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Gal Gadot: Real-life Wonder Woman

Gal Gadot: Real-life Wonder Woman

Rediff.com6 Jun 2017

In Wonder Woman, Gal Gadot showcases her badass combat skills. But what is she like in real life?

Trump sent Pakistan a message in Riyadh

Trump sent Pakistan a message in Riyadh

Rediff.com23 May 2017

'The Trump administration is on the same page as India that Pakistan is not the solution, but the problem itself,' says Rajeev Sharma.

Meats, spikes, sea shells: Lady Gaga's most BIZARRE outfits

Meats, spikes, sea shells: Lady Gaga's most BIZARRE outfits

Rediff.com18 Sep 2014

Before her fame monsters around the world, this iconic pop star is the mother of the freakiest fashion inventions you'd have ever laid eyes on!

The Brangelina love story: How it happened

The Brangelina love story: How it happened

Rediff.com4 Sep 2014

Want to listen to Hollywood's golden couple's love story that spawned six kids, several social causes in nine years? Huddle up!

WTF News: It's Weird, True and Funny

WTF News: It's Weird, True and Funny

Rediff.com6 May 2016

This week's collection of stories that prove we live in a truly mad, mad world.

The A to Z of 2016

The A to Z of 2016

Rediff.com12 Jan 2017

It was the year 'anti-national' became the 'it' gaali, and our humble haldi-doodh became the toast of the West's wellness brigade as 'Tumeric Latte.' It was the year 'cash' became unholy and 'fake news' became real. Shuma Raha looks back.

Review: Into The Storm: Superlative VFX, sloppy everything else!

Review: Into The Storm: Superlative VFX, sloppy everything else!

Rediff.com8 Aug 2014

Into The Storm offers quite a sensational depiction of multiple tornadoes but where plotlines and performances are concerned, it's distressingly sloppy.

At UN, India raises human rights violations in PoK, Balochistan

At UN, India raises human rights violations in PoK, Balochistan

Rediff.com14 Sep 2016

Raising the issue of Balochistan for the first time before the United Nation, India on Wednesday accused Pakistan of widespread human rights violations there as well as in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

With Karat vs Yechury war in open, CPI-M looking for middle path

With Karat vs Yechury war in open, CPI-M looking for middle path

Rediff.com4 Feb 2018

The two senior most leaders of the Communist Party of India-Marxist are at the loggerhead over alliance or adjustment with the Congress.

A Bolt out of the blue!

A Bolt out of the blue!

Rediff.com24 Apr 2015

A long-time driver of SUVs from Tata Motors, Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com steps on the gas with the Bolt, the new turbocharged petrol hatchback and comes away impressed.

India blasts Pakistan after Sharif's UN speech; tells it to vacate PoK

India blasts Pakistan after Sharif's UN speech; tells it to vacate PoK

Rediff.com1 Oct 2015

Shortly after Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif raked up Kashmir issue once again in his address at the UN General Assembly and termed his country as a victim of terrorism, India, in perhaps its harshest ever response, said de-militarising Kashmir was not the answer for achieving peace but "de-terrorising" Pakistan is.

Review: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is brilliant

Review: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is brilliant

Rediff.com3 Jan 2014

Beautifully shot and easy on the eyes, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is thoroughly engaging, writes Paloma Sharma.

From 0 to 100 in 8.19 seconds!

From 0 to 100 in 8.19 seconds!

Rediff.com25 Feb 2015

And the top speed of Benelli TNT 300 is 158 km/hr.

Meet the Ducati Scramblers

Meet the Ducati Scramblers

Rediff.com19 Feb 2015

Here are 5 things you must know about the Ducati Scrambler series to be launched in India soon

Dalit scholar Rohith's last words: 'From shadows to the stars'

Dalit scholar Rohith's last words: 'From shadows to the stars'

Rediff.com19 Jan 2016

In his suicide letter, Rohith chose not to chronicle the events that led him to make his decision to kill himself but instead wanted human beings to be treated as minds, "as glorious things made up of star dust, in every field, in studies, in streets, in life and in death".

Did Thugs of Hindostan deserve the flak?

Did Thugs of Hindostan deserve the flak?

Rediff.com26 Nov 2018

'Thugs is smarter than a lot of 'nationalistic' movies,' notes Rohit Sathish Nair.

US, UK, France launch strikes in Syria, destroy chemical weapon factories

US, UK, France launch strikes in Syria, destroy chemical weapon factories

Rediff.com14 Apr 2018

The White House said it has 'a large body' of evidence indicating that the Assad regime was responsible for the April 7 chemical attack in Duma.

China joins Greece, Puerto Rico on investors' watchlists

China joins Greece, Puerto Rico on investors' watchlists

Rediff.com3 Jul 2015

Shanghai's benchmark share index plunged below 4,000 points for the first time since April

Bollywood's half-yearly report card: The good stuff

Bollywood's half-yearly report card: The good stuff

Rediff.com1 Jul 2015

Raja Sen looks back at the good things that happened in Bollywood in the first half of 2015.

Review: Dracula Untold is too dull

Review: Dracula Untold is too dull

Rediff.com17 Oct 2014

A film that could have been a genre breaking masterpiece, Dracula Untold in its present form would be a more honest work of art if it were titled Dracula Unfortunately, says Paloma Sharma.

Sebi seeks vendor for storage, web access to Sahara documents

Sebi seeks vendor for storage, web access to Sahara documents

Rediff.com22 Nov 2015

Markets regulator was mandated by court to examine documents to ascertain their genuineness and make refund to investors

'How can a man have so many lives in just one life?'

