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'Mamata Should Have Done Something Else'

'She could have sat down with the students and taken a list of their grievances including their allegations and suspicions.''Not all suspicions are true, but you have to listen, you have to let the......

'Mamata Was Being Misled By The Bureaucracy'

'My primary point was where is the Mamata Banerjee who jumps and reaches out, starts talking directly and starts solving over the heads of the bureaucracy.' IMAGE: West Bengal Chief Minister......

Turkey's Erdogan skips Kashmir in UN speech. Here's why

Turkish President Recap Tayyip Erdogan did not mention Kashmir in his address at the United Nations General Assembly this year, the first time he has skipped the issues since the abrogation of......

The Peeli-Peelis of Kolkata

As Kolkata marches towards modernity, it is hard to imagine its streets without these cabs, notes Air Commodore Nitin Sathe (retd). IMAGE: Kolkata's famous Ambassador taxis. Photograph: Debadyuti......

Villages To Safeguard India's Borders

In underlining the role of border villages as custodians of India's frontiers, New Delhi is following China's example in Tibet. IMAGE: Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi presents a memento to......

MF Investor Base To Touch 50 Million

The number of active SIP accounts is nearing the 100 million milestone. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The mutual fund investor base is set to surpass the 50 million unique......

SOM Distilleries debuts in K'taka with Woodpecker beer

Bhopal-based SOM Distilleries and Breweries has entered the Karnataka market with “Woodpecker” premium beer, India’s first twist cap beer. Photograph: Kind courtesy, Som Group......

Planning A Trip To Dubai? Read This

The bulk of Indian carriers flying to Dubai are low-cost carriers, which include IndiGo, Air India Express, and SpiceJet. IMAGE: An Emirates Airbus A380-800 plane approaches for landing at Dubai......

High Valuations Pose Risk To Bull Market

'Over the next 12 months, it will be difficult to make 15 to 20 per cent return in the markets as the valuations appear stretched.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Propelled by......

The Legend Returns: Jawa 42 FJ Launch

The Jawa 42 FJ 350 cc was launched at a surprising price of 199,142 ex-showroom Delhi, reports Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com.All Photographs: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com IMAGE: The Aurora Green......

Goodbye Maggie!

IMAGE: Maggie Smith poses for the media at a hotel in central London, August 13, 2015, for a media interaction to promote Downton Abbey's final season. Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters The......

'I Wasted Four Years Of My Life'

'The maximum struggle that I have gone through in this industry was to try to get a film made which had a female action star.''And that film never got made, despite reaching out to some of the......

INSIDE Kriti Sanon's GORGEOUS Home

Kriti Sanon, whose had a good run at the box office recently with films like Tere Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya and Crew, lives in a stunning duplex apartment in Andheri, north west Mumbai, with her......

India's First Hindi Horror Comedy

Mehmood and R D Burman shiver, wail and flail when they encounter a stuffed tiger that wags its tail, furniture that moves on its own volition and dancing skeletons and mummies.Dinesh Raheja......

'He Was The Most Complete Human Being I Know'

'Outside the house, he was this iconic deified figure.''Inside, he was a sorted-out, genial householder, always ready to lend a patient ear to our problems.' IMAGE: Nagarjuna with his legendary......

EPL Pix: Chelsea, Arsenal win following Man City's slip-up

Palmer scores all four as Chelsea beat Brighton 4-2 IMAGE: Chelsea's Cole Palmer in action with Brighton and Hove Albion's Pervis Estupinan. Photograph: Matthew Childs / Reuters Cole Palmer scored......

Is this India's year to finally win T20 Women's World Cup?

Photograph: Kind Courtesy T20 World Cup/X Former Australian captain Lisa Sthalekar said India have the all-round depth to grab an elusive ICC title during the upcoming women's T20 World Cup.......

League Cup: City down Watford; Chelsea ride on Nkunku's hat-trick

Newcastle United's clash with AFC Wimbledon was postponed after flooding damaged the Wimbledon pitch on Monday. IMAGE: Manchester City's Matheus Nunes shoots to score against Watford, in......

Will India Include Kuldeep For Kanpur Test?

IMAGE: India have never lost to Bangladesh in a Test match and the perfect record look set to continue in the second Test in Kanpur, starting on Friday. Photograph: BCCI India took their......

Who Will Open For Australia Vs India?

IMAGE: Cameron Green is ready to open the batting for Australia in the Border Gavaskar Trophy series if Steve Smith decides to go back to No 4. Photograph: BCCI Australia all-rounder......

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