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......
This is the full text of the address to the nation by President Droupadi Murmu on the eve of India’s 78th Independence Day. My Dear Fellow Citizens, I extend to you all my heartiest......
One of the high points of the proceedings was when Indrani Mukerjea's lawyer smartly utilised Dr Zeba Khan's expert status to pose her A Most Curious Question. He asked her if a skull can grow new......
'Modigate is snowballing into a huge thing with the electorate. The BJP is in for huge punishment by the electorate.' IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Narendra Modi addresses an election rally......
'It will be the end of the Congress after the Lok Sabha election.''Many Congressmen and even Communists will move to the BJP.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi at a road show in......
A remarkable story which helped transform a bureaucratic organisation to a customer centric organisation. This experience may inspire several government/private organisations to modify or adopt......
'Just the amount of work which is there just to become more and more successful in banking.''For this to happen you need to have leaders who understand technology.' Illustration: Dominic......
The most important step is delivering what is needed -- a fairer IPO pricing, notes Debashis Basu. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Towards the end of every bull market, glamorous......
Those who have crossed 50 must show the greatest urgency.They need to achieve a corpus that can sustain them and their spouses for at least 25-30 years after retirement, advises Bindisha Sarang.......
Initial share sales are set to dazzle the Dalal Street in 2022 too as companies are expected to garner up to Rs 1.5 lakh crore in the New Year, continuing with the bullish momentum after 2021......
While the country is gripped by Ram Mandir frenzy, Danish Husain -- without shouting from the rooftops -- silently staged his opinion with this play on one of India's best-known poets, observes......
Dreams and drama coexist in Yash Chopra's universe. From painting the screen in scenic splendours and chiffon soft romances to delving in the dark, grey areas of human behaviour and ardour, his......
'If you sit collar turned up and tell yourself, you are great, you will never evolve as an actor.' IMAGE: Raghubir Yadav in Panchayat. After more than three decades in the industry, the......
Idiocy is the source of Heropanti 2's outdated thrills, observes Sukanya Verma. Ever wondered how it feels to be inside a washing machine? I regrettably found out while watching Heropanti 2, which......
'You are not going to find success all the time and you will feel insecure when your film fails at the box office, but that's a part of the game.''You just deal with it and move on.''Maybe the......
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar appealed to adopt a sport and play in on a regular basis. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com......
IMAGE: 'From the captaincy point of view, Karthik is in the perfect time of his career to really grab the opportunity,' feels KKR batting coach Simon Katich. Photograph: KKR/Twitter Kolkata Knight......
IMAGE: Dinesh Karthik has wealth of experience . Photograph: KKR/Twitter Dinesh Karthik acknowledged that he has an onerous task of replacing a very successful Gautam Gambhir but asserted......
The fee is more than twice the current transfer world record that was set when Paul Pogba moved last year from Juventus to Manchester United for a 105 million euros. IMAGE: Neymar celebrates......