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WB Panchayat Polls: Dry Run For TMC, BJP

'For the politics of patronage in West Bengal, it has always been important to have territorial control.' IMAGE: Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.......

Apollo redux: Breathtaking images from NASA's moon mission archives

Thousands of photos taken by Apollo astronauts on moon missions are now online. They can be accessed HERE. More than 8400 photos taken by astronauts on their missions to the moon have been uploaded......

Bird flu redux: Culling from today

The authorities in Maharashtra's Jalgaon will start the culling of over 70,000 birds from Wednesday following fresh cases of bird flu being found in the district, a senior official said.......

Ryan redux: Class 7 girl attacks 6-yr-old in school toilet

The principal of a school, where a Class 1 boy was allegedly attacked with a sharp-edged weapon by a girl, was on Thursday arrested even as officials said the suspect wanted a holiday in the event......

Badaun redux: 2 minor cousins kidnapped, gang-raped by 5

Two minor girls, both cousins, were allegedly kidnapped and gang-raped at gun point by five persons in Jareef Nagar area in Badaun, almost a year after a similar incident in the district had......

DCM redux

Among the watershed events in India's corporate history was Swraj Paul's daring double-raid on DCM and Escorts, in 1983. The London-based Mr Paul calculated that if he managed to buy a level of......

Covid redux: India Inc switches back to SOS mode from wait-and-watch

The rising Covid-19 caseload has prompted companies to switch from a hybrid work model and return to remote work and essential travel once again. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com With the......

Mandal Redux

Memories of the turmoil that followed the Mandal Commission were revived when the honorable minister for human resource development suggested that 49.5 per cent of the total seats in IITs, IIMs and......

Uber, Baazee.com redux?

The Information Technology Act needs another tweak to allow a different kind of information intermediary to flourish, says Ajit Balakrishnan. This is the story so far: on a recent day in December,......

Morgan Stanley: 'We are overweight on Indian equities'

In a bull-case scenario it sees the Sensex at 61,000 levels, while it's bear case scenario pegs the Sensex at 41,000 levels by December 2021. Indian equities are likely to outperform their......

Tere Ishk Mein Review: Raanjhanaa Redux

Tere Ishk Mein is a disservice to brilliant actors like Dhanush and Kriti Sanon, who have poured their heart and soul into their performances in a story that fails to honour its characters, notes......

Gram Chikitsalay Review: Panchayat Redux

Gram Chikitsalay uses the same template as Panchayat but with a fraction of its humour or charm, observes Deepa Gahlot. A clueless young man from the city lands up in a village to take up a new......

Operation Valentine Review: Top Gun Redux

Operation Valentine follows the templates of similar air force narratives to deliver some rousing, harmless fun time, notes Arjun Menon. Operation Valentine is the latest in a long line-up of......

Meera Redux: Hema, 75, Is Mirabai Again!

Forty four years ago, in 1979, Gulzar filmed Meera, based on Mirabai, the Rajasthan royal who composed many devotional songs in Lord Krishna's honour. Hema Malini played Mirabai in Meera and on......

Charlie Chopra and the Mystery of Solang Valley Review: Agatha Christie Redux

Charlie Chopra and the Mystery of Solang Valley is fun in parts, discovers Deepa Gahlot. There have been unofficial Hindi film adaptations of Agatha Christie's novels, like Gumnaam and Dhund, but......

'Only criteria to be in that dressing room is performance'

While Gambhir didn't spell out the playing eleven, there were enough indications that India might bring back Shubman Gill at number three. IMAGE: Virat Kohli bats in the nets on Thursday,......

Novak Djokovic: 2011 Redux!

There are striking similarities in Novak Djokovic's performances in 2011 and the ongoing season. Sunday's four-set verdict over Roger Federer was the 28-year-old Serbs's 200th singles......