'Trump's Win Won't Affect Skilled Immigrants'

'As far as skilled immigration is concerned, the US needs Indian skills and Indian talent, and there are no two opinions about it even among US companies.' IMAGE: US President Joe Biden with......

What's Stalin Doing At A Kalyanam?

What some of our leaders have been up to.   IMAGE: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin presents a thali to a couple as he presides over the mass marriages of 31 couples at the Marundeeswarar......

CMs Mamata, Soren, Majhi mourn death of Ratan Tata

Chief ministers of West Bengal, Jharkhand and Odisha on Wednesday evening condoled the demise of Tata Group's chairman emeritus and veteran industrialist Ratan Tata, and said his legacy will live......

GOAT, Vijay's Failed Political Launch Vehicle

Vijay has a lot of young and middle-aged women fans, but as voters, they are possibly now with the DMK, or remain with the AIADMK. Recapturing this constituency would have helped Vijay's political......

Jobs for locals have remained on paper

While the Constitution makes everyone in India eligible to work anywhere in the country, states have used legal loopholes to frame laws. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com   Earlier this......

Modi needs to listen to our economists

We have a government with an extremely weak economic team advising a PM who hardly pays attention to their thoughts, says Jayanta Roy. Photograph: Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   I......

Can Murari Lal Jalan revive Jet Airways?

For Jet's revival, Mr Jalan should be on the scene long enough for everyone to get to know him, appreciate his skills, and not vanish into thin air within a matter of months or even weeks, observes......

The Shyam Benegal I Knew

His cinema of compassion inspired me, gave me tools to develop empathy for others. But it also made me understand that serious, socially committed cinema with deeply engaging narratives and great......

2024: The Best South Films

'Content' is an ugly word used to tie together a myriad of stories out there but the market seems to respond to it. Audiences seem to prefer experiential, novel stories over stale, formulaic films.......

'Today Is A Big Loss For All Of Us'

Quite a few film folk from the Marathi film industry attended the funeral of veteran actor Atul Parchure, who died on October 14 after a long battle with cancer. He was 57. Parchure's filmography......

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......

Ranji Roundup: Uttarakhand, Himachal off to good start

Photograph: BCCI Domestic / X Khanduri ton powers Uttarakhand to 232/1 against Andhra Opener Priyanshu Khanduri struck only his second century in a first-class career spanning seven years, helping......

Ranji Trophy: Mum teen Mhatre hits century; Double century for Sudarshan

A round-up of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Friday. Teenager Mhatre hits ton as Mumbai in command IMAGE: Tamil Nadu's Sai Sudarshan celebrates his double ton against Delhi on Friday.......

Vengaskar, Kulkarni to represent ICA on BCCI Apex body

IMAGE: Dilip Vengaskar at a conference. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com Former India captains Dilip Vengsarkar and Shubhangi Kulkarni were on Saturday elected to represent the Indian......

Chaubey beats Bhutia as AIFF gets first player president

IMAGE: Kalyan Chaubey, a former goalkeeper with Mohun Bagan and East Bengal, beat the legendary Bhaichung Bhutia 33-1, to be elected as the player president of the All India Football Federation.......

AIFF Elections: Returning Officer finds all 20 nomination papers in order after scrutiny

IMAGE: Elections are to be held for the posts of one president, one vice president, one treasurer and 14 executive committee members. Six former players -- four male and two women -- will be......