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UK elections: What happens to Brexit now?

UK elections: What happens to Brexit now?

Rediff.com9 Jun 2017

While Britain grapples with a hung parliament, EU has warned, 'We don't know when Brexit talks start. We know when they must end.'

'Reservation will outlive 2019, 2024 polls...'

'Reservation will outlive 2019, 2024 polls...'

Rediff.com12 Mar 2019

'If you solve it in one day, it will go after a day.' 'If it is there for 100 years or 1,000 years, reservation has to continue.'

She's taking the fight to the tobacco companies

She's taking the fight to the tobacco companies

Rediff.com17 Aug 2017

'Imagine the message it sends to people. They will think tobacco cannot be a killer because LIC is investing in it.' 'The so-called rakshak (protector) has become a bhakshak (destroyer).'

How the Sarkar works in Maoist areas

How the Sarkar works in Maoist areas

Rediff.com22 May 2017

'I am here to look after people's needs.' 'I am not bothered about who is a Maoist or who is not.'

Trailer Watch: Bajirao Mastani makes its actors look WOW

Trailer Watch: Bajirao Mastani makes its actors look WOW

Rediff.com16 Jul 2015

Bajirao Mastani is a big winter release worth looking forward to, says Raja Sen.

Tubelight Review: Salman tries to be cute, too hard

Tubelight Review: Salman tries to be cute, too hard

Rediff.com23 Jun 2017

Alas, not enough to be dazzled by the boring, bogus naivet of Tubelight, Sukanya Verma.

Review: Iyobinte Pusthakam is technically brilliant

Review: Iyobinte Pusthakam is technically brilliant

Rediff.com10 Nov 2014

Iyobinte Pusthakam is a visual extravaganza where director Amal Neerad's technical skills and the brilliance of the ensemble cast win the day.

'We are in India because of compulsions, not out of choice'

'We are in India because of compulsions, not out of choice'

Rediff.com21 Aug 2017

Rohingyas settled in Jammu tells how they are facing a battle for survival

'You cannot say everybody connected with modern medicine is a doctor'

'You cannot say everybody connected with modern medicine is a doctor'

Rediff.com1 Aug 2019

'We are warning that if you get these 3.5 lakh additional non-medical people with licence, our infant mortality rate and maternal mortality rate will deteriorate'.

Aus Open: Baseline battle in sight as Djokovic favourite to trump Murray

Aus Open: Baseline battle in sight as Djokovic favourite to trump Murray

Rediff.com30 Jan 2016

Novak Djokovic is expecting a fierce battle with an old friend and familiar protagonist when he makes a bid for history in the Australian Open final against Andy Murray on Sunday.

Mahua Moitra and the Goebbelsian onslaught on Modi

Mahua Moitra and the Goebbelsian onslaught on Modi

Rediff.com10 Jul 2019

'It disappoints and saddens me no end that Mahua has allowed herself to be carried away by the Goebbelsian onslaught mounted on the BJP and Narendra Modi by certain vested interests which find themselves exposed and thrown out of the gravy train,' says B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant.

When Kishore Kumar was accompanied by an invisible boy!

When Kishore Kumar was accompanied by an invisible boy!

Rediff.com1 Aug 2019

We present an excerpt from Kishore Kumar: Method In Madness by Derek Bose.

Review: Zachariayude Garbhinikal is worth a watch

Review: Zachariayude Garbhinikal is worth a watch

Rediff.com30 Sep 2013

The Malyalam film is complicated in parts and oversimplifies matters in others, but is worth seeing

Let soldiers be soldiers, General Rawat

Let soldiers be soldiers, General Rawat

Rediff.com18 Nov 2017

'When the government says the army will make a bridge, what does it mean?' 'If this is not stopped here, then there is no telling where and for what all the army will be employed or deployed in the future,' says Veenu Sandhu

'The virus can't survive infinitely'

'The virus can't survive infinitely'

Rediff.com19 Jun 2020

'When the virus, in a way, tires itself out, because it is not finding any more people to attack or keep itself viable, that is when the peak actually has been reached and you are on the downward limb (of the curve).'

