'The Pakistan government, we were told, has a plan to renovate several Hindu temples and Buddhist sites, which over the years have fallen into disrepair.''The aim is to create a pilgrimage circuit......
Most rich and upper-middle class Indians are greatly under-taxed. Worse, the government annually writes off over Rs 5 lakh crores through exemptions. This practice must be ended if the......
President Pratibha Patil on Monday addressed Parliament for the last time as President when she flagged off the Budget session. Here's the text of her speechHonourable Members I welcome you to this......
A major antagonism is visible the world over between capitalism and democracy. But the Indian elite and the media continue to glorify capitalism, with all its sleaze. Their celebration of F1 is......
Nine hijacked vessels, carrying 95 Indians, have been traced to Mogadishu off Somalia and efforts are being made to secure their release, official sources said on Monday. Somali pirates, who seized......
The Budget should use the extra RBI surplus to better effect, suggests A K Bhattacharya. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Now that Nirmala Sitharaman has returned to the ministerial......
Eight years ago, Flipkart started a new service called Nearby to deliver fruit, vegetable, soap, and other everyday items from supermarkets to customers within an hour of receiving the order.......
Flipkart, the e-commerce company owned by Walmart, is intensifying its efforts to achieve profitability as it is eyeing a valuation of approximately $60 billion at the time of its initial public......
Online travel portals are flooded with flight and train bookings, hotels teeming with requests for accommodation, and spiritual merchandise on e-commerce platforms is selling like hotcakes. IMAGE:......
Very often, 'sentiment' drives prices well beyond what is warranted and it is hard to forecast market sentiment, explains Debashis Basu. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Last fortnight, the......
Helmet's sole attribute are its three actors.Aparshakti Khurana, Abishek Banerjee and Ashish Verma have an effortless witty quality and breezy camaraderie, observes Sukanya Verma. India's......
'The Marvel Cinematic Universe is 9 franchises that have been combined together.''It's like running a relay race, only we are handing over characters instead of batons to each other.' Joe Russo,......
'You can't take this moment away from me. This is one of the best moments I've had in a really, really long time.' 'If people want to work with me, they can. If they don't, whatever.' 'It's......
'Being Human is important to Salman. He makes it a point to sport the brand's products everywhere: on the sets, at events and even for court appearances.''It is a good public relations......
The 'hopeless businessman' plans a comeback as a cool CEO who has learned his lesson the hard way. Amitabh Bachchan says he doesn't want to be left behind and is trying hard to match the supersonic......
Kolkata Knight Riders Co-Owner Shah Rukh Khan sparked a debate at the IPL owners' meeting held at the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. According to a Cricbuzz report, Khan......
IMAGE: An Indian fan during the T20 World Cup match against Pakistan at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, in New York, on Sunday. Photograph: Andrew Kelly/Reuters A sold-out crowd......
IMAGE: ICC's ODI World Cup mascot duo unveiled in the presence of the captains of the reigning U19 World Cup Champions, Yash Dhull and Shafali Verma, in Gurugram on Saturday. Photograph: Kind......
Football fans in Goa are shaking off their sussegado and becoming an animated, raucous, even belligerent lot, discovers Aniruddha Sen Gupta. In his everyday avatar, that of a young......
Coca-Cola will, apart from the coming World Cup in England and Wales, feature as the exclusive non-alcoholic beverage partner at all major ICC events -- men's and women's T20 World Cups in......