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Women-led water revolution turns dacoits into farmers in Rajasthan

Until about 15 years ago, Sampatti Devi and many women like her in Rajasthan's Karauli district lived in constant fear, dreading the day their husbands might not return home. Image used only for......

'Nothing Wrong If We Rewrite The Constitution'

'The time has come to have a relook at the Constitution as every document has a shelf life.' IMAGE: The Constitution of India. Photograph: Kind courtesy Geospatial World/Wikimedia Commons Tamil......

Pune bus rape: Search for accused intensified; encounter squad revival urged

The police on Thursday announced a reward of Rs 1 lakh for information about the history-sheeter who allegedly raped a 26-year-old woman inside a bus at Pune's Swargate bus station and deployed......

Why The South Is Worried About Delimitation

'Peninsular Indians could ask 'Why should we contribute half of India's tax revenues if we account for only a quarter of the seats in the Lok Sabha?'.' 'The rest of the country seems likely to......

Oh, To Buy A Home In Srinagar...!

Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com tried to buy a house on his recent visit to Srinagar. This is what he discovered. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Indians are rejoicing that Article......

Ambani says Jio was biggest risk of his life

Billionaire industrialist Mukesh Ambani described his 2016 return to the telecom industry with Reliance Jio as the "biggest risk" of his life, saying that even if analysts' predictions of financial......

RBI cuts repo rate to boost growth, home loan borrowers get relief

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut interest rates by more than expected 50 basis points on Friday, a third consecutive reduction, and unexpectedly reduced the cash reserve ratio for banks to......

Trump's Reciprocal Tariffs Bite Into Apple's India Growth Plans

Apple's ambitious strategy to expand iPhone exports, shift more production from China to India at a faster pace, and grow its domestic market hits a Trump-sized roadblock. Photograph: Kind......

Life insurers turn to policies with high value

Life insurers shifted their focus to selling high-value policies in October as the transition to new surrender value norms, effective October 1, limited their ability to roll out all products in......

What Adani Group CFO said about the bribery charges

None of Adani group portfolio companies, comprising 11 listed firms, have been accused of any wrongdoing, conglomerate's CFO Jugeshinder Robbie Singh said on founder and chairman Gautam Adani's......

Drowning In A Sea Of Entertainment

'There is simply too much to watch, read and absorb.''Just online consumption (news, entertainment, social media) in India was 2.5 hours a day in November 2024.''Add TV (just under 4 hours), other......

When Hrithik Couldn't Sleep At Night

Rediff.com's Ronjita Kulkarni, Hitesh Harisinghani and Afsar Dayatar bring back beautiful stories from The Roshans launch. IMAGE: Hrithik Roshan arrives for The Roshans launch. Photograph: Hitesh......

10 OTT Shows That Make Us Nostalgic

Scoop reminded viewers of a time in the not-so-recent-past when Mumbai was in the grip of the underworld. The new Web series Guns And Gulaabs is set in the opium town of Gulaabganj sometime in the......

Shah Rukh Joins Bollywood's BALD and BEAUTIFUL

Hair is elemental in a Bollywood movie star's beauty. From songs dedicated to reshmi zulfein to entry scenes full of dreamily flying silky tresses, the fixation is loud and clear. In such a limited......

Rise Of Pan-Indian Films Is A Good Omen

It means more tickets sold and therefore more revenues and hastens the recovery of the devastated-by-the-pandemic film business. S S Rajamouli's RRR, above, has hit over Rs 1,000 crore (Rs 10......

Former India spinner Dilip Doshi dead

IMAGE: Dilip Doshi played 33 Test matches and 15 ODIs for India. Photograph: BCCI/X Former Indian Test Cricketer Dilip Doshi died after suffering a cardiac arrest in London, on Monday. He was 77.......

Why Stokes has quit alcohol

IMAGE: Ben Stokes has been sober since January 2, 2025. Photograph: BCCI England's Test captain Ben Stokes has quit drinking alcohol during his ongoing hamstring injury rehabilitation in an......

IPL PIX: RCB thrash Punjab Kings to storm into final

Images from the IPL 2025 Qualifier 1 between Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Chandigarh on Thursday. SCORECARD IMAGE: Royal Challengers Bengaluru's players celebrate after Josh......

DK: IPL's Unsung Thala!

Dinesh Karthik may have spent his career in M S Dhoni's shadow but his contributions to Indian cricket, especially in the IPL, deserve a legacy all his own, asserts Sudhir Bisht. IMAGE: Chennai......

'If there's one team that can beat India, it's New Zealand'

Ravi Shastri picks four players from the New Zealand squad who could make a difference in Sunday's high-stakes Champions Trophy final against India in Dubai. IMAGE: Rachin Ravindra and......