Nehru to Advani: Full list of Bharat Ratna awardees

The decision to award the Bharat Ratna to Bharatiya Janata Party veteran L K Advani and former Bihar chief minister Karpoori Thakur has taken the number of recipients of the country's highest......

Bharat Ratna recipients' tally touches 53, maximum awardees in 2024

The decision to award Bharat Ratna to former prime ministers PV Narasimha Rao and Charan Singh and green revolution pioneer MS Swaminathan has taken the number of recipients of the country's......

How BJP's Chanakya met his waterloo in Bengal

The BJP could win only 16 out of the 57 seats in Bengal where Amit Shah campaigned, reports Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com. IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit Anilchandra Shah on a roadshow......

People's magic, says Mamata after Trinamool wins bypolls

Trinamool Congress on Monday retained both Bongaon Lok Sabha and Krishnaganj assembly seats with huge margins in the bypolls seen as a litmus test for its popularity in the wake of CBI arresting......

Is Darjeeling Tea Losing its Fizz?

Scanty rainfall, last year's lockdown, growing competition from Nepal and the disaster of the 2017 Gorkhaland agitation are steadily weakening exports and sales of Darjeeling tea. IMAGE: A worker......

Microfinance industry coming back to life

After more than three years, the microfinance industry is attracting new players. In six-eight months, at least six new microfinance institutions (MFIs) have got membership of industry body MFIN......

'Except foodgrains-related essentials, nothing is moving'

At the height of the agitation against Tata Motors and after, the decibel level at Singur has always been high. The coronavirus scare, however, appears to have tempered it.  The lockdown has......

Is a new credit crash looming?

In Crosstown Traffic, Jimi Hendrix sang: "Can't you see my signals turn from green to red / And with you I can see a traffic jam straight up ahead."In global financial markets, the signals have......

Please Send Payal's Film To The Oscars!

How wonderful it would be for all of us to watch the Oscar ceremony on March 2, 2025 and watch AWIAL win an Oscar, notes Aseem Chhabra. IMAGE: Divya Prabha kisses Director Payal Kapadia at the......

All We Imagine As Light Shines At Cannes

IMAGE: Director Payal Kapadia, with cast members Chhaya Kadam, Hridhu Haroon, Divya Prabha and Kani Kusruti pose on the red carpet before the screening of the film All We Imagine as Light in......

The BEST of my father, Satyajit Ray

Satyajit Ray would have been a hundred years old on May 2. To mark the legendary film-maker's birth centenary, Rediff.com brings you a treasure trove of features from our archives. 'I don't need......

Deepika@Cannes: 'Big moment for India'

'When you are selected to represent the country at a festival like this, you realise, 'Wow, like 15 years of my career'.'And you feel, 'Okay, not bad. I think I have done really well'.'......

Ranji roundup: J&K enter quarter-finals despite loss

IMAGE: Madhya Pradesh batsman Mihir Hirwani raises his bat after scoring half-century against Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy match at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday. Photograph: PTI Jammu......

Ranji Roundup: Bengal, Karnataka make quarters; Delhi knocked out

IMAGE: Axar Patel scalps five against Andhra. Photograph: BCCI Domestic/Twitter Bengal and Karnataka scripted contrasting wins over Punjab and Baroda respectively to qualify for the Ranji......

Ranji: Jagadeesan hoists TN; Sarfaraz misses double ton

Goa top table with unassailable 50 points to secure the lone knock-out berth from Plate Group. IMAGE: Madhya Pradesh batsman Venkatesh Iyer plays a shot during his unbeaten 87 in the Ranji Trophy......

Baroda struggle against Orissa

A 71-run unbeaten 10th wicket partnership between SD Vohra and SM Singh helped Baroda reach a respectable total of 241 for 9 on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Super League tie at the Motibag......

Baroda make 129 for three against Bengal

Baroda scored 129 runs for loss of three wickets in their first innings in reply to Bengal's first innings total of 370 runs, still needing 241 runs to surpass Bengal's total at the Motibagh ground......