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Bangladesh: The rise of the Right

Bangladesh: The rise of the Right

Rediff.com21 Dec 2005

Bangladesh: Next terror frontier?

Bangladesh: Next terror frontier?

Rediff.com20 Dec 2005

Love Pani Puri? Share Your Best Pix, Stories

Love Pani Puri? Share Your Best Pix, Stories

Rediff.com13 Jul 2023

Send us your favourite pani puri pictures, recipes along with a short description of your favourite memory of the street food and what you like the most about it.

Abrahamic binary has outlived its utility

Abrahamic binary has outlived its utility

Rediff.com20 Mar 2024

It is only the Indian approach of holding on to multiple realities and contradictory ideas simultaneously that is likely to deliver peace and progress. Binary logic is out of sync with reality, notes R Jagannathan.

#Travel: 10 scenic photographs of India

#Travel: 10 scenic photographs of India

Rediff.com7 Aug 2016

Readers share their travel photos. You can share yours too.

'Modi has set right his and India's image abroad'

'Modi has set right his and India's image abroad'

Rediff.com15 Jun 2015

Swadeshi economist, columnist and chartered accountant S Gurumurthy speaks to Shobha Warrier about one year of Modi Sarkar.

'Guns are our right'

'Guns are our right'

Rediff.com13 Jun 2009

In this third part of a series, rediff India Abroad discusses the various contours of its analysis of rising gun culture among Indian Americans.

'I want to go in front of Ram Lalla and get blessings'

'I want to go in front of Ram Lalla and get blessings'

Rediff.com19 Jan 2024

'Everyone is so excited. There is a lot of excitement everywhere. This was a long time desire of many people.'

Why K V Kamath calls Indian banking system the best in 50 years

Why K V Kamath calls Indian banking system the best in 50 years

Rediff.com14 Mar 2024

'I don't think we have ever seen such alignment of everything that we need in the banking sector.'

No tax exemption on capital gains from land-sale

No tax exemption on capital gains from land-sale

Rediff.com17 Aug 2009

A N Shanbhag, the highly respected investment guru, and his son Sandeep Shanbhag, answer your questions on NRI investment.

GDP Numbers: Fragile, Handle With Care!

GDP Numbers: Fragile, Handle With Care!

Rediff.com13 Dec 2023

Even if no statistical jugglery is afoot, only to warn that the 'noise' in the numbers should be eliminated in order to hear the underlying music, without distortion, warns T N Ninan.

Modi's Flawed Foreign Policy

Modi's Flawed Foreign Policy

Rediff.com21 Dec 2023

We should reassess what India's role in the world is and whether we are doing the right thing for ourselves, notes Aakar Patel.

ZaraBol chat: Discuss Team India's win over England

ZaraBol chat: Discuss Team India's win over England

Rediff.com19 Nov 2012

India recorded a comfortable nine-wicket win in the first Test at Motera on Monday. So, what India do right, and England do wrong at Motera. Discuss the day's play, and the first Test, with India Abroad's Bikash Mohapatra on Rediff ZaraBol.

Celebrating Indonesia's Festival Of Democracy

Celebrating Indonesia's Festival Of Democracy

Rediff.com13 Feb 2024

The 'Pesta Demokrasi' is a cause for celebration not only for Indonesia but also for democracy and forces for peace all over the globe, notes Sandeep Chakravorty, India's Ambassador to Indonesia.

Exclusive interview with National Security Adviser

Exclusive interview with National Security Adviser

Rediff.com6 Oct 2005

'We have shown them what we are going to do. That we are willing to separate the civilian and military nuclear establishments.'National Security Adviser M K Narayanan in an exclusive interview.

US shelves evacuation of Tamils caught in LTTE are

US shelves evacuation of Tamils caught in LTTE are

Rediff.com12 Mar 2009

The Obama administration has shelved the idea of launching a massive military evacuation of nearly 200,000 Tamil civilians trapped in the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam strongholds, sources have told Rediff India Abroad.

'Canada didn't take the threat seriously'

'Canada didn't take the threat seriously'

Rediff.com23 Jun 2007

The head of intelligence at the Indian high commission in Ottawa, when the Air India 747 was blown up on June 23, 1985, speaks to Senior Editor Ajit Jain.

