Images To Remember 2024

Some more glimpses from the year gone by. Part 1 In The Series: Yes, It Happened This Year   IMAGE: Cows and buffaloes wade into the polluted Yamuna river on a smoggy morning in New Delhi,......

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......

NC promises Article 370, autonomy, statehood resolution

Restoration of Article 370 and Jammu and Kashmir's statehood as well as implementation of the autonomy resolution passed by the erstwhile assembly in 2000 are among the National Conference's 12......

RJD's Misa Bharti takes a U-turn over PM 'jail' remark amid flak

Facing criticism over her alleged statement that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would end up "in jail" if the Bharatiya Janata Party lost power, Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Misa Bharti on Friday......

10 Safe Stocks To Bet In Volatile Market

10 high dividend paying stocks across sectors that are expected to maintain or even increase their pay-outs in FY23 thanks to faster earnings growth in the last four quarters. Kindly note the......

Noted economist Abhijit Sen, advocate of MSP, passes away

Economist Abhijit Sen, a former Planning Commission member and one of the country's foremost experts on rural economy, died on Monday night. He was 72. IMAGE: Economist Abhijit Sen. Photograph:......

Eight months after rolling back farm laws, Centre sets up MSP panel

Nearly eight months after the government repealed the three controversial farm Acts, it has constituted a high-powered panel under the chairmanship of former agriculture secretary Sanjay Agarwal to......

'Wish prices were kept low for the common man'

For Ashok Upadhyay, a taxi driver from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, who makes his living in Mumbai, there are concerns more pressing than the Budget. Namely, he says, prices for even basic......

How Did Katrina Spend Her Sunday?

How did Bollywood celebrate the weekend? Take a look. Photograph: Kind courtesy Katrina Kaif/Instagram Katrina Kaif spends Sunday musing.   Photograph: Kind courtesy Tisca......

'Lagaan destroyed me'

'As an actor, it gave me such a great role that after that whatever, work I was offered, it was never fulfilling.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Amin Hajee "I call myself the Lagaan University......

Qatar World Cup: A showcase for political tensions

'Qatari authorities have had to tread a fine balance over Iran and Palestine but, in the end, the tournament once again puts Qatar at the center of regional diplomacy' IMAGE: Fans hold up a shirt......

Lockdown woes: Athlete Prajakta fighting hunger in Nagpur slum

'I am not even thinking of training, rather I don't know how will I survive in this situation. Life is very harsh for us. The lockdown has brought ruin to us'.   IMAGE: Prajakta Godbole, who......

Check out Gayle's 'Butter Chicken Body'

Chris Gayle seems to be making the most of his time in India. The Kings XI Punjab run-machine is not only making heads turn with his explosive batting in IPL-12, but off the field too the West......

Counting the cost of Tokyo's Olympic delay

One-year postponement will likely cost 641 billion yen ($6 billion) IMAGE: New Olympics dates have yet to be set, leaving sponsors and businesses uncertain and scrambling. Photograph:......