Rishi Sunak Woos Indian Community

IMAGE: Rishi Sunak, who trails Liz Truss in the Conservative leadership race, speaks at a Conservative Friends of India event at the Dhamecha Lohana centre in Harrow, London on Monday, August 22,......

RECAP: The big stories of the week

Here's a glimpse of all that happened around the world last week in images.  A person holds a placard next to a banner displayed inside a chamber, after protesters broke into the Legislative......

Boris Johnson tops 1st round of poll for British PM

Boris Johnson on Thursday secured his position as the frontrunner in the race to succeed Theresa May as British prime minister as he won the highest number of votes in the first round of the......

British Queen Elizabeth gets pay rise

Queen Elizabeth II got a 13 per cent hike in her British taxpayer-funded allowance ahead of extensive repairs to Buckingham Palace, estimated to cost around a whopping £369 million (Rs 3,319......

Mukesh Ambani on WEF Foundation Board

Reliance Industries chairman and managing director Mukesh Ambani has been elected to the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum. Another person on Indian origin, PepsiCo chairman and chief......

Harvard tops Forbes' list of Billionaire varsities

With 62 of its alumni now billionaires, Harvard tops Forbes' list of Billionaire Universities this year, followed by Stanford that boasts of 28 billionaire graduates. The number of Harvard alumni......

Billionaire predictions

Is greed good? Absolutely not, according to some of the richest people in the world. "Wall Street people used greed as a credo until it devoured itself," says casino billionaire Phil Ruffin, who......

The men with the Midas touch

Most venture capitalists have hordes of entrepreneurs clamoring for a few moments of their time. Jonathan Meeks prizes his list of people who don't want to take his calls. Meeks, then a vice......

Hey, Who's That Desi Michael Jackson?

The stars Rediff.com Contributing Photographer Pradeep Bandekar sighted on Tuesday. Nora Fatehi looks stunning as she prepares to shoot for the dance show, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 10.   Amruta......

'The last couple of years have been very good'

'My journey as an actor started to evolve when Web series started blowing out in a big way.''I lucked out because Inside Edge was one of the first big shows so that gave me a good platform, and led......

PIX: Rajkummar, Ranveer, Alia at Jio Filmfare Awards

Here come the gorgeous guests! The 63rd Jio Filmfare awards were held in Mumbai, and Bollywood made a beeline for it. Though the show was hosted by superstars Shah Rukh Khan and Karan Johar, the......

PIX: Kareena, Salman, Varun, Alia mingle at an awards show

The Zee Cine Awards 2017 were held in Mumbai on March 11 at the Jio Gardens in BKC, a western suburb of Mumbai. A number of Bollywood celebrities hit the red carpet:   Kareena Kapoor Khan......

PIX: Inter-Juve in thrilling draw; Bayern, PSG win

Inter and Juventus share spoils in eight-goal thriller IMAGE: Juventus goalkeeper Michele Di Gregorio makes a save during the Serie A match against Inter Milan at San Siro stadium, in Milan.......

'Modi running around saying he has been offered 2036 Games'

IMAGE: Manu Bhaker and P R Sreejesh -- India's flag-bearers at the Paris Olympic Games closing ceremony on Sunday. Photograph: P R Sreejesh/Instagram Against all odds, the Paris Olympics have......

PIX: Ledecky wins record-equalling ninth swim gold

Images from the Olympics swimming action at the La Defense Arena, Paris, on Saturday. IMAGE: Katie Ledecky of the United States celebrates with Australia's silver medallist Ariarne Titmus after......

PICS: Magical Marchand takes fourth swimming gold

Images from the Olympics swimming action at the La Defense Arena, Paris, on Friday. IMAGE: France's Leon Marchand celebrates winning gold in the men's 200m Individual Medley and setting a new......

PIX: Ledecky takes record but Australia win 4x200 freestyle

Images from the Olympics swimming action at the La Defense Arena, Paris, on Thursday. IMAGE: Australia's Mollie O'Callaghan, Lani Pallister, Brianna Throssell and Ariarne Titmus celebrate after......