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'I'm not getting married anytime soon'

'I'm not getting married anytime soon'

Rediff.com18 Mar 2019

'A lot of married people are not happy with their partners, so how does a marriage decide happiness? Our family wants us to be happy and successful, and marriage doesn't fit anywhere.'

Janmashtami celebrations with the Kumars!

Janmashtami celebrations with the Kumars!

Rediff.com8 Sep 2015

A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.

Will Rajinikanth align with Modi in Tamil Nadu?

Will Rajinikanth align with Modi in Tamil Nadu?

Rediff.com24 Jun 2019

'The feeling is that Rajinikanth is pro-Modi than anti-Modi.'

Can India be Uber's silver lining?

Can India be Uber's silver lining?

Rediff.com17 Jul 2017

Karan Choudhury asks Uber India president Amit Jain what the company's global problems mean for its India operations.

'Why do we need to be in a mad rush all the time?'

'Why do we need to be in a mad rush all the time?'

Rediff.com4 Aug 2015

In our special series on A Day in the Life of India, Ashok Kumar Mondol, a Kolkata tram driver, speaks about the joys of driving a city institution.

Gurgaon Diaries: The Monsters Are Already Out

Gurgaon Diaries: The Monsters Are Already Out

Rediff.com5 Feb 2018

Life, work and play in Drona's village.

Will the Narada sting operation dent Mamata's popularity?

Will the Narada sting operation dent Mamata's popularity?

Rediff.com24 Mar 2017

Any erosion in the TMC, may benefit the BJP, reports Ishita Ayan Dutt.

Unless she criticises Modi, her food does not get digested: Modi on Mamata

Unless she criticises Modi, her food does not get digested: Modi on Mamata

Rediff.com10 Apr 2014

Taking West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee head on, the Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi accused her of playing vote bank politics and said no real 'parivartan' (change) has taken place in the state during the Trinamool Congress' rule.

HC slams Bengal govt, asks to decide on Shah's yatra by Dec 14

HC slams Bengal govt, asks to decide on Shah's yatra by Dec 14

Rediff.com7 Dec 2018

A division bench of justices Biswanath Somadder and A Mukherjee said the government's silence on the permission is 'astonishing and astounding'.

Jadavpur University VC agrees to step down after Mamata intervenes

Jadavpur University VC agrees to step down after Mamata intervenes

Rediff.com12 Jan 2015

Bringing the curtains down on the four-month-long unrest at Jadavpur University, Vice-Chancellor Abhijit Chakrabarti on Monday agreed to step down from the post following the intervention of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

'I got fed up of acting'

'I got fed up of acting'

Rediff.com11 Sep 2014

The little girl from Kal Ho Naa Ho has grown up!

In Amethi, Shah, Irani slam Rahul; accuse Sonia-led trust of land grab

In Amethi, Shah, Irani slam Rahul; accuse Sonia-led trust of land grab

Rediff.com10 Oct 2017

Shah said, "Rahul baba cannot see development as he sports Italian spectacles."

Best Pictures from the Tour de France - Part 1

Best Pictures from the Tour de France - Part 1

Rediff.com24 Jul 2015

The best action from the Tour de France

What's the deal between Prabhas and Shraddha?

What's the deal between Prabhas and Shraddha?

Rediff.com7 Sep 2017

What is Bollywood up to?

Acid attack worse than rape, says court as it hands death to Preeti Rathi case convict

Acid attack worse than rape, says court as it hands death to Preeti Rathi case convict

Rediff.com8 Sep 2016

Special Judge A S Shende pronounced the death penalty for the convict, after the prosecution said that he did not commit the crime on the spur of the moment but it was a pre-planned attack.

SoftBank gets ready for 3rd Indian innings

SoftBank gets ready for 3rd Indian innings

Rediff.com25 May 2017

With a new $100-billion technology fund, SoftBank is likely to go after market leaders.

Hrithik, Anushka shine in glittering IPL opening ceremony

Hrithik, Anushka shine in glittering IPL opening ceremony

Rediff.com8 Apr 2015

Even as rain continued unabated spectators were glued to their seats hoping the downpour will subside and the evening's proceedings, to be hosted by Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan, will get underway. Finally, it did.

Alibaba close to buying strategic stake in Meru

Alibaba close to buying strategic stake in Meru

Rediff.com3 Apr 2015

Meru Cabs is in talks with Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba.

'The reality of Talvar is haunting'

'The reality of Talvar is haunting'

Rediff.com5 Oct 2015

A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.

'Now, I am reduced to nothing'

'Now, I am reduced to nothing'

Rediff.com9 Apr 2015

'I have tutored my family and myself to fight hunger,' the former agent for the disgraced Saradha chit fund says, his eyes welling up. 96 of the 107 cases referred to the Serious Fraud Investigation Office are based in Bengal!

Sheena Bora Trial: The Mother Who'd Never Been A Mother

Sheena Bora Trial: The Mother Who'd Never Been A Mother

Rediff.com26 Jul 2018

One couldn't help feeling a certain melancholy viewing these now vagrant documents and photographs that would never be rightfully cherished. The pictures spoke to you. They offered slices of extinguished lives. They breathed sadness too, for what could have been and will never be. The sweet promises that Life made and insolently, arrogantly never kept.

