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Oh, Kolkata!

Oh, Kolkata!

Rediff.com7 Oct 2024

5 Must Do Things in Kolkata.

Can Amit Thackeray Revive The MNS?

Can Amit Thackeray Revive The MNS?

Rediff.com29 Oct 2024

'If you look at the average age of all our candidates, you will notice that their average age is between 35 and 40. It is a kind of revolution that the MNS is bringing in Maharashtra.'

How Delhi's coaching institutions risking students' lives

How Delhi's coaching institutions risking students' lives

Rediff.com29 Jul 2024

Coaching institutions across the national capital, some lined up in cramped lanes while others housed in lofty buildings in busy commercial areas, are risking the lives of students, with lack of fire safety measures, single entry and exit points, faulty wiring and overloaded electrical circuits among the most common problems.

Paris Olympics: New sports added, familiar faces depart

Paris Olympics: New sports added, familiar faces depart

Rediff.com22 Jul 2024

The Paris Olympics will feature a new sport in breaking, plus three young sports returning from the Tokyo Games -- climbing, skateboarding and surfing.

Rising orders, execution to help road infra companies

Rising orders, execution to help road infra companies

Rediff.com12 Sep 2024

Road awards were muted in Q1FY25. But the pace will accelerate with a bidding pipeline of Rs 1.1 trillion (September 2024), mostly dominated by HAM (Hybrid Annuity Model) projects, which contribute 47 per cent and engineering procurement and construction or EPC projects, which have about 36 per cent share. Hence, infrastructure companies mostly reported revenue decline on a year-on-year (Y-o-Y) basis in Q1FY25.

Heavy rain lashes parts of country, cripples Mumbai

Heavy rain lashes parts of country, cripples Mumbai

Rediff.com8 Jul 2024

The monsoon spelt mayhem in several parts of the country on Monday, particularly Mumbai where local train services and flight operations were hit and everyday life disrupted as well as Assam that was grappling with floods yet again.

2 die as Cyclone Remal tears through Bengal, heavy rain to continue

2 die as Cyclone Remal tears through Bengal, heavy rain to continue

Rediff.com27 May 2024

The cyclone ravaged adjacent coasts of the state and Bangladesh between Sagar Island and Khepupara, near the southwest of Mongla in the neighbouring country, after its landfall process began at 8.30 pm on Sunday.

Phuchka, Kathi Roll: Vote for your favourite street food from Kolkata

Phuchka, Kathi Roll: Vote for your favourite street food from Kolkata

Rediff.com11 Jan 2018

Take the poll given below!

Ganga, Varuna inundate Varanasi; ghats submerged, cremations on streets

Ganga, Varuna inundate Varanasi; ghats submerged, cremations on streets

Rediff.com26 Aug 2022

People affected due the flood have taken refuge in safer areas as the administration prepares to shift them to relief camps.

Pompeii: How Life Changed In A Day

Pompeii: How Life Changed In A Day

Rediff.com26 Sep 2024

'They were ahead of their times. We don't expect this from a civilisation of the first century AD.'

What assurance did Jaishankar give to Maldives

What assurance did Jaishankar give to Maldives

Rediff.com11 Aug 2024

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday concluded a crucial visit to Male, assuring the country's top leadership that the Maldives remains an important partner of India in maintaining peace, stability and prosperity in the Indian Ocean region.

Students, police in faceoff over Kolkata march on Tuesday

Students, police in faceoff over Kolkata march on Tuesday

Rediff.com27 Aug 2024

The state police have called the scheduled rallies, support for which has been mainly garnered over social media platforms, as "illegal" and "unauthorised", and said they have taken necessary precautions to allay apprehensions about potential law and order situations during the march.

Why Are Bengaluru IT Workers Protesting?

Why Are Bengaluru IT Workers Protesting?

Rediff.com5 Aug 2024

'The overwhelming evidence from various studies and reports indicates that the current work culture in the IT sector, characterised by excessive hours, has severe consequences for health, productivity, and overall quality of life.'

