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A letter from a Kargil hero

A letter from a Kargil hero

Rediff.com12 Sep 2017

At a height of 17,200 feet, his handwriting mangled by the cold, Captain Vikram Batra wrote this letter to his twin brother.

'Panicked' Gehlot misused CBI against Kataria: BJP

'Panicked' Gehlot misused CBI against Kataria: BJP

Rediff.com16 May 2013

The BJP on Thursday alleged that the CBI action against its leader Gulab Chand Kataria is nothing but a "conspiracy of CM Ashok Gehlot", who is "panicked" seeing the massive support the party is getting in poll-bound Rajasthan.

Amitabh Bachchan, Farhan Akhtar release Wazir trailer

Amitabh Bachchan, Farhan Akhtar release Wazir trailer

Rediff.com4 Jun 2015

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

Box Office: Hate Story 3 gets GREAT opening!

Box Office: Hate Story 3 gets GREAT opening!

Rediff.com7 Dec 2015

A look at this week's hits and misses.

How realty developers are pushing sales, post Rera

How realty developers are pushing sales, post Rera

Rediff.com19 Mar 2018

Channel partners have started adding more value in marketing and sales. They are increasingly acting as advisors -- sales professionals than brokers.

PHOTOS: Thousands of migrants throng to take buses back home

PHOTOS: Thousands of migrants throng to take buses back home

Rediff.com29 Mar 2020

Officials of the Transport Department, bus drivers and conductors were contacted on Friday night to help the people who were stranded in Noida, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahar and Aligarh, among other places, he said.

Box Office: X flops, Prem Ratan Dhan Payo is below average

Box Office: X flops, Prem Ratan Dhan Payo is below average

Rediff.com23 Nov 2015

A look at the hits and misses of the week.

Case registered against parents of 'love jihad' victim

Case registered against parents of 'love jihad' victim

Rediff.com14 Oct 2014

A case of assault and threatening to murder has been registered against the parents of the 22-year-old girl who was at the centre of the 'love jihad' controversy and has gone back on her statement that she was gang-raped and forcibly converted.

Ranji roundup: Andhra trounce Delhi; J&K down Maharashtra

Ranji roundup: Andhra trounce Delhi; J&K down Maharashtra

Rediff.com20 Dec 2019

Medium pace duo of K V Sasikanth and Cheepurapalli Stephen returned with five wickets each as Andhra Pradesh notched up a comprehensive nine-wicket win over Delhi in their Group A Ranji Trophy match on Friday. A round-up of the Ranji Trophy matches on Friday.

Box Office: Shaandaar opens poorly

Box Office: Shaandaar opens poorly

Rediff.com26 Oct 2015

A look at the hits and misses of the week.

Box Office: Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 is a hit!

Box Office: Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 is a hit!

Rediff.com19 Oct 2015

A look at the hits and misses of the week.

Economists give ideas to Jaitley to promote growth

Economists give ideas to Jaitley to promote growth

Rediff.com11 Jun 2014

Economists have asked Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to lower interest rate, rationalise subsidies, remove all cess and surcharge, do away with the retrospective tax amendments and scrap dividend distribution tax to revive investment cycle and promote growth.

Box Office: Prem Ratan Dhan Payo opens well, drops later

Box Office: Prem Ratan Dhan Payo opens well, drops later

Rediff.com16 Nov 2015

A look at the hits and misses of the week.

Box Office: Charlie Ke Chakkar Mein, Ranbaka flop

Box Office: Charlie Ke Chakkar Mein, Ranbaka flop

Rediff.com9 Nov 2015

A look at the hits and misses of the week.

'I still cry every time I watch Dangal's climax'

'I still cry every time I watch Dangal's climax'

Rediff.com20 Jan 2017

'When you are half decent looking, you want to look like yourself, especially in your first project. But it was important to do justice to the role, especially when it is such a big project. I don't want to play the lead and look like a hero. I am open to do character roles, what is the harm in it?' Dangal actor Aparshakti Khurrana looks ahead in life.

Box Office: Main Aur Charles does fairly; Titli flops

Box Office: Main Aur Charles does fairly; Titli flops

Rediff.com2 Nov 2015

A look at the hits and misses at the box office this week.

Ads focus on older generation, joint family

Ads focus on older generation, joint family

Rediff.com3 Sep 2014

Advertisers look at large families as target audience and speak to the 50-year old plus.

Olympic medallist Vijay Kumar fails to make rapid fire team for Asiad

Olympic medallist Vijay Kumar fails to make rapid fire team for Asiad

Rediff.com6 Aug 2014

Olympic medallist Vijay Kumar has missed out on a berth in his pet event - rapid fire pistol - for the upcoming Asian Games, but is still part of the 43-member squad, which will be spearheaded by shooting ace Abhinav Bindra.

Budget evokes mixed reaction among real estate players

Budget evokes mixed reaction among real estate players

Rediff.com28 Feb 2015

Budget fails to cheer realty players.

Budget: Excellent, yet tough!

Budget: Excellent, yet tough!

Rediff.com11 Mar 2015

Can Jaitley's team hope to garner 17% more on personal income tax?

Shooting World Cup: Bronze for Jitu Rai in Air Pistol event

Shooting World Cup: Bronze for Jitu Rai in Air Pistol event

Rediff.com28 Feb 2017

This is Rai's second medal having claimed the top prize in 10m air pistol mixed event with Heena Sidhu on Monday.

