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Rains lash Tamil Nadu, schools closed in many districts

Widespread rains lashed parts of Tamil Nadu on Thursday, prompting authorities to declare a holiday for schools in Chennai and many other districts. IMAGE: Tamil Nadu deputy Chief Minister......

Trump picks anti-vaccine activist as health secretary

United States President-elect Donald Trump announced his decision to nominate former Democratic presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr. as his Secretary of Health and Human Services. The......

Bengal junior docs threaten hunger strike, give govt 24-hr deadline

Despite calling off their 'total cease work', agitating junior doctors in West Bengal continued their sit-in on Saturday in central Kolkata, alleging that the police baton-charged a few of them......

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......

15 STUNNING Wildlife Photos

A sneak peek of some extraordinary entries for the 60th annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year event. The 60th annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition will return to the Natural......

Post offices in a brave new world

'He was asked to do the KYC again because the earlier exercise would not do as they were 'computerising.''Getting the records transferred to the reluctant computer would take time and so he was......

Time is running out for Lakshmi Vilas Bank

'It's a toss-up between a fire sale of equity or merger with a strong bank,' points out Tamal Bandyopadhyay. After the Reserve Bank of India rejected Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd's plan......

Lenders to gain as home loan size set to increase

HFCs and banks expect a drop in demand for housing loans in the short-term. The easing of property prices following the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes will prove beneficial for lenders......

Indian workers protest outside White House

Braving a steady drizzle and the cold, nearly 65 Indian workers, who claim they were lured to move to the US by false promises of permanent jobs, have protested before the White House against the......

A wish-list for the Railway Budget

That the financial health of Indian Railways is precarious, is well-known. In his second Budget, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu must bite the bullet and attempt brave stuff, says S Pushpavanam.......

2023's Biggest Bollywood Flops So Far

The first half of 2023 has been good to Bollywood, as we saw big blockbusters like Pathaan and The Kerala Story. But there have been flops as well. Some of these have been unfortunate failures......

Raj Thackeray Asked Akshay To Play Shivaji

IMAGE: Director Mahesh Manjrekar, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Producer Vaseem Qureshi, Akshay Kumar and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena founder Raj Thackeray at the movie launch of Vedat......

'Shivaji eclipsed even the Gods'

'We need to be proud of our Maratha history and should be ready to tell the world our stories and not just keep them limited to Maharashtra.' IMAGE: Subodh Bhave in Har Har Mahadev. "I wanted to......

10 AMAZING Stories from Across The World

Aseem Chhabra brings you the Best of the 72nd Berlinale. While the COVID-19 situation in Europe was uncertain, the organisers of Berlinale made the tough decision of physically holding the film......

South Indian Films You Must See

In 2020, Hindi cinema had a tough time staying on par with its Southern counterparts. Subhash K Jha picks his five best films made down south. Moothon (Malayalam) In her sophomore film --......

Southern Brave, Oval Invincibles win inaugural Hundred competition

IMAGE: The Oval Invincibles Women celebrate with the trophy after winning The Hundred final against Southern Brave Women at Lord's Cricket Ground in London on Saturday. Photograph: Stu......

Lalit Modi calls 'The Hundred' a financial flop

ECB's financial projections for 'The Hundred' is disconnected from reality: Lalit Modi IMAGE: Lalit Modi had little doubt that The Hundred will never be able to attain the international......

Guess who's going to The Hundred? Smriti and Richa!

Photograph: Kind courtesy RCB/X Star India batter Smriti Mandhana and wicketkeeper batter Richa Ghosh are the only two Indians picked up in the Hundred 2024 draft for the upcoming season. Mandhana......

Mumbai's Memorable Fan Party For Team India

IMAGE: Fans celebrate during Team India's victory parade in Mumbai on Thursday. Photographs and Video: Satish Bodas, Hitesh Harisinghani, Afsar Dayatar for Rediff.com and Saahil Salvi South Mumbai......

WPL: Luke Williams replaces Ben Sawyer as RCB head coach

IMAGE: Following RCB’s torrid WPL season, Luke Williams will replace Ben Sawyer as head coach. Photograph: BCCI Australia's Luke Williams will take over as the head coach of the Royal......

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