Tributes paid to 26/11 martyrs on 13th anniversary

Floral tributes were paid on Friday to the martyrs who laid down their lives while fighting terrorists who attacked Mumbai on November 26, 2008. IMAGE: Police personnel pay tribute to the martyrs......

'The terrorists were lobbing grenades, firing indiscriminately'

'I could see the silhouettes of three men on the sixth floor.''I pointed them out to the NSG personnel standing beside me and suggested they take them out.''They did not have the clearance to......

'Slumdog Millionaire opens doors for me as a diplomat'

'If I get posted to a place, if people engage with me just as an Indian diplomat, I have X amount of leverage.''But when they look at me as the high commissioner of India and the author of Slumdog......

'India is like a soft-shell crab, but will grow into something hard and powerful'

IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the mass yoga event on the second International Day of Yoga at the Capitol Complex in Chandigarh, June 21, 2016. Photograph: PTI 'The prime minister speaks......

Indian start-ups shun China, turn to US firms for fund

India’s shift towards US companies for technology investments and partnerships fits well with the present government’s ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ and ‘Make in India’......

Chinese app ban: Indian start-ups face a major hurdle

According to experts, the banning of the apps has created negative sentiments and reduced the confidence among the Chinese investors to invest in India. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The......

India's Chinese app ban may hit their valuations

The banned Chinese apps, which include TikTok, Shareit and UC Browser, earn revenue mainly from online advertisements, subscriptions, and commissions for selling products. India is the biggest......

TikTok goes completely offline in India

The ban in India would hit Chinese internet companies that were making headway in the world's fastest-growing mobile market. Short video sharing app TikTok went offline in the country on Tuesday......

'The real test of a movie is the test of time'

'The real test whether the movie has worked or not is when the people remember it five years later.''Just like wine and relationships, the same is true for movies.' IMAGE: Sanya Malhotra and......

Must See: UNSEEN PICTURES of Amitabh Bachchan's life

Amitabh Bachchan turns 75 on October 11. Rediff.com celebrates the superstar's birthday with this special series, looking back at the very things that made him the BIG B. We first published this......

Seeing Afghanistan through a different lens

Three teenage girls have made a brief documentary called The Kabul Cards, which shows a much more cheerful side of Afghanisthan's capital, Kabul. It has broken the stereotype of bombed out sites......

Olympics: Londoners looking to make money out of homes

Harriet Howse is one of many Londoners looking to make a profit out of their property during this summer's Olympics, leaving the city and their homes to strangers to avoid the anticipated mayhem of......