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SC agrees to hear Army wife's plea to repatriate POWs from Pakistan

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a plea of the wife of an Indian Army officer seeking repatriation of her husband and other Army officers believed to be held under illegal detention as......

Sheena Bora Trial: Why was Indrani overjoyed?

Indrani was cheering Pasbola on from the back, with little, happy whoops, that she muffled with her chunni.Indrani was in her element on Friday. The defence's cross-examination was clearly going......

What lies ahead for the big cat in the wild, wild world?

On International Tiger Day, India is still a long way from making sure that the future of our national animal is safe. DON'T MISS: Tiger Diaries on Rediff.com IMAGE: From 1,411......

Sheena Bora Case: Peter celebrates another birthday in jail

It will be his fifth birthday in jail as an undertrial. He was arrested two days before his birthday in 2015.Tuesday also marked Peter's fourth year in jail.Vaihayasi Pande Daniel reports from the......

Indian wedding row in S Africa; diplomat suspended

The row over the landing of a private aircraft on a military airport for a lavish Indian wedding in South Africa snowballed into a political scandal on Thursday with a senior diplomat suspended and......

Will Tata Steel's global stride with new deal aid profitability?

It was August 2007. Tata Steel was turning 100. Jamshedpur, its hometown, had an air of celebration. Photograph: Andrew Yates/Reuters The line-up for the special event included the launch of Air......

Info Edge: Investors should wait for sell-off to end before making fresh entry

Although Info Edge delivered good results in the October-December quarter of the 2022-23 financial year (Q3FY23), the management guidance flagged visible weakness in the IT segment. Illustration:......

How Zeta acquired Unicorn status in the very first round of funding

In the start-up world, hitting the $1-billion mark, which accords the “Unicorn” tag, is a milestone. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Enterprises typically reach the milestone only......

Post devaluation, Quikr is no longer a unicorn

Major shareholder Kinnevik, a Swedish investment firm, devalued Quikr by 45%, referring to the exaggerated revenue resulting from fraudulent transactions that rocked the company. Quikr is now......

Axis Bank dismisses 24 staffers, suspends 50 accounts

'These employees are bad apples and some of the transactions done by them are being investigated.'Nupur Anand/Business Standard reports. Axis Bank, the third largest private sector lender, now......

Saudi Vellakka: Every Face Counts

I thought Saudi Vellakka a glancing, loving depiction of the judicial system as a pageantry filled with performers trying to do right by everyone, do everything by the book, and failing despite......

ABBA reunites, performs for the first time in 30 years

All four members of the Swedish pop group, ABBA -- Björn Ulvaeus, Agnetha Fältskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstand and Benny Andersson -- came together on stage after more than 30 years on Sunday,......

Muran, Cheran's new Tamil film

An update on what's cooking in the Tamil film industry. After the highly acclaimed Tamil film Pokkisham, National Award winning director Cheran is coming out with his new project, Muran. It......

Silambarasan to sing in Telugu films

Tamil star STR aka Silambarasan is singing quite a bit these days. After crooning songs in Tamil films, STR is doing that in Telugu too. He has sung in Madhura Sridhar's Reddy's Telugu movie Back......

First Look: Simbu-Varalakshmy in Poda Podi

Poda Podi is a romantic film set in London with Simbu alias STR, and Varalakshmy (Tamil actor Sarath Kumar's daughter), in the lead. It is directed by debutant Vignesh Sivan. The film is......

Kohli Strikes, But Narine Leads MVP Race

Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index of IPL 2024 after Game 62. IMAGE: Virat Kohli scores in the game against Punjab Kings at Dharamsala, May 9, 2024.......

Caught on cam! Smith slammed for scuffing pitch

IMAGE: Steve Smith was caught on the stump cam scraping the pitch at the same spot where Rishabh Pant had marked his guarding while batting, on Day 5 of the third Test in Sydney. Photograph: Mark......

Verstappen takes pole at Brazilian Grand Prix

IMAGE: Red Bull's Max Verstappen (centre), Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel (left) and Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton after qualifying at the Brazilian F1 GP at Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace, Interlagos in Sao......

Jofra Archer tops MVP list

Purnendu Maji and Srinivas Bhogle list IPL 2020's 50 Most Valuable Players up to Game 41. IMAGE: Jofra Archer celebrates the fall of a wicket in IPL 2020. Photograph: BCCI/IPL He bowls the hardest......

Meet IPL 2020's Most Valuable Players

Purnendu Maji and Srinivas Bhogle list IPL 2020's 50 Most Valuable Players up to Game 52. IMAGE: Jofra Archer of the Rajasthan Royals celebrates a wicket in IPL 2020. Photograph: Rajasthan......

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