In Delhi, it's a battle of the poor versus the middle class

In Delhi, the poor are pitted against the middle class, with the former led by Arvind Kejriwal and the latter by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, says Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com Image: AAP convener......

12 stories that shook India in 2014

The suicide of an exuberant Mrs Tharoor, the death of a Union minister in a car mishap, the rape of a nursery student in her school… The year threw up quite a few shockers, some rather rude......

Vote: India's newsmakers of 2014

The year 2014 has been an eventful one for India. The country got a new government and a new state, broke new frontiers in various fields and of course its share of controversies.  Rediff.com......

Vote for the International Newsmaker of 2013

The year 2013 saw some major action, like the ouster of a president, the brutal attack on a Kenyan mall, the chemical attack in Syria, the shutdown in the United States, the death of a legend and......

The man the Greeks hate the most

Wolfgang Schauble has done right by the Euro zone, but the Greeks believe that doesn't necessarily mean he has done right by them. Image: German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble (right) and his......

Ratan Tata puts his heart into e-commerce start-ups

For internet firms, his presence matters even more than the money that he brings Much before his retirement in 2012, Ratan Tata had probably planned what he would do after relinquishing his......

Huffington Post to launch India edition in May

US-based leading online newspaper Huffington Post is planning to launch an India edition by May this year and negotiations are currently underway to finalise a local partner for this venture. "We......

Newsmakers of 2009: A scam, a car, a tussle

From a technocrat turned fraudster Ramalinga Raju's confession to the snub-nosed Nano, 2009 offered some forgettable and many memorable moments in business. Not just the domestic turf, in the......

Ash: The undisputed power cover girl

She received the country's appreciation inthe form of a Padma Shri. She has giggled her way through The Letterman Show and draped Oprah Winfrey in a sari. She has been described on CBS 60 Minutes......

When Milkha Singh chatted with Rediff Readers

Four years before the arrival of the new century, long before Facebook Live and InstaChats, arrived the Rediff Chat, the Internet's first forum where Readers could chat with Newsmakers. Among the......

Coe welcomes 'Blade Runner' to London 2012

South African 'Blade Runner' Oscar Pistorius will be made welcome at next year's Olympics after achieving the qualifying mark this week, London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe said on Thursday.......

Udayan celebrates Steve Waugh's feat

Udayan celebrates Steve Waugh's featThousands of miles from the Caribbean, where Australia skipper Steve Waugh scoredhis 30th Test ton to surpass the great Don Bradman, overjoyed tiny tots at......