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Musheer steals the show in Duleep Trophy debut

Musheer steals the show in Duleep Trophy debut

Rediff.com5 Sep 2024

Musheer Khan, younger brother of Sarfaraz Khan (9), saved his side from a total collapse with an innings of rare maturity that belied his 19 tender years.

2024's Biggest Hindi Flops So Far

2024's Biggest Hindi Flops So Far

Rediff.com5 Jul 2024

Films that turned out to be box office disappointments.

BJP Tops Google Ads Spend In 2023, Guess Who's 2nd?

BJP Tops Google Ads Spend In 2023, Guess Who's 2nd?

Rediff.com17 Jan 2024

Surprisingly, the BJP's nearest rival in ad spend was not the Congress, but the Bharat Rashtra Samithi.

Which Couple Won The Style Race?

Which Couple Won The Style Race?

Rediff.com9 May 2023

Bolly duos gave new meaning to couple fashion at HT India's Most Stylish Awards 2023.

Guess Who This Stylish TT Player Is!

Guess Who This Stylish TT Player Is!

Rediff.com1 Jun 2023

Manika Batra has absolutely got the fashion memo right.

Dress Like Aahana, Genelia For New Year's Eve

Dress Like Aahana, Genelia For New Year's Eve

Rediff.com26 Dec 2022

Tips for being on your game at NYE.

5 Times Sobhita Aced Casual Wear

5 Times Sobhita Aced Casual Wear

Rediff.com30 Sep 2022

The PS-1 actress has one off-duty style rule: Stay comfy.

What Is Your 2024 Game Plan, Modiji?

What Is Your 2024 Game Plan, Modiji?

Rediff.com4 Dec 2023

By keeping the Sanatana Dharma row alive and adding the Ayodhya temple consecration scheduled for January 22 and adding the free darshan promise from four polled states to the entire country, the BJP may have a self-fulfilling concoction, predicts N Sathiya Moorthy.

Shruti's Birthday Wish

Shruti's Birthday Wish

Rediff.com30 Jan 2023

How Aditi gets her perfect look... Gul has 'raccoon eyes!'... Boman celebrates his wife...

The Last Double Decker Bus Ride

The Last Double Decker Bus Ride

Rediff.com15 Sep 2023

Mumbai bids adieu to its iconic red double-decker buses.

Know zilch about Beatles? No entry into UK

Know zilch about Beatles? No entry into UK

Rediff.com22 Aug 2003

A group of six Brazilians were sent back from the Heathrow Airport by immigration officials when they 'failed a quiz' about the Fab Four.

A new fintech world is upon us amid funding drought, lower valuations

A new fintech world is upon us amid funding drought, lower valuations

Rediff.com29 May 2023

In January, Visa's chief executive officer, Al Kelly, said during an earnings call that "there's been a burst of the balloon in valuations in the fintech world". Noting that the trend of lower valuations "is a helpful characteristic of the current environment", he added: "We will look for capabilities and management teams that will bring more value to Visa than we can bring ourselves." Data from KPMG's Pulse of Fintech H2'22 shows that global fintech investment - via mergers and acquisitions (M&As), private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) firms - at $164.1 billion in 2022, was down 31 per cent over the year before. Indian fintechs held up better during this timeframe, attracting $6 billion, or a fall of 24 per cent.

How Social Media Turned Porn Biz Upside Down

How Social Media Turned Porn Biz Upside Down

Rediff.com27 Aug 2022

Social media allowed them to connect even more directly with potential clients, and gave them multiple new marketing and outreach channels, explains Devangshu Datta.

Transferred...with a twist

Transferred...with a twist

Rediff.com31 Jul 2015

The summer transfer season in Europe has witnessed many a high-profile move, and a surprise or two. Rediff.com takes a look at a few such tales that ended not as expected.

Swann scalps 6 as England win by an innings

Swann scalps 6 as England win by an innings

Rediff.com22 Aug 2011

Chasing 291 just to make England bat again, India were dismissed for 283 in their second innings, and lost the fourth Test by an innings an eight runs.

'With what face will the BJP seek votes in Tamil Nadu?'

'With what face will the BJP seek votes in Tamil Nadu?'

Rediff.com31 Dec 2020

'They have been imposing Hindi on Tamil Nadu,' says DMK spokesperson Saravanan Annadurai.

Rama Rama is one lousy film

Rama Rama is one lousy film

Rediff.com1 Feb 2008

Rama Rama Kya Hai Drama gives us a shameful version of marital dilemmas with zilch support from the story department. All we get is some bad marital advice from Rajpal Yadav.

The secret to becoming RICH

The secret to becoming RICH

Rediff.com12 Dec 2006

The money that you save in the first few years of your professional life contributes the maximum to your overall wealth.

How to start saving

How to start saving

Rediff.com13 Jun 2005

Are we over-celebrating 'work from home'?

Are we over-celebrating 'work from home'?

