Ex-Lanka Prez gets govt bungalow, special security on return

Sri Lanka's former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has been given special security and a state bungalow for accommodation on his return in Colombo from Thailand where he fled amid months-long mass......

Trinamool leader's bail rejected, custody extended till Aug 24

A special Central Bureau of Investigation court in Asansol on Saturday rejected Trinamool Congress leader Anubrata Mondal's bail plea in the alleged cattle smuggling scam and extended his......

It is time for Hindus and Muslims to reconcile

'This Ram Navami -- the birth anniversary of Lord Ram -- presents the majority community an opportunity to shed its minority complex and offer an olive branch and discrimination- free society to......

'Tell me, who is today's enemy?'

'There is no remorse over the Dadri lynching of Mohammad Akhlaq or of Pehlu Khan by cow vigilante groups.''But should you not have remorse for those who came to kill them?''They were Hindus. Do you......

When bonus rage turns violent

For top bankers and other high-profile company executives, it pays to be a little paranoid about personal safety these days. As public distaste at taxpayer-funded bail-outs has turned to "bonus......

The 15 richest fictional characters

They say fortune favors the bold--but it also favors the fictional. The characters that make up this year's edition of the Forbes Fictional 15, our annual listing of fiction's richest, boast an......

CEO pay: How about $6.5 mn a year for life?

Fat cat chief executives are almost always used as Exhibit A in the national debate about the rich getting richer. Bolstering that case is a growing body of evidence showing that a burgeoning......

Who was called 'Neutron Jack'?

Of CEOs' nicknames Who was called 'Neutron Jack'?Take the Rediff Business Quiz and find out how much you know about the CEOs and their nicknames.Biz Quiz is best viewed in Internet Explorer (IE)......

Can you watch 309 films in a year?

On planes, on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hotstar, Zee5, Hulu, MUBI, Kanopy, film festivals... Aseem Chhabra tell us how he watched 309 films in 365 days. IMAGE: Joanne Froggatt in Downton Abbey. I......

Alvida: Film folk who left us in 2019

Hindi cinema lost some of its most celebrated faces in 2019, leaving a void in the fraternity as well as in the hearts of the audiences. We take a look at those who passed on.   Girish Karnad......

Bollywood gives the sari a SEXY twist!

Looking at filmi sari sirens! Few things raise the mercury like a traditional sari going the sultry way. Bollywood has always relied on its sexy quotient to transform its leading lady into a......

Shah Rukh, Amitabh, Katrina at Sridevi's funeral

Her funeral was the biggest Mumbai had seen for a Bollywood star since Rajesh Khanna's funeral in 2012.Boney Kapoor performed the last rites with his daughters Janhvi and Khushi by his side.......

Srini faction raises 10-point objections, Secy Amitabh skips meeting

Disgruntled members of the BCCI comprising a few disqualified and several current state unit officials today came together under the leadership of former president N Srinivasan to launch a 10-point......

Chelsea owner Abramovich wins legal battle

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich emerged victorious on Friday from a long and hugely expensive legal battle with his former friend Boris Berezovsky that laid bare the murky dealings behind the......

Modi's downfall will not be mourned: British media

The British media on Tuesday acknowledged that suspended IPL chairman Lalit Modi realised Twenty20's potential in a huge and growing Indian market but said his downfall will not be mourned. "There......