Shorts: Hockey India suspends 11 players after violence in Nehru Cup final

Shorts: Hockey India suspends 11 players after violence in Nehru Cup final

Rediff.com10 Dec 2019

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday

Akhilesh inducts 12 new faces in ministry; ex-Akali leader's entry baffles all

Akhilesh inducts 12 new faces in ministry; ex-Akali leader's entry baffles all

Rediff.com31 Oct 2015

Balwant Singh Ramoowalia, whom Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav earlier gave a berth in the Rajya Sabha, was the surprise entry even for senior ministers who were seen asking each other about the background of the man from Punjab.

Sedition charge against Kashmiri students, who cheered for Pak, dropped

Sedition charge against Kashmiri students, who cheered for Pak, dropped

Rediff.com6 Mar 2014

A group of Kashmiri students at a private university in Meerut were on Thursday booked for sedition after they allegedly cheered for the Pakistan team during a cricket match against India.

Developers, buyers back in luxury home market

Developers, buyers back in luxury home market

Rediff.com18 Dec 2014

In Mumbai, developers like the R K Jatia and Lodha groups have launched or reopened ultra luxury residential projects, complete with limousine and concierge services.

Once upon a time in India Inc...

Once upon a time in India Inc...

Rediff.com20 Feb 2017

The list of corporations publishing biographies has lengthened steadily as companies have realised the effectiveness of story telling as a brand building tool. Kanika Datta investigates the rising trend.

Meerut woman denies 'love jihad', says she willingly eloped

Meerut woman denies 'love jihad', says she willingly eloped

Rediff.com13 Oct 2014

The 'love jihad" controversy, an issue the Bharatiya Janata Party sought to exploit during the assembly by-elections in western Uttar Pradesh last month, took a new turn with a 22-year-old local woman going back on her statement that she was gang-raped and forcibly converted to Islam.

8 ways to rock the weekend, on a shoestring budget!

8 ways to rock the weekend, on a shoestring budget!

Rediff.com5 Mar 2015

Weekends can be fun without spending too much only if you could think a little creatively. It is indeed possible to have a killer weekend, even when on a budget!

Rupee fall to cushion wage hike impact at Infosys

Rupee fall to cushion wage hike impact at Infosys

Rediff.com16 Jun 2013

HCL Technologies and Infosys should benefit more than TCS and Wipro

Remembering Mrinal-da

Remembering Mrinal-da

Rediff.com22 May 2015

Mrinal Datta Chaudhuri, MDC to his students, was beyond compare -- the stuff of tales and legends at the Delhi School of Economics. He was also a good intuitive economist.

How the sinking world economy will hit India

How the sinking world economy will hit India

Rediff.com28 Jan 2016

Amid a grim global scenario, India will have to labour hard to hold on to seven per cent growth in 2016-17.

US Fed likely to hike rates: How should India cope?

US Fed likely to hike rates: How should India cope?

Rediff.com15 Sep 2015

All evidence suggests that the US Federal Reserve will raise interest rates soon.

What China's market crash means for India

What China's market crash means for India

Rediff.com28 Aug 2015

What China's market crash means for India

BJP's Brahmin-Thakur woes in Hindi heartland

BJP's Brahmin-Thakur woes in Hindi heartland

Rediff.com28 Mar 2014

According to community leaders, Rajnath Singh has filled party posts with Thakurs and pushed Brahmins to the margins. Archis Mohan reports

Festive season fails to cheer real estate sector

Festive season fails to cheer real estate sector

Rediff.com14 Oct 2014

Delayed project delivery and unrealistically high real estate prices, which developers are unwilling to lower despite piled up inventories, have adversely hit the sector.

PIX: Mumbai's Jhanvi Rishad rev it up at Valley Run!

PIX: Mumbai's Jhanvi Rishad rev it up at Valley Run!

Rediff.com18 Apr 2018

Among Indian cars Vizag-based Stephen Panchigalla clocked 13.366s in his Skoda Octavia in the same J Class, which was run jointly for both Foreign and Indian cars, to ended up as the 'Fastest Indian Car.' Of the day.

Government is playing poker with banks

Government is playing poker with banks

Rediff.com28 Jun 2018

'By not letting bankrupt banks fail, we have discouraged ordinary folk from taking precautions while choosing their bank or at least when they hear bad news about their bank,'says S Muralidharan, former MD, BNP Paribas.

Jai Ho: Salman is let down by Sohail Khan's uninspiring direction

Jai Ho: Salman is let down by Sohail Khan's uninspiring direction

Rediff.com24 Jan 2014

What could have been a relevant crowd-pleaser with a little effort from Sohail Khan and his writers is mostly a tedious and overcrowded drivel that shamelessly depends on Salman Khan's strapping charisma to tide them over, writes Sukanya Verma.

The mystery of Punjab National Bank's vanishing loans

The mystery of Punjab National Bank's vanishing loans

Rediff.com9 Mar 2016

Eleven companies, which owe the bank Rs 843 crore, are untraceable.

Fleeing Bundelkhand's drought, seeking refuge in Delhi

Fleeing Bundelkhand's drought, seeking refuge in Delhi

Rediff.com20 Jun 2016

'These people are living on the edge of starvation and governments need to show much greater compassion towards them.'