A Pakistani family which arrived here to visit the Haji Ali dargah to pray for their mentally challenged son was refused accommodation by several hotels in the city following which they spent the night on a pavement.
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Ajai Shukla presents an action plan for Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to fix the systemic weaknesses in defence.
'If we keep losing such institutions, we will soon become a city and culture of short-term memory.' 'Nothing to remind us of the years gone by and eventually with nothing to remember.'
The firm, which traces its origin back to 1862 in a humble Kolkata bakery and its subsequent listing on the bourses in 1918, says that it now wants to grow "substantially" and not just rest on its laurels.
Rediff readers share their experience of eating on the Indian Railways.
'We don't make films which have scope for great music anymore.'
In rural Bengal, people still believed that widows were simply biding their time on earth after their lord and master had departed from it, says Geetanjali Krishna.
Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire.
A 15-member group of tourists from Indore returned home safely after experiencing a "nightmare" in the quake-hit Nepal.
India consistently ranked among the top three countries whose products were rejected for import by the regulator.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was at the centre of attention today at the 'At Home' function hosted by President Pranab Mukherjee on the occasion of the 68th Independence Day.
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Devastation struck Venezuela when oil prices started collapsing in 1982, following a global oil glut. The country's economy contracted overnight.
'Research shows that customers want their loans instantly.' 'So the team asked can we reduce the time for approval from 5 days to 30 seconds?' 'It took the company two years of hard work to tear apart our operations and processes and rebuild them through fresh ideas and by leveraging technology.' 'We reduced the time of loan approval to 3 hours and another year to get it down to 30 seconds,' Sanjiv Bajaj tells Surajeet Das Gupta.
The court was hearing a petition filed by Nestle India.
As the country remembered the braveheart who was brutally gang-raped on December 16 exactly a year ago, the juvenile who escaped with lighter punishment after being convicted in the case spent the entire day watching reports flashed by the media on the incident.
The Sindhis are a lesson in perseverance. Once uprooted, they've started all over, often reinventing themselves
Readers tell us how they are managing without cash since November 8.
It will be his fifth birthday in jail as an undertrial. He was arrested two days before his birthday in 2015. Tuesday also marked Peter's fourth year in jail.
Rediff.com shows you how people across the world cope with the unremitting July heat wave.
When she told me her story, I realised that one man's meat is another man's poison.
The Mondelez portfolio in India also includes brands like Bournvita, 5-Star. Nikhat Hetavkar finds out how it stays relevant amid strong pushback from millennials over health effects of its products.
They needed a helping hand. And when they got it, these women worked wonders.
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The actor may have given many new mums fitness goals, but has her weight gain spiraled back again, questions Zofeen Maqsood.
Top players, ITC, Britannia and Parle Products, are taking three different routes to compete at the premium end. But soon all three would get on the same path.
Microsoft has worked hard to exploit the advantage its mail software provides
Big Basket, Haldiram's & Amul among 101 cold chain projects okayed
Pond's, Parle-G, Cadbury, Asian Paints and Amul have captured the changing face of India through the seven decades
'I never fail to remember those spirited men of the 390 Field Company who moulded me into an army officer worthy of being their commander.'
Archana Masih recalls that December evening 22 years ago when Atal Bihari Vajpayee logged into the Rediff Chat.
Four interesting films gear up to release on this festive occasion.
NEDICT has also got in touch with companies, which will be limited to the role of 'donors'.
While the standards of Visva Bharati University fall, the chief minister of West Bengal fantasises about a Biswa Bangla University a few kilometres away. Keya Sarkar ponders the sad state of affairs.
'I'll remember you as the face of joy for ever.' Sukanya Verma remembers the iconic Sridevi.
The two-day rally will be one of the largest congregations of farmers in Delhi, the AIKSCC has claimed.
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