On his latest trip to the US, Kishore Singh could not help but relate to the worries about coming times, and think what President Donald Trump's America needs is an Indian export -- the "commoner" and street rabble-rouser, Arvind Kejriwal.
The city is becoming more democratic as the past embraces the future says Rahul Jacob.
Gurmukh Singh, a 46-year-old taxi driver from Punjab who sneaked into the US without a visa through the border with Mexico in 1998, was taken into custody on Monday after failing to get a stay in his deportation case, amid a clampdown by the Trump administration against undocumented immigrants.
Maharashtra CM said a high-level committee will probe the circumstances under which the 40-year-old overbridge collapsed.
The extradition hearing of Indian-origin businessman Shrien Dewani, accused of plotting the murder of his Indo-Swedish wife during their honeymoon in South Africa, opened at court in London on Monday.
The Association, which claims to represent around 125,000 app-based taxis in the the Delhi-NCR, demands that fares be increased from existing Rs 6 per km to around Rs 20 per km.
Rediff readers share their experience of autos and taxis in India.
The cultivators who take pride in feeding the world have no time to cook for themselves during the harvest season, and that is why they rely on the 2-minute noodles, finds out laxmi Negi/Rediff.com.
'I am a Hindu and I love Hindu religion. Hindu religion gives high status and respect to women.' 'And if there are some reforms in Hindu religion, then there is nothing wrong in it.' 'I am not trying to hurt Hindu sentiments.'
Amid an outcry over the death of a 16-year-old girl who was gang-raped twice and had set herself ablaze, the West Bengal government on Thursday condemned politics over her body and claimed that it had fully cooperated with the bereaved family.
Somebody should ask Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump their views on tipping, says Kishore Singh.
In a week from now, December 21, voters in R K Nagar in Chennai will decide who their MLA will be.
Here's looking at Om Puri's career graph, through these pictures from his films.
The company is a facilitator of taxis (therefore an intermediary) and is best governed under the IT Act said Neeraj Singhal, Uber's head of expansion in India.
'Make every trip feel like an escape' says the Uber website. Ironically, it remains to be seen how the company can get away from this controversy.
Ajit Balakrishnan on how the Web could return to its original egalitarian goals.
The anti-terror probe agency's chief Sharad Kumar said help of Pakistan will be sought in solving the Pathankot terror attack case.
JD(S) will help them build a competing app, which, will work on a cooperative model, where drivers will own the app and will decide prices which the customers will have to pay
A keen understanding of the way our brain functions is essential to building sustainable routines and habits that set us up for success, says Jay Kumar Hariharan.
Ironically, amid these struggles, interest in these taxi services has grown, as concerns over women's safety have escalated.
Cops believe he is part of a network and announced a reward of 1 million baht (Rs 18 lakh) for information leading to his arrest.
Relief writ large on their faces, 44 Indian nurses working in strife-torn Libya arrived in Kochi on Tuesday morning from Dubai even as four others are bound for different destinations in the country.
If only making it official was as easy as falling in love, says Sukanya Verma.
Here's a glimpse of all that happened around the world last week, in 14 images.
A young Mumbai artist brings the city alive.
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The film may have worked better as a documentary.
Britain's Lewis Hamilton won the Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix on Sunday after a thrilling duel with Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg.
We celebrate Bhattsaab and his greatest gems.
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The apex court also stayed the trial court proceedings.
Activists associated with women's movements from different parts of India on Wednesday wrote an open letter to social activist Anna Hazare expressing their disappointment over the Gandhian campaigning for the Trinamool Congress Party in the upcoming Loksabha elections.
'If somebody in your family listens more to your neighbour than you, then doesn't the fault lie with you also? This is what is happening in Kashmir.'
As economic policy making moves from pragmatism to populism, the bulls begin to make way for cautious optimists.
Given the Indian electoral system, the racecourse totaliser (tote) would be a near-ideal model for election betting.
Eyewitnesses reported hearing a loud "bang" from inside the venue.
Teams of students and coders demonstrated in 24 hours diverse programmes impacting health and livelihood issues with use of a personal identity number.
The year 2014 easily earns for itself the title of annus horribilis, says Malavika Sangghvi
Uber is battling serious backlash from the establishment in several countries.
International cab-booking service Uber was banned on Monday in the national capital, a day after one of its drivers was arrested for allegedly raping a 27-year-old woman executive amid growing outrage over the incident which renewed focus on safety measures for women.
Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com attended the Congress president's rally in Mumbai on Friday, and explains why people who came with high hopes left disappointed.
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