Govt posts Manipur cadre officer as aviation secretary, rejigs bureaucracy

The Centre has appointed senior IAS officers Vumlunmang Vualnam and Neeraj Mittal as new secretaries in the ministry of civil aviation and the department of telecommunications respectively in a......

HC tells AAP leaders to take down posts targeting BJP's Jajus

The Delhi high court on Friday directed Aam Aadmi Party leaders Saurabh Bhardwaj, Sanjay Singh and others to take down alleged defamatory content from social media platforms against former......

Unruly crowd created fear, police inadequate: HC on BJP violence at Kejriwal home

The Delhi high court on Friday sought a status report from the police in relation to the alleged attack outside the residence of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal earlier this week and said that......

HC says vandalism at Kejri home 'disturbing', seeks report from commissioner

The Delhi high court on Monday directed the Delhi police commissioner to look into and ”fix responsibility” for the ”serious lapse” outside the residence of Chief Minister......

'Balanced advantage funds are good option'

'.. if you do not want to take the asset allocation call.''This category of funds can offer optimum risk-adjusted returns.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Though the market has already......

How successful is India in catching economic offenders?

Despite Nirav Modi 'win', in the last five years, India managed to bring only about 20 fugitive offenders. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Even as the government is moving closer to seek......

Jio could slash telcos' FY18 operating profit

Falling revenues, increased capex, and first full year of spectrum debt may make things worse The telecom sector may not have enough money to pay off interest on their loans, if the worst-case......

Why Ashok Chawla quit as NSE chairman

The move comes after CBI gets sanction to prosecute him in Aircel-Maxis case Former bureaucrat Ashok Chawla on Friday resigned as chairman of the National Stock Exchange with immediate effect, the......

2024's 10 Best Web Series

The year was rich in content as far as Web series were concerned. The general bent was towards thrillers, and many of them were slick and entertaining. Shows that ran into their next seasons, like......

Cinema Has Loved Gandhi; Get Ready To See Him Again

IMAGE: Ben Kingsley as Mahatma Gandhi in Richard Attenborough's Gandhi. For Mahatma Gandhi, cinema was a corrupting influence on young minds, a 'sinful technology'. It is that very medium which......

Alia-Ranbir At Radhika-Anant's Wedding

Radhika Merchant and Anant Ambani wed at the Jio World Convention Centre, Bandra Kurla Complex, north west Mumbai, on Friday, July 12, 2024. Rediff.com's Hitesh Harisinghani captures star guests at......

What Makes Kajol So Feisty At 50

If there's one thing the full-of-beans star knows, it's how to stay happy, observes Dinesh Raheja. Photograph: Kind courtesy Kajol/Instagram Kajol has some striking commonalities with her late......

Court reveals fixed matches in India-SA 2000 series

'Investigation also concluded that some of the matches were fixed and an attempt was made to fix some other matches' Photograph: Kind courtesy Caught Out. Crime. Corruption. Cricket A Delhi......

Heavyweights RCB take on equals MI in opener

IMAGE: RCB's Virat Kohli and head coach Sanjay Bangar share a laugh during practice. Photograph: RCB/Twitter Royal Challengers Bangalore will look to maintain their recent dominance over Mumbai......

HC upholds bail granted to bookie Chawla in match fixing scandal

IMAGE: Sanjiv Chawla (masked) a key accused in the match-fixing scandal involving former South African cricket team captain Hansie Cronje in 2000, at crime branch office, in New Delhi. Photograph:......

IPL Auction: Shami, Iyer for Rs 2 cr

IMAGE: Mohammed Shami celebrates taking a wicket for the Punjab Kings during IPL 2021. Photograph: BCCI The top Indian players, including Mohammed Shami, Shikhar Dhawan, Ravichandran Ashwin and......

IPL 2021: Players retained and released ahead of mini auctions

Full list of players across franchises, retained and released ahead of the IPL-14 mini aucion. Chennai Super Kings: Retained: MS Dhoni, Imran Tahir, Lungi Ngidi, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu,......