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......

She Helps Girls Get Education

What are the reasons why a girl's education falls by the wayside? IMAGE: Safeena Husain, founder NGO, Educate Girls. Photograph: Rajesh Karkera for Rediff.com Your mission in life is chosen. It's......

Heavy rains disrupt normal life in TN, more downpour likely in next two days

Intermittent, widespread rains lashed Chennai and other parts of Tamil Nadu on Tuesday, bringing residential neighbourhoods and roads under knee-deep water and leading to traffic congestion besides......

IAF's air show in Chennai turns tragic, 5 spectators die

A spectacular aerial display of the Indian Air Force aircraft over the skies of Marina Beach was a big draw in Chennai on Sunday, but at least five persons, who were among thousands of spectators,......

BSNL walks out as surprise winner of July tariff battle

State-owned player didn’t hike charges while pvt peers jacked up prices by over 20% Photograph: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters After continuously bleeding subscribers for nearly two years,......

PLI scheme boosts AC industry; localisation doubles in two years

The government's two-year-old production-linked incentive (PLI) for air conditioner (AC) components has boosted domestic production, with average value addition or localisation increasing from 25......

Rising orders, execution to help road infra companies

Road awards were muted in Q1FY25. Photograph: Kind courtesy National Highway Authority Of India/X But the pace will accelerate with a bidding pipeline of Rs 1.1 trillion (September 2024), mostly......

Quick-commerce companies expand Tier-II ops ahead of festival season

After making the model work in metro cities, players in the quick commerce sector are rapidly expanding their footprint into smaller tier 2 cities and markets beyond that ahead of the festival......

Making Waves In India And Hollywood

'On the set, Ranveer and I got along really well.''Ten days after the release, Ranveer messaged me and said, you have killed the scene!''For someone like him to message me just says how supportive......

Watch Kate Winslet's Regime On OTT

From damsels versus dragons to showbiz shenanigans, ready to catch all the action on OTT this week? Sukanya Verma lists her recommendations.   DamselWhere to watch? NetflixLanguage: English......

'Playing tipsy is difficult to enact'

'Bahut mazaa aaya tha doing Agneepath. When you are working with good actors, it enriches your acting.''Amitabhji and I had done Shahenshah before, but that was a fun film.' Photograph: Kind......

'Duggu can do anything he sets his mind to'

'As tempers flared, worried for his safety, I requested Duggu to sit in his car by the gate.''He did.''Later, I asked him how he could have remained so calm in the circumstances.''He told me......

All About Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony

IMAGE: Unlike for previous Olympics, the Paris 2024 opening ceremony will not take place in a stadium. Photograph: Jon Durr-USA TODAY Sports/Reuters Paris will begin its Olympics extravaganza with......

2036 Olympics: Coming Out Party For India

If Ahmedabad is India's preferred candidate, as seems likely, hosting Olympics 2036 should give it a leg up: A bigger airport, a better metro network, more hotels, flyovers and so on, observes T N......

Police on 'alert mode' across Gujarat for Indo-Pak match

IMAGE: Police officers at the stadium on the eve of the blockbuster India vs Pakistan World Cup match in Ahmedabad. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters Police heads of various units across Gujarat......

Multi-layer security for World Cup opener after threat issued by Khalistani separatists

IMAGE: The Narendra Modi stadium will witness multiple layers of protection for the World Cup opener. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters Given a threat issued by Khalistani separatists, about......

Ton-up Shaw powers Northants to victory

IMAGE: Northamptonshire's Prithvi Shaw celebrates his century against Durham in the Metro Bank One Day Cup in Chester-Le-Street on Sunday. Photograph: Kind courtesy Northamptonshire CCC/Twitter......