News for '-big-city'

Small cities richer on tax

Small cities richer on tax

Rediff.com5 May 2007

Jaipur's corporate tax collection shot up to 158 per cent. In comparison, tax collections for the whole country grew 44.7 per cent during the year.

'My roommates made me cry'

'My roommates made me cry'

Rediff.com18 Jun 2007

Get Ahead reader Gaurav Kumar says the days he spent with his roommates in Hyderabad were some of the best days of his life.

Three small success stories. 3 big life lessons

Three small success stories. 3 big life lessons

Rediff.com8 Jul 2018

Young people have an abundance of choice today. Yet finding purpose is an altogether different challenge for them.

Why opening up the economy is good for India

Why opening up the economy is good for India

Rediff.com6 Jan 2007

The critics of opening up the economy are wrong: allowing private sector in more areas strengthens the system.

Former Maharashtra home minister RR Patil passes away

Former Maharashtra home minister RR Patil passes away

Rediff.com16 Feb 2015

Former Maharashtra home minister and senior Nationalist Congress Party leader R R Patil, 57, who was undergoing treatment for oral cancer passed away on Monday afternoon.

What's holding back Digital India

What's holding back Digital India

Rediff.com28 Aug 2018

Compared to a 64 per cent penetration in Brazil (130 million users total) and 53 per cent in China (total 733 million users), India has barely 28 per cent penetration. Of the digital reach, almost 80 per cent are from affluent segments in urban areas. How can this change?

Yash Chopra eyes tier II cities

Yash Chopra eyes tier II cities

Rediff.com20 Apr 2007

Filmmaker Yash Chopra, whose Yash Raj Films has just secured a higher share of the revenue from theatres in big cities, has now turned his attention to tier II cities, where he is said to be asking for even more.

Three movies you must watch!

Three movies you must watch!

Rediff.com12 Nov 2019

Indira Kannan picks Made in Bangladesh, Greed, Moothon.

Expert panel for Maharashtra urban security

Expert panel for Maharashtra urban security

Rediff.com26 Jul 2006

The panel will look at beefing security in large cities in the state.

New affordable housing benefits not for urban poor

New affordable housing benefits not for urban poor

Rediff.com2 Jan 2017

Effects of the new schemes launched under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana would be felt more in tier-II and tier-III cities, as not many budget or affordable housing projects are in the works in metropolitan cities.

2018's TOP 15 Indian films

2018's TOP 15 Indian films

Rediff.com28 Dec 2018

Aseem Chhabra looks at the year's best Non-Hindi Indian movies.

GramIT: Taking BPO services to villages

GramIT: Taking BPO services to villages

Rediff.com22 Jan 2007

GramIT brings tech-services jobs to rural areas-and transforms villagers' lives.

Yogi Adityanath drives BJP Hindutva campaign in eastern UP

Yogi Adityanath drives BJP Hindutva campaign in eastern UP

Rediff.com2 Mar 2017

The fifth-term Lok Sabha member is the mascot of the party's Hindutva-wrapped agenda of development as the BJP makes a final push in its bid to capture power in the state

Punjab small towns in IT hug

Punjab small towns in IT hug

Rediff.com10 Mar 2006

'For every house built, three to five jobs are created'

'For every house built, three to five jobs are created'

Rediff.com3 Mar 2018

In an email interview with Ranju Sarkar, International Finance Corporation's South Asia director Mengistu Alemayehu explains why the firm is bullish on building affordable homes in India.

Pathan's healing touch for J&K via cricket

Pathan's healing touch for J&K via cricket

Rediff.com27 Feb 2019

'Jammu and Kashmir is a huge state, so to get the players together and put them on the right path, it is not easy, but I hope they will reap the benefits in the years to come.'

Bharti plans $1 bn capex this fiscal

Bharti plans $1 bn capex this fiscal

Rediff.com22 Aug 2005

Bharti Tele-Ventures Ltd, which runs GSM mobile services under the Airtel brand name, would invest around $1 billion this financial year for its capital expenditure plans.

Banks to be out of reach for 8 days from March 28

Banks to be out of reach for 8 days from March 28

Rediff.com27 Mar 2015

March 28 is a holiday on account of Ram Navami.

Sugar-free mousse this Christmas

Sugar-free mousse this Christmas

Rediff.com22 Dec 2005

Is India's Most Wanted about terrorist Yasin Bhatkal?

Is India's Most Wanted about terrorist Yasin Bhatkal?

Rediff.com22 May 2019

'People must watch the film to see what is it about.' 'This incident has impacted the families of hundreds of people, whose lives were lost in bomb blasts.'

The man who changed Indian cricket forever

The man who changed Indian cricket forever

Rediff.com24 Jul 2019

'A man who is sometimes loved and loathed in equal measure, a man we're seemingly tired of seeing yet can't imagine life without.' Dhruv Munjal salutes the incomparable M S Dhoni.

Our government transformed Padma award selection process: PM

Our government transformed Padma award selection process: PM

Rediff.com28 Jan 2018

People were being honoured without a recommendation, he stressed in his monthly radio programme.

Marathon Grand Slam planned

Marathon Grand Slam planned

Rediff.com18 Apr 2005

BSNL to launch video conferencing services

BSNL to launch video conferencing services

Rediff.com12 Jul 2005

State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd will start offering video conferencing services in next few weeks.

Why the 'pro-Hindi' lobby in Tamil Nadu has got it wrong

Why the 'pro-Hindi' lobby in Tamil Nadu has got it wrong

Rediff.com5 Jun 2019

Flowing from an inadequate understanding of Tamil history and politics is an urban elitist mindset that does not seem to be able to touch and feel the real angst of the larger Tamil-speaking masses, cutting across the social and economic status of the individual, says N Sathiya Moorthy.

More power cuts irk Vidarbha

More power cuts irk Vidarbha

Rediff.com23 Apr 2005

The Maoist threat in Wayanad

The Maoist threat in Wayanad

Rediff.com18 Apr 2019

The NDA candidate tells the Election Commission that the Maoists plan to kidnap him.

When will this hatred end?

When will this hatred end?

Rediff.com25 Mar 2019

Junaid was my son. He was son and brother also to the people on the train compartment of his last journey. He was son or brother also of those at the railway station where he breathed his last breath. This moving excerpt from Harsh Mander's Partitions Of The Heart: Unmaking The Idea Of India reveals why we must immediately end the hatred surging across north India before it consumes us all.

Page 3 sequel likely

Page 3 sequel likely

Rediff.com30 Nov 2005

Madhur Bhandarkar talks about the film at IFFI.

Smaller cities on spending spree too

Smaller cities on spending spree too

Rediff.com25 Feb 2004

'The rainbow has risen from the ashes!'

'The rainbow has risen from the ashes!'

Rediff.com6 Sep 2019

What's it like for two people of the same sex to be in love Mumbai? Anita Aikara/Rediff.com finds out.

Ad agencies jump onto the Make In India bandwagon

Ad agencies jump onto the Make In India bandwagon

Rediff.com16 Feb 2016

Rediffusion took the industrial elements of the lion mascot to create a laman diya or lamp.

Kenyan doping laws: Stiff jail terms to heavy fines for offenders

Kenyan doping laws: Stiff jail terms to heavy fines for offenders

Rediff.com13 Feb 2016

Kenyans convicted of doping offences will face at least three years in prison and heavy fines under a draft law to be submitted to parliament, the chairman of a government-backed anti-doping task force.

New civil aviation policy likely to ground 5/20 rule

New civil aviation policy likely to ground 5/20 rule

Rediff.com6 Apr 2016

The ministry is considering as many as 15 options to replace the controversial rule.