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Bengaluru Faces Urban Breakdown

Bengaluru Faces Urban Breakdown

Rediff.com22 Oct 2025

Bengaluru is at a critical juncture, where its economic model, reliant on attracting and retaining skilled professionals, is directly threatened by a measurable decline in urban quality of life, point out Shishir Gupta and Rishita Sachdeva.

Why Is Maharashtra An Underperformer?

Why Is Maharashtra An Underperformer?

Rediff.com23 Nov 2024

'Why has Maharashtra slipped up over the past couple of decades?' 'Not only is this question critical for residents of the state, but given that it accounts for 14% of India's GDP, a faster-growing Maharashtra implies a faster-growing India as well, point out Shishir Gupta and Rishita Sachdeva.

Nayab Singh Saini's Haryana Challenges

Nayab Singh Saini's Haryana Challenges

Rediff.com17 Oct 2024

Haryana has done well in terms of economic growth over the last couple of decades. For it to continue to lead the growth ladder, the new government has to work hard on multiple dimensions, recommend Shishir Gupta and Rishita Sachdeva.

J-K attack: Architect's wife waited for his call to end her fast

J-K attack: Architect's wife waited for his call to end her fast

Rediff.com21 Oct 2024

No one told them what had happened until late at night. And then too, it came through the media, the family said.

'Pegasus may have spied on over 40 Indian journalists'

'Pegasus may have spied on over 40 Indian journalists'

Rediff.com18 Jul 2021

'The phone numbers of over 40 Indian journalists appear on a leaked list of potential targets for surveillance, and forensic tests have confirmed that some of them were successfully snooped upon by an unidentified agency using Pegasus spyware,' report Anuj Srivas and Kabir Agarwal in The Wire.

'With China, India should be prepared for the worst'

'With China, India should be prepared for the worst'

Rediff.com7 Mar 2014

Sanjay Gupta, author of The Himalayan Face-off: Chinese Assertion and the Indian Riposte and deputy executive editor with the Hindustan Times, talks to Rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa on Chinese incursions, Beijing's worrying defence budget, the curiosity generated over ties with our neighbours and more.

'If we start giving colours to terror, our battle is lost'

'If we start giving colours to terror, our battle is lost'

Rediff.com5 Aug 2011

Author and journalist Shishir Gupta addresses questions about the terror threat facing India, the Jihadi network and the Indian Mujahideen

'The Indian Mujahideen is very much alive'

'The Indian Mujahideen is very much alive'

Rediff.com14 Jul 2011

An exclusive interview with Shishir Gupta, author of Indian Mujahideen - Tracking the Enemy Within.

Right-wing terror radicalising youth like IM: PC

Right-wing terror radicalising youth like IM: PC

Rediff.com4 Aug 2011

Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday said that post 26/11 attacks, there have been just two terror strikes in India -- Pune and Mumbai.

Is Muzzafarnagar a breeding ground for terrorists? Not yet, says IB

Is Muzzafarnagar a breeding ground for terrorists? Not yet, says IB

Rediff.com8 Jan 2014

Leaders of terror groups thrive on communal disturbances to foster anger and resentment against the majority community among brainwashed youth of the affected community, insiders in security agencies tell Vicky Nanjappa

Smart homes are now within your budget

Smart homes are now within your budget

Rediff.com11 May 2018

Whether you have a two bedroom or a three bedroom house, you can convert it into a smart home starting at Rs 60,000 to Rs 70,000.