Meet Sachin Tendulkar's English mother-in-law

Meet Sachin Tendulkar's English mother-in-law

Rediff.com8 Jan 2020

Annabel Mehta, Sachin Tendulkar's mother-in-law, has dedicated her life to working with the Beautiful People of the other half of Mumbai without whom the city would neither exist nor thrive. Vaihayasi Pande Daniel met the amazing lady who was awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire for her service to underprivileged communities.

Why the NRC is cruel

Why the NRC is cruel

Rediff.com7 Aug 2018

'I do not think that we are showing Hindu humanity and humaneness in the process of the National Register of Citizens.'

Why it is time to scrap NREGA

Why it is time to scrap NREGA

Rediff.com17 Oct 2014

'How many people have been skilled up and thus able to escape from needing to be in NREGA? The true success of NREGA would lie in its irrelevance -- that is, people no longer need it as a crutch.' 'NREGA should enable them to climb out of poverty and stand on their feet.' 'But this is expressly forbidden by NREGA rules. Skill development, which is what India needs more than anything else, appears to be outside the purview of NREGA,' points out Rajeev Srinivasan.

She wants to change the way women work in India

She wants to change the way women work in India

Rediff.com10 Oct 2014

Sridevi Raghavan, co-founder and CEO of Amelio, a childcare centre that has huge expansion plans, says she wants every working mother in India to have a successful career along with a happy family life.

Ashes: England collapse puts Australia in sight of victory

Ashes: England collapse puts Australia in sight of victory

Rediff.com22 Aug 2015

England crumbled meekly to 107 for eight in reply to Australia's 481 to put the touring side firmly on course for victory in the final Ashes Test after a dramatic second day at The Oval on Friday.

Review: Manjhi The Mountain Man is watchable for Nawaz. And Nawaz alone.

Review: Manjhi The Mountain Man is watchable for Nawaz. And Nawaz alone.

Rediff.com21 Aug 2015

Manjhi The Mountain Man carries much promise but it is flimsily executed, feels Sukanya Verma.

1% Indians own 73% of its wealth

1% Indians own 73% of its wealth

Rediff.com22 Jan 2018

The wealth of India's richest 1 per cent increased by over Rs 20.9 lakh crore during 2017.

Ryan murder: State okays CBI probe; takes over school management

Ryan murder: State okays CBI probe; takes over school management

Rediff.com16 Sep 2017

CM Manohar Lal Khattar made the announcement after meeting the family members of Pradyuman.

Kejriwal to head 7-member cabinet, Sisodia will be deputy CM

Kejriwal to head 7-member cabinet, Sisodia will be deputy CM

Rediff.com12 Feb 2015

Manish Sisodia is set to be Deputy CM, while four new faces are likely to join the AAP cabinet.

Nirmala Sitharaman gets defence, Piyush Goyal gets railways

Nirmala Sitharaman gets defence, Piyush Goyal gets railways

Rediff.com3 Sep 2017

In the third reshuffle since coming to power, Prime Minister Modi raised the strength of his Council of Ministers from 73 to 76.

'What's Modi's stand on Pak? Let him spell things out'

'What's Modi's stand on Pak? Let him spell things out'

Rediff.com11 Nov 2013

Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan makes a gallant attempt to deflect accusations against the United Progressive Alliance's record in his freewheeling conversation with Business Standard's Aditi Phadnis over lunch.

Couples, brother-sister: Meet CRPF's anti-Naxal 'Bastariya' battalion

Couples, brother-sister: Meet CRPF's anti-Naxal 'Bastariya' battalion

Rediff.com22 May 2018

The new battalion, numbered 241, was named Bastariya because it included recruits from Bijapur, Dantewada, Narayanpur, and Sukma districts.

