth passed into the ages in Chennai on Thursday, aged 71,......

Tamil film industry overjoyed with Chevalier Kamal Haasan

Nadigar Thilagam Sivaji Ganesan was the first Tamil actor to be honoured with the coveted Chevalier Award in 1995. Two decades later, Kamal Haasan has been conferred with the same title and......

Killer Soup Review: Manoj, Konkona Are Star Ingredients, But...

Killer Soup's plots grow too convoluted and the strain of keeping the momentum going shows when its shrewd and surreal visuals lose steam, observes Sukanya Verma. Against the stillness of lush......

Kajal Aggarwal, Vikram team up for Garuda

The latest updates from the Tamil film industry. It's finally official! Vikram will romance Kajal Aggarwal in his next film, Garuda. This will be the first time that the duo will share screen......

Best Sports Photos of the Week!

Records were broken and fans were enthralled in the world of sport over the last seven days! Iranian women watched the country’s national soccer team for the first time in 40 years on......

PHOTOS: South Asian Games end with a colourful closing ceremony

IMAGE: Artistes from Nepal perform at the closing ceremony of the 12th South Asian Games in Guwahati. Photograph: PTI Northeast India's diverse and colourful culture were in full display......

Sports Shorts: Dipa qualifies for final round of Artistic Gymnastics World Cup

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday IMAGE: Dipa Karmakar performed a higher difficulty Handfront 540 vault for the first time in the competition. Photograph:......

Bollywood stars for Ntini's farewell concert

Bollywood stars, Shahrukh Khan, Anil Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra will bid farewell to retiring South African fast bowler Makhaya Ntini at a glittering concert in Durban on January 9. The 33-year-old......

Grand finale to Afro-Asian Games

The curtain came down on the first edition of Afro-Asian Games at the GMC Balayogi Stadium in Hyderabad on Saturday evening.PresidentA P J Abdul Kalam, who was the chief guest at the spectacular......