'I am 1000 per cent in for her': Rushdie backs Kamala Harris

Mumbai-born author Salman Rushdie has endorsed Kamala Harris's candidacy for the US presidency and said he believes she is the person who can prevent former president Donald Trump from dragging the......

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......

37 killed in 2 deadly attacks in Pakistan's Balochistan

Heavily-armed Baloch gunmen killed at least 37 people in separate attacks in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province on Monday, as the insurgent attacks spiked in the region bordering Afghanistan......

A Rogue Wave Rising In The North

While people voted in a fifth round that will set the tone as this election rounds into the straight, and while Modi on the stump chews the cud of personal grievances and hackneyed promises that......

Sun, Network18 to launch TV distribution entity

Sun Television Network and the Delhi-based Network18 Group today announced an alliance to launch a pan-India distribution entity, to be called Sun18. The aim is to make this new entity a dominant......

How Smart TV Is Changing India

The way video is being watched and monetised is changing.This is the first thing that stands out as the penetration of smart TVs continues to rise. IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been posted......

PM nod for talks on CEPA with SKorea

Prime Minister Manmohan Singhon Mondaygave the green signal for negotiating a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, encompassing a Free Trade Agreement in goods and services, with South......

China to begin world's fastest rail service soon

The Chinese railway ministry is starting the world's fastest train service next Friday, linking Beijing with one of China's Olympic co-host cities, nearby Tianjin. Zhang Shuguang, head of the......

How long will OTTs survive?

The argument that the pandemic has given a boost to streaming video is fallacious.Only three OTTs saw a rise in viewership; the others fell.Vanita Kohli-Khandekar reports. IMAGE: Patralekhaa in......

Mumbai Diaries 26/11 review

What was the need to fictionalise a series on real events that were far more horrific because they were real? asks Vaihayasi Pande Daniel. Why did one of the 26/11 terrorists, who died, come......

BCCI old guard wants pull-out, COA warns of consequences

IMAGE: Narayanaswami Srinivasan (right). Photograph: Rohan Karthik/Getty Images A section of the Board of Control for Cricket in India's old guard, especially from the Narayanaswami......

Atletico forced to cut wages of players, staff due to coronavirus crisis

IMAGE: General view outside the stadium before the match.Photograph: Sergio Perez/Reuters Atletico Madrid have taken the decision to cut the wages of their staff, including the players, to ease......

Brazilian court partially halts work on World Cup arena after death

A Brazilian labour court ordered a partial stop to construction on the Arena Amazonia in the jungle city of Manaus after the death of a worker who fell off the stadium's roof raised safety concerns......

Aussie PM labels Murali a 'chucker'

May 14, 2004 | 16:50 IST News on Muralitharan Aussie PM labels Murali a 'chucker' [ www.channelnewsasia.com ] Muralitharan to defy doosra ban [ sport.guardian.co.uk ] 'The world's been unfair......

ESPN looks to score with cricket in the United States, WT20 final to be aired live

ESPN is hoping that a US audience will warm up to another sport that uses a bat and a ball to score runs in innings but that isn't baseball: cricket.The No. 1 sports cable network, which is......