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INDIA bloc to move SC over EVM concerns in Maharashtra polls

The opposition INDIA bloc in Maharashtra is set to move the Supreme Court over alleged manipulation of EVMs in the recent assembly elections. IMAGE: An electoral officials shows the EVM to parties......

'Maharashtra Is Not UP'

'Young people say they know all this emphasis on Hindu-Muslim differences is politically motivated.''If you stop watching TV and turn off social media, you'll find the situation on the ground......

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......

Maha polls: Parties need to justify picking tainted nominees, says CEC

Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Saturday expressed concern over the 'apathy' of urban and young voters in Maharashtra, and said efforts are being made to ensure maximum polling in the......

'Ratan Made You Feel Special'

'He had a lovely, lovely, sense of humour, very subdued and very, very subtle, but it was very, very, prominent.' All photographs: Kind courtesy Ratan Tata/Instagram.com Halekai or Home By......

Ratan Tata, As I Knew Him

Ratan was extremely ethical in his dealings, which he brought to bear on the business house which he helmed, remembers Sailesh Kottary. IMAGE: Ratan Tata, chairman emeritus, Tata Sons, at the......

The Risk-Taker

'An entrepreneur should always remain under pressure or he will die,' Vineet Rai tells Anjuli Bhargava.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com In 2001, when the world was in the throes of......

India's quest for skills

Ajit Balakrishnan on how Indian society and the polity need to be carried along.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com. A couple of years ago, in a moment of heroic idealism, I volunteered to......

Working with Ratan Tata

Mukund Rajan, who worked closely with Ratan Tata, recalls the unique experience of working with the corporate titan. IMAGE: J R D Tata, left, with Ratan Tata. Photograph: Gopal Shetty As the first......

PM assures nation of enough food grain stock

Addressing the Conference of State Ministers of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj in New Delhi over shooting commodity prices and a deficient monsoon, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh......

'Why would he take his life!'

'He was always coming up with something new, which is why his sudden demise is so shocking!' IMAGE: Nitin Chandrakant Desai at the ND Studio, Karjat. Photograph: Kind courtesy Nitin Chandrakant......

10 OTT Shows That Make Us Nostalgic

Scoop reminded viewers of a time in the not-so-recent-past when Mumbai was in the grip of the underworld. The new Web series Guns And Gulaabs is set in the opium town of Gulaabganj sometime in the......

Shantaram Review: Too Verbose

If future episodes are as verbose and unwieldy, it might be difficult to keep from switching channels, points out Deepa Gahlot. When the book Shantaram came out in 2003, it became a bestseller and......

A Thursday Review

A Thursday is the sort of in-the-moment drama that holds your attention and emotions while it lasts, but doesn't dig enough to linger on, observes Sukanya Verma. In A Wednesday, a common man takes......

The Saaho Review

There's no head or tails to anything that happens in Saaho, says Sukanya Verma. Recent studies say a human being's attention span is now less than a goldfish’s. But......

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