Although the BJP has never been ballistic about the BJD and Narendra Modi has avoided being critical of Naveen Patnaik, the BJP is optimistic that the party can improve its electoral fortunes in......
The 78-year-old Naveen is on the cusp of creating history. He must win the forthcoming assembly polls to become India's longest-serving chief minister, a record held by Sikkim's Pawan Kumar......
Unlike the Germans, Britons began to face the hard truths about their colonial empire only recently, says Kanika Datta.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com It has taken a little under seven......
Celebrated novelist Kazuo Ishiguro, who has just won the 2017 Nobel Prize for Literature, spoke to Arthur J Pais of Rediff.com in 2009, recalling his wonderful association with Sonny Mehta,......
The first Indian-origin federal judge in the United States is India Abroad Person of the Year 2013 President Barack Obama calls him one of his “favourite people.” Justice Sandra Day......
IMAGE: Many people use mobile wallets only to avail discounts or cashbacks and did not store money in the wallets. Photograph: Shailesh Andrade/Reuters. Sai Manish & N Sundaresha......
India's fight against the growing market share of manmade fibers is beginning to get global support, especially from the Cotton Council International (CCI). CCI, the US-based apex body for......
London-based Ispat International (now Mittal Steel) and its founder Lakshmi Niwas Mittal recently became the world's biggest steel maker, and has been named by Forbes magazine as the world's third......
After five film releases in three years- Samar in 1999, Kuch Khatti Kuch Meethi and Bollywood Calling in 2001, Sur and Kaante in 2002, content company Pritish Nandy Communicationshas pinned an......
Film folk looked like a million bucks at Radhika Merchant and Anant Ambani's wedding festivities. But apart from the designer saris and lehengas, the ladies wore some exquisite jewellery pieces......
The star-studded Radhika Merchant and Anant Ambani'S pre-wedding festivities spilled over to Day 3, as celebs continued to have a grand time in Jamnagar. The Gala Night saw stars in traditional......
Aseem Chhabra rates the movies he's watched in 2023, and tells you where you can watch them! With the pandemic done and dusted, people are back to watching films in their neighborhood theaters and......
Prayag Raj, who was so successful at his peak, ought not to have slid into oblivion, observes Deepa Gahlot. IMAGE: Anil Kapoor with Prayag Raj on the sets of 1987's Hifazat. Photograph: Kind......
In the new Tom Harper film, Heart of Stone, Alia Bhatt plays a pivotal role alongside Gal Gadot. She is the latest in a small line of Bollywood stars who have made a dent in Hollywood. In the old......