Leo Varadkar, The PM Who Likes Jalebis

'When my father travelled 5,000 miles to build a new home in Ireland, I doubt he ever dreamed that his son would one day grow up to become its leader.' Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff.com profiles Dr......

Karnataka Guv returns bill seeking to collect temple funds

Seeking clarification, Karnataka Governor has sent back to the government a bill that sought to collect funds from temples with over Rs 10 lakh annual income, citing that a case concerning the......

'General Zia was real startled'

'But he was very quick and did a very stylish adab.''Of course, I didn't expect him to hug.' IMAGE: Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri and her husband Hardeep Singh Puri, currently India's minister of......

Why a father stabbed his son to death hours before wedding

It was constant humiliation that led the father of a gym trainer to kill his son in a brutal fashion, stabbing him several times, an evening before his wedding. The Delhi Police late on Thursday......

Midcap, smallcap indices have nearly doubled in 4 years'

'We are cautious only on sub-sectors that have seen massive melt-up during the past six months.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Banking, consumer discretionary, and healthcare are......

FY24 earnings makeover: IndianOil to MRF, companies rewrite profit playbook

The headline for corporate profit growth has been very encouraging in the July-September quarter (Q2) of 2023-24 (FY24), with the combined net profit of listed companies up by 38 per cent......

Brand SRK Is Back With A Bang!

'He doesn't need to play eye candy or a boy next door. He has found his mark.''Brands like him because he understands them and he emotes appropriately for them.'   Jawan has shown that......

Digital disruptor brands likely to reach $10 billion by FY28

Digital disruptor brands are projected to outpace the growth of the online fashion market. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com With a 35 per cent compound annual growth rate, the market for......

Aavesham: The Psycho As Self-Designated Guardian

Watching Aavesham is like sprinting through the whole history of our mass-masala movies and seeing it in a new light, notes Sreehari Nair.And this, incidentally, is the story of Fahadh Faasil's......

Top 10 Moments From Oscars 2024

IMAGE: Emma Stone celebrates her Best Actress win with presenters, Jennifer Lawrence, Michelle Yeoh, Charlize Theron and Jessica Lange. Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters Love them,......

Spend Your Weekend With Shah Rukh Khan

Celebrate the weekend with Shah Rukh Khan and more on OTT. Sukanya Verma lists her recommendations. DunkiWhere to watch? NetflixLanguage: Hindi Shah Rukh Khan and Rajkumar Hirani's first......

Kiara, Sid Make A Splash In Dubai

Aditi performs... Sonam at New York Fashion Week... Sanjana falls in love... Photograph: Kind courtesy Sidharth Malhotra/Instagram Kiara Advani and Sidharth Malhotra make a splash in Dubai, as he......

'Ashwin's body was used like a dart board by Hazlewood and Cummins'

As Ravichandran Ashwin achieved the milestone 100th Test in Mohali, everyone had their lists of his best bowling feats. But Ashwin's finest cricketing moment was probably when he and Hanuma Vihari......

WPL Final PIX: RCB are the CHAMPIONS!

RCB end 16-year wait for title; beat Delhi Capitals by 8 wickets to grab WPL title SCORECARD IMAGE: RCB players celebrate. Photograph: BCCI A spirited women's team washed away Royal......

2036 Olympics: Coming Out Party For India

If Ahmedabad is India's preferred candidate, as seems likely, hosting Olympics 2036 should give it a leg up: A bigger airport, a better metro network, more hotels, flyovers and so on, observes T N......

Indore Test: India look to seal WTC final spot, Australia seek redemption

IMAGE: Leading 2-0 in a four-match series, India are sitting pretty. Photograph: Ravi Choudhary/PTI India are expected to enhance their aura of invincibility at home with another series win......

Justice For Shami!

Neeraj Kumar, the former Delhi super cop, headed the BCCI's Anti-Corruption Unit after he retired from government.A Cop In Cricket (Juggernaut) is a must-read account of Kumar's tenure at the......