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Pak blames India for worsening smog in Lahore

Pakistan on Monday blamed winds from India for worsening smog in Lahore, urging the Indian authorities to take up the matter seriously, after the air quality index in the capital city of Pakistan's......

Jyoti Punwani: December 6, 1992, All Over Again?

Can ordinary citizens counter this backward march? Can peace activists ensure that the two communities retain their bonds? Do they have a choice, asks Jyoti Punwani. IMAGE: Karsevaks on the......

A promise kept: How Ratan Tata helped an Army officer's son

"Hi Captain". The cheery greeting would ring out from a distance at Mumbai's United Services Club and Vinayak Supekar would fall in step with Ratan Tata, the young Army captain and the......

The Woman Who Lost Everything

When the landslide hit, Sruthi's house was washed away, along with its inhabitants.She lost her entire family and some relatives. All she had left for a close confidante was her fiance Jenson.Days......

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......

Tata Technologies IPO becomes the new buzzword of Street, investors

Ashalata Maheshwari, a septuagenarian and a shareholder in over 1,000 companies, wants shares of Tata Technologies (in its recent initial public offering, or IPO). Photograph: PTI Photo from the......

Digital Loan Apps: Boon Or Bane?

For the time being, digital lending remains a grey area, notes Tamal Bandyopadhyay. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com During a visit to Kolkata in December, I decided to drop by a bar......

How Vicks Vaporub Become A Blockbuster

Within six months, outlets carrying Vicks jumped from 60,000 pharmacies to 750,000 general stores.The trade boycott collapsed. Consumers were happy, finding Vicks now at every street corner. A......

Why TCS Picked Krithivasan As CEO

Krithi Krithivasan is the kind of person one might look to when the need is to calm things down and put things back on track. IMAGE: Krithi Krithivasan, MD and CEO, TCS. Illustration: Dominic......

Multimedia, 3G phones at Rs 1,800

To provide original equipment manufacturers the capability to introduce low-cost multimedia-rich feature phones at such affordable prices, Texas Instruments - a designer and supplier of digital......

'Why Must I Put My Head On A Chopper?'

'Once in a while, I flirt with the idea of direction.''If I direct, it will be a human story that touches me.''I'm nervous of forcing myself into making a socially relevant film.' Photograph: Kind......

Amar Singh Chamkila Review: WAH!!

Diljit Dosanjh's switch in singing style as he smoothly assumes Amar Singh Chamkila's vocal persona highlights the brilliance of his artistry, observes Sukanya Verma. Back in the 1980s, popular......

PIX: Taking fashion tips from Kareena Kapoor

Kareena Kapoor never ceases to surprise. Be it doing films like Chameli early in her career or dropping several dress sizes nonchalantly, she's had us wondering 'what's next?' all the time. After......

PIX: It's a fashion extravaganza at Cannes

Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli arrives for amfAR's Cinema Against AIDS 2011 event in Antibes, Cannes in this fabulous Roberto Cavalli silver and champagne colored dress with a furry...

Jaane Jaan Review: Mesmerising Kareena Steals The Show

Few actors share Kareena's fearlessness for closeups in their 40s.A still force in a high-strung thriller, her marvellously opaque portrayal of a woman hiding skeletons in her closet turns a crafty......

Relive nail-biting, epic Indo-Pak matches...

IMAGE: A poster of the Netflix docu series 'The Greatest Rivalry - India vs Pakistan' to stream on Netflix next month. Photograph: Kind courtesy Netflix India/X The Greatest Rivalry –......

Sreesanth escaped due to vacuum of law: Former Delhi CP Neeraj Kumar

"The judge said special cell has done excellent work...taken great pains to expose this racket, but in absence or vacuum of law, I am not in a position to hold anyone of them guilty and sentence......

French Open Day Four Images

World number one Rafael Nadal continued his bid for a fifth consecutive French Open title with a 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 crushing of Russian Teimuraz Gabashvili in the second round on Wednesday. The......

BBC apologises as Gary Lineker returns to host 'Match of the Day'

IMAGE: The crisis came to an end as BCCI apologised and reinstated Gary Lineker as the host of his show ‘Math of the Day’. Photograph: Hollie Adams/Getty Images England football legend......

Commonwealth Games Hockey: India aim to end Australia's dominance

IMAGE: Since hockey's introduction at Commonwealth Games 24 years ago, World No.1 Australia have been the most dominant force, having won all six gold medals till date. Photograph: Hockey India......

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