Highest rainfall in 88 years brings Delhi to its knees, 5 dead

Highest rainfall in 88 years brings Delhi to its knees, 5 dead

Rediff.com29 Jun 2024

Five people died in rain-related incidents in Delhi Friday as Monsoon arrived with a fury early in the morning, lashing the city with its highest rainfall in a single day of June in 88 years which brought it to a standstill with streets flooded, traffic in chaos and some commuters stranded on roads.

'Mamata Was Being Misled By The Bureaucracy'

'Mamata Was Being Misled By The Bureaucracy'

Rediff.com29 Sep 2024

'My primary point was where is the Mamata Banerjee who jumps and reaches out, starts talking directly and starts solving over the heads of the bureaucracy.'

Delhi records over 100 mm rains; woman, infant fall into drain

Delhi records over 100 mm rains; woman, infant fall into drain

Rediff.com1 Aug 2024

Six weather stations across Delhi recorded over 100 mm of rain in a single day, the India meteorological department (IMD) said on Thursday, categorising it as an "extremely intense spell".

New York Labor Day Parade Was A Spectacle!

New York Labor Day Parade Was A Spectacle!

Rediff.com9 Sep 2024

Thousands of workers of every description -- from journalists to steel workers, from painters to New York cops, from auto to engineering workers -- marched for two hours down 5th Avenue one of Manhattan's most iconic thoroughfares, reports Jyoti Punwani.

Australian PM tries out chaat, jalebi in Little India

Australian PM tries out chaat, jalebi in Little India

Rediff.com23 Jun 2023

During the address, he said: "I've heard that Chatkazz 'Chaat' and 'Jalebi' from Jaipur Sweets at Harris Park are very delicious. I want you all to take my friend Australian PM Albanese to that place."

Why Kolkata celebrates Christmas with such fervour

Why Kolkata celebrates Christmas with such fervour

Rediff.com6 Jan 2018

'Anantkumar Hegde will be pleased that those thousands who formed a long line to enter the grounds of St Paul's Cathedral on Christmas Eve night were both aware of their 'parentage' -- to use his insulting term -- and would describe themselves as Hindu,' says Rahul Jacob.

Those Magnificent Women Riders

Those Magnificent Women Riders

Rediff.com25 Mar 2024

Sari-clad women ride their Bullet bikes across the streets of Nagpur.

REVEALED: Padma has a weakness for street food

REVEALED: Padma has a weakness for street food

Rediff.com19 May 2019

From eating waffles and hot dogs from food vendors around Central Park, to having dimsums at Chinatown, the Top Chef host reveals her favourite food places.

'We Lost So Many Things In This War'

'We Lost So Many Things In This War'

Rediff.com9 Oct 2024

'The war ended in 2009 and I believe the new generation of Tamils don't know what was going on there.' 'I felt it was my duty to tell our story.' 'Since 2009, it seems like we are sleeping.'

Yuvraj wants to see Rohit lift T20 World Cup

Yuvraj wants to see Rohit lift T20 World Cup

Rediff.com7 May 2024

Yuvraj feels India needs someone with Rohit's expertise to lead the Indian team at the marquee event.

Kathua mountain road bears telltale signs of ambush

Kathua mountain road bears telltale signs of ambush

Rediff.com9 Jul 2024

On Monday, five Army personnel were killed and five injured when heavily armed terrorists hurled a grenade and opened indiscriminate fire on two army vehicles around 3.30 pm on the Machedi-Kindli-Malhar mountainous road near Badnota village, about 150 km from the district headquarters Kathua.

Congress students union occupies NTA hq, leaves after protest

Congress students union occupies NTA hq, leaves after protest

Rediff.com27 Jun 2024

The Congress's student and youth wings took to the streets in the national capital on Thursday over alleged irregularities in the conduct of the NEET-UG and UGC-NET exams, with NSUI members forcefully entering the NTA headquarters and locking its office, and the IYC staging a huge protest at Jantar Mantar.

