Jacqueline Fernandez gets candid about why she is not dating anyone, her relationship with Sonam Kapoor, her journey in Bollywood, her upcoming film Housefull 3 and more...
It is high time old boys' clubs inside many large corporations come under serious scrutiny for protecting one of their own.
'You don't need a godfather to protect you from dangers of Bollywood because nobody will.'
Kicking off Bharatiya Janata Party's poll campaign in Jharkhand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched an attack on the state government over the issue of development and asked the people to free the state from dynastic rule to end corruption.
A group of women traveled 5000 kilometers in India over eight cities in 28 days to spread the message of women's empowerment and safety while on the road.
Stand up comedian Neeti Palta talks about breaking stereotypes in an odd world.
Polling to elect representatives to the 140-member Kerala assembly, 232-member Tamil Nadu assembly and the 30-member Puducherry territorial assembly began at 7 am on Monday.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'Sridevi touched my feet.' 'Kajol is magical.' 'You will feel Salman is not paying attention, but when the camera rolls, he does the step you just showed him.'
"At my core I think we're going to be OK," Obama said.
'The boy has remained so simple. Still wearing that sweater and light pants. He doesn't even have a decent pair of shoes! So much like one of us! How can we not give him another chance?' 'And what is Modi Sir doing? He changes clothes three times a day and wears designer clothes. He isn't the son of a simple chaiwallah we voted for.'
Anandiben insists her daughter was not involved in any land allocation scandal.
Following her spat, 'Aunty National' Irani took to Facebook to speak out against her detractors. Here's the Facebook post in response to her critics which Rediff.com represents verbatim:
Is your love life under pressure? Are you troubled by your relationship? Get Ahead's Love Guru hosted a chat with readers on January 8 to help them deal with love problems. For those of you who missed it, here's the transcript.
'People don't like me wearing saris. But I am an Indian drag queen. I will wear a sari.'
'I think that has alarmed them because they probably think that it is their voice in there! The idea is to go into the mind of the rapist.' Dibang, co-producer of India's Daughter, defends the documentary in this exclusive interview to Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com
Annabel Mehta, Sachin Tendulkar's mother-in-law, has dedicated her life to working with the Beautiful People of the other half of Mumbai without whom the city would neither exist nor thrive. Vaihayasi Pande Daniel met the amazing lady who was awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire for her service to underprivileged communities.
'My kids have never seen my films. I'm too embarrassed to show them. When they come on television, my husband calls me over for a laugh but I just switch off the TV and run out of the room.' From actress to author, the glamorous Twinkle Khanna tells Ronjita Kulkarni/ Rediff.com who she really is.
'Nowhere in the country, except perhaps Jammu and Kashmir, do extremist groups enjoy political patronage as they do in Kerala. Terrorists are exported from Kerala to Afghanistan, Syria.'
'If I had not been elected President of the United States, we would right now, in my opinion, be in a major war with North Korea,' Trump said.
A Ganesh Nadar meets the family of Lesima Jerose Monisha, one of the Indian nurses stranded in Iraq's Tikrit, in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu. "The nurses are well-fed but they haven't received a single rupee as salary in four months, hope India will make the Iraqi government pay them," says Edwija, her mother.
The year threw up quite a few shockers, some rather rude one. Below are Rediff.com's 12 picks that made us sit back and think, 'Did that really happen?'
'This will make the driver alert and more responsible to drop you safe.'
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
We bring you a fresh collection of offbeat, quirky stories from around the world.
"This is a tribute to our daughter," said Nirbhaya's father, who was present in the RS to watch the proceedings.
Sukanya Verma's nostalgic filmi week!
Priyanka Chopra on stereotypes, movies and more.
He played James Bond seven times. But the role Roger Moore most cherished was a different one.
Notwithstanding the rhetoric against New Delhi Chief Minister Arvind kejriwal and his anarchist ways of protesting, it seems that United Progressive Alliance government is taking his demand seriously.
'Whatever Kamala is today, it is because of my sister.' 'My sister inculcated South Indian culture and values in her,' Dr Sarala Gopalan, US Senator-electKamala Harris' maternal aunt, tells Rediff.com's Shobha Warrier in Chennai.
'I have tried to make it easier for the small scale entrepreneur to do business and cut through the red tape.'
Dr Behera speaks about how the nationwide positive reaction to the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir indicates that the very idea of India is changing. From a diverse, multicultural entity, could India be becoming a place where assimilation is more important than accommodation?
'It is very much a danger.' 'With Tibet following the India tradition of ahimsa and the global visibility of the Dalai Lama who embodies these values, he should be supported by India as a diplomat.' 'It would be in India's self-interest and instead of being embarrassed about his presence, India should recognise this (role).' 'By appeasing China, India does not get anything in return; they (the Chinese have not stopped) claiming Arunachal, part of Kashmir, etc.'
None of the guilty in the Vyapam scam will be spared, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Sunday even as he rejected Congress's demand for his resignation over the matter.
'People are losing their freedom to eat, speak, write and practise their religion.' 'All that is said in the Constitution has been taken away.' 'Does every Muslim or Christian or Hindu have to say I am a patriot every morning and repeat it in the afternoon and at night?'
The effects of creating 'baiting crowds' on social media, and their use by politicians, have diluted the civilising processes of parliamentary democracy, says Deepak Lal.
Anu Malik's daughter Anmoll tells us what it is to be a daughter of a famous daddy.
'There has never been a problem between Hindu and Muslims in Kairana.' 'We are a people that smoke from the same hookah.' Once the seat of an influential tradition of Indian classical music, Kairana has become a metaphor for the exodus of Hindus.
