The simple housewife who hit the jackpot

In our special year-end section, Rediff.com looks at people who wrote the India story this year. Rahat Taslim, a simple housewife from Jharkhand who did not have a bank account till recently,......

Funding winter hits start-up advertising spend across properties

A long and bitter funding winter in the start-up world is beginning to take its toll on start-up advertising across properties. Earlier this week, Mastercard replaced Paytm as the title sponsor for......

IPL 2020: From shampoo to face masks, brands score a six this season

Small and big advertisers are making their presence felt this year far more than they did earlier, bringing a smile to the faces of the tournament’s organisers and partners. When Rajasthan......

IPL 2020: Disney-Star may earn Rs 20 billion

95 per cent of advertising inventory has been sold on television and 18 on-air sponsors have been signed up so far, the highest for any season.Viveat Susan Pinto reports. IMAGE: Chennai Super......

The show that will replace KBC

With Shahrukh Khan's moneyspinner Kaun Banega Crorepati's season coming to an end on April 19, Star Plus will be looking to cover up it's weekday prime time band of 9-10 pm with two new family......

PIX: The Kaun Banega Crorepati Season 9 shoot begins

Kaun Banega Crorepati returns with its ninth season. Amitabh Bachchan has started shooting for the game show after two years. A look at pictures from the first day's shoot:   Before the......

Are You Ready For KBC 16?

Photograph: Kind courtesy Amitabh Bachchan/X Amitabh Bachchan is all set to don the host's hat once again for his popular television quiz show Kaun Banega Crorepati Season 16. On Thursday, he......

PIX: Kaun Banega Crorepati contestant wins Rs 5 crore!

Sushil Kumar from Bihar has created television history. He is the first contestant to win the mega jackpot prize of Rs 5 crores on Kaun Banega Crorepati Season...

Kaun Banega Crorepati Season 6 is back!

The sixth season of Kaun Banega Crorepati is all set to return to your television screens! Sony Entertainment Television has launched interesting promos of the show, to be hosted by......

Viru, Dutee and Hima on the hot seat!

IMAGE: Virender Sehwag, Dutee Chand and Hima Das with Amitabh Bachchan while shooting for an episode of Kaun Banega Crorepati. Photograph: Hima Das/Twitter India’s premier track and field......

US Open Images: Day 11

After 10 days of clear weather, rain and winds swept through Flushing Meadows Thursday, tossing the US Open's final weekend into disarray and stranding Rafael Nadal and Fernando Gonzalez in the......

Star to charge Rs 1 million for 10 second IPL ad

Star earned ad revenues of around Rs 30 billion during last year's IPL.Whether it hits last year's figure will depend on how the economy picks up during the festival season.Surajeet Das Gupta......

Could this be the most watched IPL ever?

IPL could reach more than 530 million viewers on TV and a few hundred million more online.But can it make money for Disney Star?Vanita Kohli-Khandekar reports. IMAGE: Royal Challengers Bangalore......