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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......

Why Megacities Are Not Cooling Down

The heat index in major metro cities in the country has majorly risen since 2010 compared to a decade earlier. IMAGE: Students shield from the scorching sun on a hot summer afternoon in New Delhi,......

Ram Teri Ganga Maili

Six decades and more later, we are now captives of our identities. Every poll is based on elaborate calculations of electability of candidates on the basis of their castes and other narrow......

'Dharavi Will Be An Important Address In Mumbai'

'A slum free Mumbai cannot happen with Dharavi at the centre of the city.' IMAGE: A scene from Dharavi. Photograph: Arko Datta/Reuters "I don't think we need to romanticise life in Dharavi... I......

Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar backs cutting of trees at Aarey forest

Amid strong opposition from green activists, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday cited a Bombay high court order to defend the Mumbai Metro Corporation's move to fell trees in......

Chinese trains for Mumbai Metro

The first metro rail corridor project inMumbaimoves forward with a Chinese company bagging the Rs 604 crore (Rs 6.04 billion) contract to supply 16 trains. The 11.4-km Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar......

Mumbai to get its first Metro in April

Mumbaikars would get a glimpse of the city's first Metro train, due to arrive from China in mid-April. The first of the 16 trains has already been moved to Shanghai by the manufacturer of the......

'India Needs More Than 2 Airlines'

'Just look at China: They have five or six major airlines and some smaller ones.' IMAGE: An IndiGo aircraft taxis on the tarmac at the Chhatrapati Shivaji international airport in Mumbai.......

Petrol, diesel prices cut by Rs 2 each

Petrol and diesel prices were cut by Rs 2 per litre each as state-owned oil companies ended a nearly two-year-long hiatus in rate revision, just hours before the general election schedule is......

Will Mumbai's ambitious infra projects finally see daylight?

Chinese companies keen to invest in Mumbai projects Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday praised the Chinese model of investment, saying they are quick to start financing after......

'Duggu can do anything he sets his mind to'

'As tempers flared, worried for his safety, I requested Duggu to sit in his car by the gate.''He did.''Later, I asked him how he could have remained so calm in the circumstances.''He told me......

A Slumdog Millionaire in Cannes

The success of Slumdog Millionaire has far-reaching for its cast, especially the children who play young Jamal, Salim and Latika. The latest to ride the Slumdog wave is Ayush Mahesh Khedekar [he......

Dharmendra charms the Big Apple

Over the years many movie stars have attended the annual fund-raising for the Nargis Dutt Memorial Foundation's in New York. But it is difficult to imagine any of them creating the stir the......

2036 Olympics: Coming Out Party For India

If Ahmedabad is India's preferred candidate, as seems likely, hosting Olympics 2036 should give it a leg up: A bigger airport, a better metro network, more hotels, flyovers and so on, observes T N......

Double delight for Ethiopia but elite runners slam Mumbai marathon

IMAGE: Elite marathon runners cross the Bandra-Worli sealink. Photograph: Sahil Salvi Solomon Deksisa and Amane Gobena made it a double delight for Ethiopia in the $ 405,000 Tata Mumbai Marathon......

Mind-blowing Bolt lights up worlds

Olympic champion Usain Bolt thundered to victory and a world championship gold medal in a mind-blowing 9.58 seconds, slashing 0.11 seconds off the mark he set at last year's Beijing Olympics. He......

Team India: Performance appraisal

There are just three matches left in the second edition of the ICC T20 World Cup. And India's campaign has ended with a humiliating 12-run defeat against South Africa on Tuesday. Actually the......

Sports Shorts: Vijender to defend title against African Champion

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Monday IMAGE: Vijender Singh during a training session. Photograph courtesy: Vijender Singh/Twitter Indian boxing star Vijender......

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