'The new singers can't sing good'

'The new singers can't sing good'

Rediff.com11 Jul 2016

'There were no singers like Lata, Kishore, Rafi or Mukesh. And until now, there is nobody. Nobody with that kind of voice, nobody with that kind of brain to learn. Not only to learn, but to improvise. We improvised music, we improvised the songs. Nowadays, they just listen and copy.'

Lara Dutta celebrates daughter's birthday

Lara Dutta celebrates daughter's birthday

Rediff.com21 Jan 2015

A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.

Sheena Bora Trial: Mothers are not always forgiven

Sheena Bora Trial: Mothers are not always forgiven

Rediff.com27 Jul 2018

Ever since Mekhail had first entered the courtroom, he had, it would seem, never once looked at his mother, though they were a few metres away from each other. Curiosity, residual regard, memories, anger, none of it, could make him even look at the woman who gave birth to him. Was his hatred so overpowering?

Sheena Bora Trial: Who wants to kill Indrani?

Sheena Bora Trial: Who wants to kill Indrani?

Rediff.com24 Apr 2018

'I returned to jail at 4.45. I was body searched and sent back to my cell.' 'A bowl of dal was kept there covered.' 'Another guard gave me a tablet and I became unconscious.' Accused One spoke about a similar incident happening to her in October 2015 and also with a bowl of dal.

Upbeat BJP feels it won't need more allies

Upbeat BJP feels it won't need more allies

Rediff.com12 Apr 2014

The party leaders are confident the NDA will achieve the majority mark of 272, reports Archis Mohan.

'Sitara Devi did exactly what she wanted to'

'Sitara Devi did exactly what she wanted to'

Rediff.com26 Nov 2014

'There she was, standing before me, burning with fever but ready to dance. She was like that. When it came to her dancing it didn't matter to her whether she was well or unwell,' says the legendary Birju Maharaj.

Sheena Bora Trial: What Mekhail Bora Said

Sheena Bora Trial: What Mekhail Bora Said

Rediff.com24 Jul 2018

Throughout, Mekhail spoke calmly, with hardly an inflection making even the barest attempt to hijack his tone. His tone was so empty it made his narrative all the more touching. And ugly and grey, as the monsoon sky beyond the window.

Lalgarh: Once a Naxal hotbed, today riding towards development

Lalgarh: Once a Naxal hotbed, today riding towards development

Rediff.com27 Apr 2015

Lalgarh, once a nerve centre of Naxal insurgency in West Bengal, now represents a different place.

The real story behind the demise of TaxiForSure

The real story behind the demise of TaxiForSure

Rediff.com30 Aug 2016

Ola's cash reserves are starting to run dry. The company was in talks to raise $1 billion in funding by the end of July, but no announcement has been made as yet

Mamata woos investors, says Bengal favourable for industries

Mamata woos investors, says Bengal favourable for industries

Rediff.com8 Jan 2016

Mamata Banerjee said availability of land won't be a problem in Bengal as the state government has a land bank.

Ola vs Uber: Drivers pay the price

Ola vs Uber: Drivers pay the price

Rediff.com2 Feb 2017

While the cab aggregators offer incentives as they battle each other for more customers, drivers complain that their earnings have halved in the last six months. Alnoor Peermohamed reports.

A House of Horrors in the City of Joy

A House of Horrors in the City of Joy

Rediff.com18 Jun 2015

What went on inside Kolkata's 'house of horror'? Indrani Roy/Rediff.com reports.

'My mom painted such a colourful world'

'My mom painted such a colourful world'

Rediff.com13 Jul 2018

'I think my mom's fear came from the fact that I would be compared to her.' 'She was worried about the comparisons because she would say, "I have done 400 films and this is your first, but they will compare you to my 400 films".'

Modi lashes out at TMC, CPI-M and Congress

Modi lashes out at TMC, CPI-M and Congress

Rediff.com27 Mar 2016

Prime Minister Narendra Modi mounted a blistering attack on Trinamool Congress over corruption charges against it and also on CPI-M.

Congress decision on Telangana: Blame it on an idiom!

Congress decision on Telangana: Blame it on an idiom!

Rediff.com3 Aug 2013

I believe this is what really happened at the Congress Working Committee on Wednesday.

The race to demonetise Modi

The race to demonetise Modi

Rediff.com10 Dec 2016

The note ban is Modi's make-or-break gambit for 2019. Opposition leaders see a vulnerability and won't gift pre-eminence to the Congress, says Shekhar Gupta.

'There is no pressure to start a family'

'There is no pressure to start a family'

Rediff.com30 Nov 2016

Vidya Balan tells us her kahaani.

Neerja: A fond tribute to a forgotten hero

Neerja: A fond tribute to a forgotten hero

Rediff.com19 Feb 2016

Sonam Kapoor plays Neerja like she cares and that is all the role needs, feels Sukanya Verma.

When I kept Charles Sobhraj alive...

When I kept Charles Sobhraj alive...

Rediff.com18 Dec 2018

'I had to convince myself that I was steely enough to operate on a cold-blooded killer.' 'For all my medical experience, this was something I had never done!' 'If something happened to Charles, I knew my fate was sealed for me.' 'I would be called Doctor Death until I breathed my last.' 'Success was my only hope of escaping that fate.' A fascinating excerpt from heart surgeon Dr Raamesh Koirala's Charles Sobhraj, Inside The Heart Of The Bikini Killer.