Rediff.com24 Jun 2020

Microsoft top boss Satya Nadella feels the increase in productivity has come at the price of burning the 'social capital' built up by companies over very many years, observes ad guru Sandeep Goyal.

BJP spreading virus of communal hatred: Sonia

BJP spreading virus of communal hatred: Sonia

Rediff.com23 Apr 2020

Addressing a meeting of the Congress Working Committee, Gandhi said it should worry every Indian and her party will have to work hard to repair this damage.

Luka Chuppi Review: Formula film-making at its lamest

Luka Chuppi Review: Formula film-making at its lamest

Rediff.com1 Mar 2019

Luka Chuppi is as much about live-in as Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge was about pigeons.

'Piyush Goyal must resign on moral grounds'

'Piyush Goyal must resign on moral grounds'

Rediff.com19 Oct 2018

'Piyush Goyal is the chief and it is always the chief who is considered to be responsible.'

Om Puri: Rag-picker who became a legend

Om Puri: Rag-picker who became a legend

Rediff.com6 Jan 2017

'I belonged to the working class, not the middle class.' 'I was a rag-picker. I used to pick up coal from the railway tracks.' 'I was rejected from the FTII, as I was very unkempt and skinny.' 'I did not look like a hero, villain or comedian.' 'But Girish Karnad and Jairaj said I should be taken based on merit, not looks.'

Time for India to talk directly to Pakistan army

Time for India to talk directly to Pakistan army

Rediff.com11 Apr 2017

'The Modi government will be wasting its time talking to Nawaz Sharif.' 'It would be better if it were to open a direct channel with the Pakistan army,' says Rajeev Sharma.

The reasons for Pakistan's arrogance

The reasons for Pakistan's arrogance

Rediff.com30 Apr 2016

'A key Indian diplomat who participated in the April 26 foreign secretary talks told me that the Pakistani side was determined not to yield an inch on key Indian demands,' says Rajeev Sharma.

Hyderabad will be a part of Telangana after 10 years: Digvijay

Hyderabad will be a part of Telangana after 10 years: Digvijay

Rediff.com4 Aug 2013

Hyderabad, which would be the joint capital of Telangana and the Andhra region for 10 years, could be modelled after Delhi where law and order is handled by the Centre, Congress leader Digvijay Singh has said.

Scam or no scam... Why the BJP will never send Sonia to jail

Scam or no scam... Why the BJP will never send Sonia to jail

Rediff.com27 Apr 2016

'Narendra Modi knows that the Congress without the Gandhis is a more formidable and more dangerous adversary.'

Review: Rocky Handsome has limp, spiritless action!

Review: Rocky Handsome has limp, spiritless action!

Rediff.com24 Mar 2016

It takes concrete storytelling not style to camouflage John Abraham's limitations. He bears the physicality of a man who could take on a dozen but his blank, pained surface cannot offer threat or evoke sympathy, writes Sukanya Verma.

Why China's NSG decision is good news for India

Why China's NSG decision is good news for India

Rediff.com16 May 2016

'With this it is clear who stands with India in the international community and who doesn't and this enables India to take counter measures without being seen as overly pro-US,'says Rajeev Sharma.

STUMPED! What do Masaan, Jaanisaar, Drishyam mean?

STUMPED! What do Masaan, Jaanisaar, Drishyam mean?

Rediff.com22 Jul 2015

What these movie titles mean!

Time for India to play tough with Nepal

Time for India to play tough with Nepal

Rediff.com23 Mar 2016

India should put a check on its cheque book diplomacy with Nepal. Nepal must be made to bear the costs of its strategic provocations.

Bollywood's HIGHS and LOWS of 2017 so far

Bollywood's HIGHS and LOWS of 2017 so far

Rediff.com30 Jun 2017

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly at the movies!

Bonds lose steam on fears of hawkish RBI

Bonds lose steam on fears of hawkish RBI

Rediff.com23 Aug 2016

Between Friday's and Monday's close: Yields on 10-year bonds up 6 basis points, rupee slides 13 paise against dollar, Sensex ends flat

Trump sent Pakistan a message in Riyadh

Trump sent Pakistan a message in Riyadh

Rediff.com23 May 2017

'The Trump administration is on the same page as India that Pakistan is not the solution, but the problem itself,' says Rajeev Sharma.

Pakistan SIT in Pathankot: A game of chess

Pakistan SIT in Pathankot: A game of chess

Rediff.com16 Jan 2016

'In this Spy versus Soldier game,' says Rajeev Sharma, 'the two sides will size up each other like never before.'

Modern or shockingly regressive? The 2 States of mind

Modern or shockingly regressive? The 2 States of mind

Rediff.com21 Apr 2014

2 States, for all its modern touches, is a very regressive film, deeply rooted in old fashioned values that surely make no sense in the India of 2014.

Dee MC: The badass rapper girl

Dee MC: The badass rapper girl

Rediff.com1 Mar 2019

'I want to use my music to reach out to the youth, to inspire them to create history.' 'To share knowledge, to tell them the importance of voting, girl child education, menstrual hygiene.'