How Haryana Win Revives Modi Aura

If you know this BJP, it will now go forward to Jharkhand and Maharashtra as if June 2024 never happened, notes Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Narendra D Modi greets Bharatiya Janata Party supporters after......

Leo Varadkar, The PM Who Likes Jalebis

'When my father travelled 5,000 miles to build a new home in Ireland, I doubt he ever dreamed that his son would one day grow up to become its leader.' Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff.com profiles Dr......

Why 'Captain' Vijayakanth Won't Be Forgotten

The Tamil film industry won't forget Vijayakanth's large-heartedness, how he took care of fellow industry persons, male or female, rich or poor, young or old...recalls N Sathiya Moorthy. How he......

'Air pollution can lead to cancer'

'If you keep on irritating the body by allowing all kinds of pollutants to get into it, the body cells are going to get irritated and cancer will come.' IMAGE: The Signature Bridge in New Delhi is......

'Subrata Roy was arbitraging between India and Bharat'

'The India which was all about glamour and razzmatazz through which he could earn the trust of people of the other India, which was Bharat.' IMAGE: Subrata Roy with his employees. Photograph:......

Sports, New OTT Game In Town

Why will JioCinema live-stream the FIFA World Cup 2022 games for free? By March 2022, the total OTT market was at Rs 17,000 crore (Rs 170 billion) in revenues (pay plus advertising) and 122......

Shrinking screens: Is cable TV dying in India?

For years it has been evident that fibre and DTH would give tough competition to cable in India where regulatory overload has mutilated an already warped industry structure. OTT added fuel to the......

Pleased as Punch with Tatas' latest SUV

I was not expecting to be impressed by the Tata Punch. But my drive proved me wrong, says Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com. It was 5.30 in the morning when my test vehicle, the Tata Punch, arrived in its......

Kareena-Saif Party With The Ambanis

Jamnagar, a city in Gujarat, got a ringside view of how Bollywood parties when stars got together for the pre-wedding ceremony of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant on Friday, March 1.  ......

The Indian Film Making Global Waves

'I thought of a suppressed country and a free world.''If we travel from one to another, what will that road look like?''What colours, music there will be? What kind of people would you see?'......

Dev Anand's Important Life Lesson

'How do you stay so energised? So young?''Dev Anand flashed that familiar crooked grin and told me, "The mind never grows old. It urges you to surge ahead".' IMAGE: Dev Anand in Gambler. There was......

Bambai Meri Jaan Review: Gansgter Gush

Bambai Meri Jaan features horrific massacres and violence so brutal that it ought not to be seen on a home entertainment platform, warns Deepa Gahlot. Mainstream Hindi cinema went through a phase......

It's perform or perish time for RCB against KKR

With five consecutive defeats, bottom-placed RCB have the daunting task of winning their remaining seven games to keep their play-off prospects alive. IMAGE: Royal Challengers Bangalore will need......

Champions League PIX: City top group; Barca, Dortmund in last 16

IMAGES from the Champions League matches played on Tuesday. Manchester City claim top spot after recovering to beat Leipzig 3-2 IMAGE: Manchester City's Julian Alvarez celebrates scoring their......

PIX: Haaland powers City into last 16; Milan down PSG

Images from the UEFA Champions League matches played on Tuesday night.City cruise into last 16 IMAGE: Manchester City's Erling Haaland celebrates scoring their first goal against Young Boys at......

Bowling a worry as India aim to seal ODI series vs NZ

IMAGE: Fast bowler Umran Malik could replace Shardul Thakur in Saturday's second ODI against New Zealand in Raipur. Photograph: BCCI India will be expecting more runs from the middle order and......

Shock And Awe At Qatar 2022

The 2022 Qatar World Cup has produced some very odd results, which is why it has been so much fun. Germany and Belgium have been eliminated from the 2022 World Cup, adding to the list of shock......