Given the international practice, it is inexplicable why the government is going with anonymous electoral bonds.
Mods let Lenovo fight the features battle with premium players like Apple and Samsung and keep the price of the phone low, thereby drawing in aspirational customers who can't afford high-priced feature-rich handsets.
The emperor has no political power, yet he enjoys a unique place in Japanese society, notes Dr Rajaram Panda.
If Kishore Kumar were alive today, he would have turned 90 on August 4.
She was a Hollywood star, much sought after. She also helped invented technology which changed the world.
Funding Indian start-ups has slowed down.
Amitabh Bachchan turns 75 on October 11. Rediff.com celebrates the superstar's birthday with this special series, looking back at the very things that made him the BIG B.
'I felt sorry the handsome woman had to spend her birthday in a war zone, away from her eight-year-old kid and her drifting husband, both in the US.'
Google Inc announced a surprise overhaul of its operating structure on Monday, creating a holding company called Alphabet to pool its many subsidiaries and separate the core web advertising business from newer ventures like driverless cars.
'Nitish Kumar has only done what any smart politician will do in his place,' says Saisuresh Sivaswamy.
Sleuths of security forces and secret service agents have converged on the city and huge make-shift iron walls have come up several blocks around the convention's location.
Every online user must put these additional security layer in place to prevent theft of their online identities and vital information like user IDs and passwords
Sukanya Verma's super filmy week was high on emotions.
'Given that 95 per cent of rapes are committed by adults and only 5 per cent by juveniles, these 95 per cent of rapes will continue to take place, so what women's safety are we talking about?'
'The Americans never or hardly give complete information, only information that directly affects them is shared.' Indian intelligence agents challenge The Siege's version of the 26/11 attacks in conversations with Vicky Nanjappa.
A new book reproduces original Chinese maps that contradict Chinese propaganda. The book reveals Chinese intelligence admissions that Beijing never maintained any army base, customs office or other government function in the disputed area until 1983.
The Bihar CM has requested the governor for a secret ballot.
Prepping for the Baahubali juggernaut, remembering a toddler Vinod Khanna and making Deepika Padukone dance to Jennifer Lopez's tunes, Sukanya Verma's super filmi week was pretty eventful.
Killer Kangana or Teasing Twinkle? Take your pick!
What does Pakistan mean for a young Indian? Devanik Saha attempts an answer.
Television actors tell us what the secret to a successful relationship is.
Aseem Chhabra lists the movies that taught him about the Idea of India.
'Tax dodging through tax havens is one of the ways multinational corporations and the super-rich in India are using to evade taxes.'
Unless the judges factor in the ungovernability of technologies and their beneficial owners, present and future Presidents, prime ministers, judges, legislators and officials handling sensitive assignments may become redundant with reference to their age-old roles for securing 'national resources and assets', warns Dr Gopal Krishna.
'I cannot conceive of any reason than my unsparing criticism of government policies that the government picked me to send a message to many who dare to take it on.'
The most thrilling, romantic, terrifying, musical and comical tring tring moments!
Sukanya Verma shares her exciting filmi week with us.
The veteran actress turns 70 today, December 8.
Images from Day 5 of the Australian Open in Melbourne on Friday.
Five years after Operation Neptune Spear took out Osama bin Laden, US President Barack Obama relives the historic night with television channel CNN's Peter Bergen at the Situation Room of the White House.
China has been keeping tabs on the restive Tibet province through a 'grid' system and some 600 'convenience police posts' armed with high-tech equipment that monitor the daily life of the citizens of Lhasa and other Tibetan towns. Worse, 'volunteer security groups' known as 'Red Armband Patrols' are roaming around in order to get more information and 'classify' each and every citizen, says Claude Arpi
'Societies like the Nagas have gone through so many decades of armed conflict. Conditions which are not 'normal' for others are 'normal' for them!' 'In such societies, there is always bound to be so much pent-up feeling waiting to just come out. It just requires a little spark! And once the mob takes over, reason flies out the window.'
Here's what went down in the curtain raiser episode.
Governments must give companies a hearing before blacklisting them.
The idea of marinating in your own mediocrity is actually a valuable lesson in shameless self-love.
40,000 security personnel guard every nook and corner of New Delhi as US President Barack Obama arrives.
Deras like Sacha Sauda made the poor feel secure, cared for, loved, provided a support system and gave them dignity, says Sanjeev Nayyar.