'How can a man have so many lives in just one life?'

Rediff.com25 Apr 2018

'The passing away of his mother just days before the premiere of his first film, his controversy with terrorism, his relationship with his father, his best friend, the women in his life... everything was shocking for me.'

Bollywood's youngest blockbuster directors

Bollywood's youngest blockbuster directors

Rediff.com9 Nov 2015

Some of Bollywood's top directors started very young.

Brazil's most costly football stadium may not host Olympic games

Brazil's most costly football stadium may not host Olympic games

Rediff.com28 Oct 2015

Tickets for matches in Brasilia have already been on sale for months and it remains unclear how fans, many of whom may have bought flights and booked hotels, would be reimbursed

Why Maharashtra bandh is a turning point in Dalit politics

Why Maharashtra bandh is a turning point in Dalit politics

Rediff.com5 Jan 2018

'The Dalits have always asserted themselves, but there has never been any gain for Dalits.' 'But now the most significant thing that has emerged, and which has got all the political parties in denial mode, is the assertion of smaller OBCs along with the Dalits.' 'I accept that the Dalits by themselves are not in a position to make a Mumbai bandh successful.' 'It was only because of the participation of the smaller OBCs that the bandh has become a success.'

R-Day musings: Why India needs to behave like an elephant

R-Day musings: Why India needs to behave like an elephant

Rediff.com26 Jan 2017

'An elephant has to behave like an elephant and not shy away from confronting the jackals,' argues Colonel (Dr) Anil A Athale.

The sheer pain of losing my father

The sheer pain of losing my father

Rediff.com13 Dec 2018

Time unkindly has a sole endeavour: To drag the person, whose death you are mourning, further and further away from your presence, to some far edge of your falsely anesthetised mind. So your memories are drained of colour, growing faint and grainy. You are left with a more and more distant recollections of that person, their laugh, their embrace, their voice and the moments surrounding their final departure. Vaihayasi P Daniel mourns her beloved father who passed away one December morning last year.

The four lifelines for a healthy credit score

The four lifelines for a healthy credit score

Rediff.com28 Jan 2016

Here are four ways to keep your credit score in the green

Make way for Indi toons

Make way for Indi toons

Rediff.com25 Mar 2017

Cartoon characters created and developed in local animation studios are enchanting Indian kids like never before, says Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.

When a workplace finds you. And offers you a job

When a workplace finds you. And offers you a job

Rediff.com24 Mar 2017

Start-up Belong.co uses an unconventional way of hiring that trusts more on data available on social media or tweets than the resume.

How India must play the Nuclear Card

How India must play the Nuclear Card

Rediff.com22 Feb 2018

'India must close the missile technology gap with both China and Pakistan as early as possible, or else the credibility of India's nuclear deterrence will remain suspect,' says Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (retd).

Karachi attack, latest sign that ISI is losing control

Karachi attack, latest sign that ISI is losing control

Rediff.com11 Jun 2014

The attacks on Karachi airport and the Airport Security Force camp are growing signs how Pakistan's home-made monster, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, is growing stronger and is no longer under the tight grip of the Inter-Services-Intelligence, its godfather. Vicky Nanjappa reports how these attacks are just the beginning and there are many more to come.

Bankruptcy law: State - 1; market - 0

Bankruptcy law: State - 1; market - 0

Rediff.com16 May 2016

The successful implementation of the new Act will depend on a much bigger involvement of the state through a huge new superstructure of registration, certification and supervision

Why the world needs non-violence more than ever

Why the world needs non-violence more than ever

Rediff.com15 Jan 2015

'Non-violence can be a viable tool for countering the competitive brutality of terrorist groups,' argues Rajni Bakshi.

Aus Open PIX: Ruthless Djokovic, Serena, Zverev march forth

Aus Open PIX: Ruthless Djokovic, Serena, Zverev march forth

Rediff.com15 Jan 2019

IMAGES from the Australian Open on Tuesday.

TIME's Person of the Year 2014: The Ebola Fighters

TIME's Person of the Year 2014: The Ebola Fighters

Rediff.com10 Dec 2014

The people on the front lines of fighting the Ebola epidemic are Time Magazine's Person of the Year.

Golden Globes: When stars let down their guard

Golden Globes: When stars let down their guard

Rediff.com9 Jan 2018

'To me,' says Aseem Chhabra, 'the Golden Globes hold the most meaning as one gets to see stars celebrating, getting emotional, letting their guard down and showing us their regular human side.'

Pregnant in India? Free advice awaits you

Pregnant in India? Free advice awaits you

Rediff.com8 Jun 2017

Over the last nine months, every time I stepped out of my home, I have quietly swallowed the daily mandatory advice doled out by someone or another, on how to have a happy and normal pregnancy.

Beti Bachao? Polarisation shrouds J&K minor's rape, murder

Beti Bachao? Polarisation shrouds J&K minor's rape, murder

Rediff.com5 Mar 2018

Political and communal divide in Jammu and Kashmir has assumed such proportions that even the horrifying rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl is not bringing society together, writes Athar Parvaiz.

Can Modi ride the demonetisation tiger?

Can Modi ride the demonetisation tiger?

Rediff.com23 Dec 2016

'The government's principal aim should be to reduce the volume of cash transactions.' 'That would bring more of the Indian economy within the purview of taxation.' 'The current downturn in economic activity due to a lack of adequate cash is likely to be limited to a year,'