'Obama didn't win for being black'

'Obama didn't win for being black'

Rediff.com19 Jan 2009

'There has been an almost palpable change in the black community. There is a energy in the air that wasn't there before; there's a spark and a light now that was previously missing. I look around and I see a change in the way we carry ourselves, the way we speak to each other and treat each other,' says Jann Marie Hodge, one of the thousands of African Americans who have arrived to witness the Barack Obama's historical swearing-in as America's first black president.

No more negotiations, says US

No more negotiations, says US

Rediff.com28 Aug 2007

'The ball is once again in India's court to move the deal forward. And yes, time is indeed of the essence,' one official said.

How I Nearly Got Scammed!

How I Nearly Got Scammed!

Rediff.com5 Jan 2024

In the new year be careful online as there are many scamsters lurking in the cloud, warns A Ganesh Nadar after twice escaping being scammed.

Study Abroad FAQs: Which specialisation should I choose?

Study Abroad FAQs: Which specialisation should I choose?

Rediff.com24 Dec 2014

Collegepond.com, a career guidance company responds to student queries on international admissions.

The Best Places To Shop In India...

The Best Places To Shop In India...

Rediff.com23 May 2023

A recent survey discovered that Bengaluru has some of the classiest high streets in our country.

Is shooting a thief always justified?

Is shooting a thief always justified?

Rediff.com16 Jun 2009

In this fifth part (see part one, two, three and four) of a series, rediff India Abraod discusses a different side of its analysis of the growing gun culture among Indian Americans.

Gun culture on the rise among Indian Americans

Gun culture on the rise among Indian Americans

Rediff.com11 Jun 2009

From being the victim to becoming the aggressor, Indians are fast changing from a peace-loving community to a gun-toting one. Last month saw eight massacres across the United States, killing 57 people. Guns were the weapons of murder in each case.Many Indian Americans buy and carry guns out of necessity. Others buy it with the view to having another fancy possession. But when you have a gun in your hands, the temptation to use it also goes up, police and other experts warn.

'Govt wakes up only when you come on the roads'

'Govt wakes up only when you come on the roads'

Rediff.com22 Feb 2024

'Had they agreed to our demands that we raised two years ago, we would have never started our agitation again.'

Jhumpa Lahiri achieves rare feat

Jhumpa Lahiri achieves rare feat

Rediff.com10 Apr 2008

Pulitzer-prize winning author Jhumpa Lahiri's new collection of short stores, Unaccustomed Earth, has gone to number 1 in The New York Times bestseller list less than two weeks after its publication on April 1. She is the only Indian novelist after Salman Rushdie to achieve the feat.

For NRIs, Rs 150,000 of Indian income is tax-free

For NRIs, Rs 150,000 of Indian income is tax-free

Rediff.com17 Jun 2008

A N Shanbhag, the highly respected investment guru, and his son Sandeep Shanbhag, answer your questions on NRI investment.

The Political Mindset On Jobs Needs Change

The Political Mindset On Jobs Needs Change

Rediff.com20 Jun 2023

The challenge is to enhance opportunities for people to generate livelihoods through entrepreneurship, both big and small, argues R Jagannathan.

Credit card spends overseas not to be included in LRS

Credit card spends overseas not to be included in LRS

Rediff.com1 Jul 2023

The finance ministry on Friday amended the foreign exchange management rules to exclude international credit card spends from the purview of liberalised remittance scheme (LRS). The amendment to the Foreign Exchange Management (Current Account Transactions) Rules, 2000, will be effective retrospectively from May 16, the ministry said in a notification. "...the use of International Credit Card for making payment by a person towards meeting expenses while such person is on a visit outside India" will not be covered under LRS, the notification said while inserting Rule 7 in the FEM (CAT) Rules.

Immovable property sale proceeds can be remitted

Immovable property sale proceeds can be remitted

Rediff.com14 Mar 2008

A N Shanbhag, the highly respected investment guru, and his son Sandeep Shanbhag, answer your questions on NRI investment.

TDS is not the same as your tax liability

TDS is not the same as your tax liability

Rediff.com12 Mar 2008

A N Shanbhag, the highly respected investment guru, and his son Sandeep Shanbhag, answer your questions on NRI investment.

Have you done this?

Have you done this?

Rediff.com30 May 2015

Latest in our ongoing series of #India-Photos! You can share your travel photographs too. Post them on ZaraBol and we will carry select images on Rediff.com and India Abroad!

Shashi Tharoor joins the corporate world

Shashi Tharoor joins the corporate world

Rediff.com10 May 2007

'Having spent a lifetime in public service, that I should do something that I've never done before, that would stretch me a little bit.'