Rs 17cr cash seized in ED raid on Kolkata-based gaming app operators

Rs 17cr cash seized in ED raid on Kolkata-based gaming app operators

Rediff.com10 Sep 2022

A picture released by the federal agency showed bundles of seized Rs 500 currency notes along with a few in the denomination of Rs 2,000 and Rs 200 stacked together on a bed.

Ayodhya gets a 'divine look' ahead of PM's visit

Ayodhya gets a 'divine look' ahead of PM's visit

Rediff.com29 Dec 2023

Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Ayodhya on December 30, the streets in the temple town in Uttar Pradesh are being decorated with flowers to give the city a 'divine look'.

What happened in Ayodhya on the eve of consecration

What happened in Ayodhya on the eve of consecration

Rediff.com21 Jan 2024

Invitees to the 'pran pratishtha' consecration ceremony at the Ram temple started arriving Sunday in Ayodhya -- once a sleepy town now resplendent with new infrastructure and gripped by heightened religious fervour on the eve of a seminal event in India's political and religious history.

PIX: Check out F1's fastest and longest street circuit

PIX: Check out F1's fastest and longest street circuit

Rediff.com18 Mar 2021

Formula One unveiled its longest and fastest street circuit on Thursday, predicting top speeds of 322kph and wheel-to-wheel racing when Saudi Arabia hosts a race for the first time in Jeddah in December.

Navratri: Gorgeous Greys Of Bollywood

Navratri: Gorgeous Greys Of Bollywood

Rediff.com21 Oct 2023

Sukanya Verma proves that it can be gorgeous too when seen through Bollywood's loving, lyrical eyes.

UP schools, colleges to shut for Ram temple opening, ban on liquor sale too

UP schools, colleges to shut for Ram temple opening, ban on liquor sale too

Rediff.com9 Jan 2024

Terming this occasion as special, CM Yogi said that liquor shops should be kept closed in the state on January 22.

Shapoorji Pallonji may bag UK's largest theme park deal

Shapoorji Pallonji may bag UK's largest theme park deal

Rediff.com6 Jul 2020

Pegged at $1.8 billion in construction deal size, The London Resort, which is located 17 minutes outside London, has attracted bids from three other construction majors from across the world.

Review: A 'Lost' Opportunity

Review: A 'Lost' Opportunity

Rediff.com16 Feb 2023

Between its cryptic, confused politics and lacklustre film-making, Lost is a germ of an idea waiting to be found, notes Sukanya Verma.

Kolkata: Army personnel ransack police station

Kolkata: Army personnel ransack police station

Rediff.com1 Jan 2007

Eleven policemen were injured, including one seriously, in the vandalism at the Park Street police station, Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Ajay Ranade said.

An Extraordinary Ride Through Japan

An Extraordinary Ride Through Japan

Rediff.com7 Jul 2023

Aishwarya Sathe and her husband spent 13 days crisscrossing Japan and adored every minute of it.

Untold story of Sachin's golden ducks and one crucial run

Untold story of Sachin's golden ducks and one crucial run

Rediff.com31 Jan 2024

Sachin revealed that playing gully cricket with a straight boundary back at his first home in the city helped him develop his trademark straight drive

ED seizes Rs 17cr in 5 trunks from Kolkata businessman

ED seizes Rs 17cr in 5 trunks from Kolkata businessman

Rediff.com11 Sep 2022

Enforcement Directorate officials who recovered over Rs 17 crore from the residence of a businessman in Kolkata, found 10 trunks on the spot.

Martin Scorsese Has An Announcement

Martin Scorsese Has An Announcement

Rediff.com22 Feb 2024

Martin Scorsese, 'the reigning king of cinema', gets an honorary Golden Bear at the 74th Berlinale.

No namaz in parks: Noida police issues notice to companies

No namaz in parks: Noida police issues notice to companies

Rediff.com25 Dec 2018

The police in Noida has prohibited any religious activity, including offering of Friday prayers by Muslims, in a public park.

What's A Gorilla Doing On Wall Street?

What's A Gorilla Doing On Wall Street?

Rediff.com30 Oct 2021

Images from around the world to intrigue you this weekend.