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......

Gangster Sandeep weds 'Madam Minz', returns to Tihar

She drove herself to the venue in a black SUV, he was brought in a police van with heavy security. And as armed police personnel swarmed the banquet hall, gangster Sandeep, better known as Kala......

They Showed India To The World

'The culture of mankind has been spread by the travel gene which pushes one in five people to have the curiosity to move to unknown destinations.' IMAGE: Commander Hugh and Mrs Colleen Gantzer......

Can Bhagwant Mann stop Punjab from going the Sri Lanka way?

Bhagwant Mann stares at a twin-headed monster: Resuscitating the state's debilitated public-sector enterprises and controlling the spiralling debt to keep the State machinery and his poll-fuelled......

The world's fastest growing companies

The world's fastest growing company is Canada-based Research In Motion, the maker of BlackBerry phones. Three Indian-founded companies Infosys Technologies, Robin Raina-founded insurance......

Infosys incurs capital expenditure of Rs 63 crore

IT major Infosys Technologies has incurred a capital expenditure of Rs 63 crore (Rs 630 million) in its three loss-making subsidiaries in China, Mexico and the US. The company......

8 ways India can hurt Pakistani economy

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently said: "Unless we want to go to war with Pakistan, dialogue is the only way out." The kind-hearted economist must know that the days of conventional warfare......

Happiness index: India ranks 117, below Pakistan!

The report highlights four supports for well-being and their underlying neural bases. Image: A view of Zurich, Switzerland. Photograph: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters India has not fared well in a global......

Preity Zinta's Top 10 Films

Bubbly is to Preity Zinta what an Angry Young Man is to Amitabh Bachchan. No matter how old they grow, the terms are inextricably attached to their personality. As much Preity would like to be......

Do Patti Review: One By Two

Do Patti collapses like a house of cards when it aims to be clever, notes Sukanya Verma. Dressed in the exact same attire as her newly wedded sister at her reception, the lookalike twin poses......

Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story Review: Entertaining!

The latest season of Bridgerton takes a bolder view at handling troubled relationships and marriages as it teases displeased viewers from the previous season with enough fodder to last......

The Pathaan Review: A Naatu Naatu Experience

The underlying message is clear: Please do not question Shah Rukh Khan's loyalty to India.He is Indian, loves his motherland.And he will continue to entertain India for as long as he can, applauds......

Sculptor creates Formula One cars with meaning

Pintor Sirait loathes Formula One racing, so it's fitting the renowned Indonesian sculptor chose the superfast cars to highlight what he believes is wrong with mankind. Sirait's stainless steel......

Ronaldo: From Lisbon to Madrid, via Manchester

Few players in world football fit the Galactico description better than Cristiano Ronaldo, and the Portuguese box of tricks appears to be on the verge of re-locating to his natural habitat at Real......

Malik reunites with wife in India

Pakistan's historic cricket tour of India, a sign of growing warmth between the rivals, has helped reunite cricketer Shoaib Malik with the Indian wife he married over the telephone.Malik fell in......