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......

How Haryana Win Revives Modi Aura

If you know this BJP, it will now go forward to Jharkhand and Maharashtra as if June 2024 never happened, notes Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Narendra D Modi greets Bharatiya Janata Party supporters after......

Who Will Vote For Vijay, And Why?

Where do Vijay and his TVK expect to get their votes from?Vijay has a huge fan following among women, but will they automatically become his voters like they had done for MGR's AIADMK, asks N......

Why AP Opted For Chandrababu

Both Chandrababu Naidu and Pawan Kalyan assured voters that they would bring jobs and industrial development to the state.Their alliance batted for a welfare-plus-development model. IMAGE: Telugu......

Reliance, Disney merge to form Rs 70,000-cr JV

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries has completed the merger of its media assets with the India business of global media house Walt Disney and formed a joint venture with a valuation......

India's largest media empire is all set to be born!

The Competition Commission of India on Wednesday approved the merger of media assets of Reliance Industries and The Walt Disney Co to create the country's largest media empire worth over Rs 70,000......

Is This The CNG Car You've Been Waiting For?

The iCNG version of the Tata Nexon is quick, safe, eco-friendly, and it is affordable too, notes Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com. Green fuel.... EVs.... Tired of all the green and green and green? Let's......

Can Uday Shankar Recreate At Reliance-Disney What He Did In Star TV?

As vice chairman of the Reliance-Walt Disney JV, Uday Shankar is expected to create a content engine that feeds both digital and TV and push up the value. IMAGE: Uday Shankar, president, FICCI,......

Chhaava: Mazza Nahin Aaya

Sambhaji is a lion but the movie was a damp squib, sighs Vishaka Rautela. When Aurangzeb said, 'Mazza nahi aya,' I agreed with him. I was looking forward to watching Chaava, as there has been no......

'My Life And My Story Is My Truth'

'At the age of 68, I am in the best phase of my life.''What I have left of my life, I want to live with dignity.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Kalpana Iyer/Instagram From a studious girl who learnt......

Why Satya Continues To Sting And Sing

While Satya's pleasures are palpable -- among them the poetry of the coarse language, the mercifully rough-hewn texture, the oh-so-familiar underdog story -- these pleasures hit you at a completely......

Golden Globes Red Carpet: Hello Sharon Stone!

The Hollywood brigade looked super glam on the red carpet of the 82nd Golden Globes at Beverly Hills, California. Photograph: Daniel Cole/ Reuters Even at 66, Sharon Stone made sure all eyes were......

WPL: Can unbeaten RCB do the 'trick' at home vs Mumbai Indians?

IMAGE: Royal Challengers Bengaluru captain Smriti Mandhana celebrates with teammates after victory over Delhi Capitals in the Women's Premier League 2025 match at the BCA stadium, Vadodara,......

Sachin's record-breaking throw: India's next javelin star?

IMAGE: Sachin Yadav's 84.39m throw is the fifth career-best throw by an Indian javelin thrower after Neeraj Chopra, Kishore Jena, Shivpal Singh and Davinder Singh Kang. Photograph: Sachin......

PIX: Messi, Hollywood And Gaza Protestor At Super Bowl

Stars Watch As Eagles Win Super Bowl; Serena steals show at half-time IMAGE: Football superstars and former FC Barcelona teammates Luis Suarez, Lionel Messi, Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets at the......

Can Kohli recreate old magic at batting-friendly Cuttack?

Kohli scored a match-winning half century against West Indies, when he last played an ODI at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack in 2019. Star batter Virat Kohli took center stage on the eve of the......

Ranji: Thakare's 4-wicket burst rattles Tamil Nadu

Pacer Aditya Thakare's four-wicket burst had Tamil Nadu hanging on the ropes at 159 for six after the second day of their Ranji Trophy quarterfinal match in Nagpur on Sunday. IMAGE: Aditya......