Modi govt set to script a new chapter in India's growth story

Modi govt set to script a new chapter in India's growth story

Rediff.com27 May 2016

The passage of the Bankruptcy Code could set the stage for other important legislation that may see India undergo more economic change than all governments combined since the reforms implemented by P V Narasimha Rao in 1991-93, says Ben Merton.

Reluctant Tsipras fights to pass reforms in Greek parliament

Reluctant Tsipras fights to pass reforms in Greek parliament

Rediff.com15 Jul 2015

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras battled to win lawmakers' approval on Wednesday for a bailout deal to keep Greece in the euro and avoid bankruptcy, as the IMF pressured Greece's creditors to provide massive debt relief for its crippled economy.

'The need to look outward is common to both India and China'

'The need to look outward is common to both India and China'

Rediff.com1 Sep 2014

No Indian auto brand (including Tata or Mahindra) is well-known globally.

Asia's first woman to drive a diesel train is an Indian

Asia's first woman to drive a diesel train is an Indian

Rediff.com5 Mar 2015

Mumtaz Kazi recounts her life's journey in her own words.

Why we need to go beyond 'letter of the law' in inter-state disputes

Why we need to go beyond 'letter of the law' in inter-state disputes

Rediff.com14 May 2014

The history of the Cauvery and Mullaperiyar cases has shown how helpless the constitutional processes and judicial verdicts have been in enforcing the law of the land in inter-state and state-Centre disputes, says N Sathiya Moorthy.

Coronavirus: Are you anxious, worried? Read this!

Coronavirus: Are you anxious, worried? Read this!

Rediff.com30 Mar 2020

'Restrict the amount of time you spend on social media.' 'We have people who are glued to it from morning to night, which is certainly not what we recommend.' 'And do not take the stuff that you read on WhatsApp as sacrosanct.' 'A lot of it is absolutely nonsense.'

Are you aware of your workplace rights?

Are you aware of your workplace rights?

Rediff.com23 Oct 2018

Did you know that employers have to pay equal remuneration to its male and female employees who are carrying out the same or similar work?

At Rs 72.10 cr Jaitley is richest minister; Modi has assets of Rs 1.26 cr

At Rs 72.10 cr Jaitley is richest minister; Modi has assets of Rs 1.26 cr

Rediff.com7 Oct 2014

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assets worth Rs 1.26 crore while Defence and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley stands out as the richest minister with assets totalling Rs 72.10 crore.

The World Before The Indian Woman

The World Before The Indian Woman

Rediff.com6 Jun 2014

In the documentary The World Before Her, a young girl has to submit to the will of her father for a most gut-wrenching reason: 'He let me live... I am a girl... but he let me live.' Is that reason enough, asks Suparn Verma.

What purpose does Swachh Bharat serve?

What purpose does Swachh Bharat serve?

Rediff.com20 Aug 2016

'Can anyone honestly say with hand on heart that our streets and office buildings, railways and other public spaces are any cleaner?'

Lessons for CEOs: How to retire gracefully

Lessons for CEOs: How to retire gracefully

Rediff.com30 Aug 2017

Most successful and ambitious business leaders feel persuaded that they have no competent successor, says R G Vilakudi.

Acche Din seems to have receded further and further

Acche Din seems to have receded further and further

Rediff.com31 Dec 2015

'Our prime minister has set a scorching pace. He's logged more airline miles than professional airline pilots... On his regular visits to Delhi, he has also signed files galore.' 'How much of this activity has translated into useful action on the ground,' asks Devangshu Datta.

At 97, yoga guru is India's oldest Padma Shri

At 97, yoga guru is India's oldest Padma Shri

Rediff.com7 Feb 2018

The Grand Old Lady of Yoga V Nanammal was the oldest recipient of the Padma Shri on Republic Day this year. Archana Masih met the nearly 100 year old yoga guru who does not wear glasses, has never been to a doctor and can do age defying twists, hauls and bends.