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HC quashes govt order cancelling US-based professor's OCI card

The Delhi high court has set aside the Centre's order cancelling the Overseas Citizen of India card of a professor residing in the US on the allegation of being involved in "anti-India activities",......

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......

Hindu groups hail Trump's promise to protect rights globally

Hindu American groups have applauded Republican presidential candidate and former president Donald Trump for promising to protect the human rights of Hindus across the world, including the US and......

India supports dialogue, not war: Modi at BRICS Summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday renewed his call for dialogue and diplomacy as being the only way forward to resolve conflicts, in an unambiguous message to press for the resolution of......

What Congress Must Do To Win Maharashtra

Convert the Haryana result into a blessing in disguise; make the calamity into an opportunity.Maharashtra was always the big ticket game in town; MVA must win it.The Congress should shift......

'We Have An Indian Tiger That Needs To Be Uncaged'

'What's sad today is that there are so many people who cannot find work, not because the country is devoid of that opportunity, but because we are not doing enough in the country.' Interview with......

'Had liberalisation not taken place, I may have gone back to the US'

An exclusive excerpt from Girish Kuber's The Tatas: How A Family Built A Business And A Nation. IMAGE: J R D Tata, left, with Ratan Tata. Photograph: Kind courtesy Gopal Shetty When you took......

Tax notices to employees a 'discrepancy', says TCS

Information technology major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Friday termed the tax demand notices received by several of its employees a “discrepancy,” and the tax department will be......

High-level delegation of US pension funds to visit India next week

A delegation of high-level executives from US public pension funds (non-profit and government sectors) is visiting India next week to assess and familiarise themselves with the investment......

Piyush Goyal on why Amazon plans to invest $1 billion in India

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday questioned Amazon's announcement of $1 billion investment in India, saying the US retailer was not doing any great service to the Indian......

Why You Must Watch Freedom at Midnight

Freedom At Midnight is a bold attempt to revisit the whole discourse about Partition, its causes, and the predicament under which the Congress leaders accepted it.It perfectly captures the......

'Kamal Got Me Hooked On To Fitness'

'It was my job to read out their lines to the actors and make sure they spoke them with the right diction, accent and pronunciation.''If you look at my photographs from the Sadma set, you will......

'I Couldn't Imagine Even Chatting With Kamal Haasan'

'I was completely in awe of him.''After the shot was okayed, I would quickly run back to my chair and sit quietly till I was called again.' On November 7, one of Indian cinema's finest actors and......

The Apprentice Review: A Trump No One Has Seen Before

The Apprentice is a keenly observed and entertaining biopic about the making of a man who is mostly responsible for all that has gone wrong with current American politics, observes Aseem Chhabra.......

'Rekha Was Made For Poetry'

'A Rekha Ganesan is not born everyday.' IMAGE: Rekha in Umrao Jaan. There are two sides to Rekha's sex appeal: The post-Sawan Bhadon sensuality of oomph and the post-Umrao Jaan seductiveness of......

Sema's Paralympic bronze, a testimony of his steely grit

IMAGE: India’s Hokato Hotozhe Sema celebrates after winning bronze in the men's Shot Put F57 category at the Paralympic Games in Paris on Friday. Photograph: Kind courtesy Narendra Modi/X......

'A team man through and through': Plaudits pour in for Dhawan

IMAGE: Shikhar Dhawan, right, celebrates with captain Virat Kohli after completing his century against Australia during the 2019 World Cup Photograph: Henry Browne/Getty Images from the......

Uruguay footballer Izquierdo collapses on pitch

IMAGE: Nacional defender Juan Izquierdo fell to the ground unconscious in the 84th minute without any contact from another player. Photographs: Carla Carniel/Reuters Nacional defender Juan......

PM Modi dials Manu, lavishes praise on Olympic bronze medallist

IMAGE: Bronze medallist Manu Bhaker waves during the ceremony. Photograph: Amr Alfiky/Reuters Pleased with Manu Bhaker's remarkable tale of redemption, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached......

Olympics spark joy for volunteers, frustration for Parisians

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Paris Olympics/Instagram For the fortunate few out of the 45,000 volunteers supporting the Paris Olympics, a chance meeting with tennis star Carlos Alcaraz at the airport......

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