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Meet the STARS of Article 15

Meet the STARS of Article 15

Rediff.com4 Jul 2019

Sukanya Verma presents an appreciation post for the cast of this must-watch movie.

'Pakistanis are failing magnificently'

'Pakistanis are failing magnificently'

Rediff.com16 Sep 2021

'Pakistan and the jihadis's capacities have been diminished because of increasing dominance of our security forces.'

Meet the Busiest Actor in Bollywood

Meet the Busiest Actor in Bollywood

Rediff.com24 Dec 2018

Raza Murad has featured in over 500 movies till date, and he's not slowing down anytime soon.

Disappointed with govt response, will continue strike: FTII students

Disappointed with govt response, will continue strike: FTII students

Rediff.com5 Jul 2015

Expressing disappointment with government's response to their demand, students of the FTII decided to continue their strike which entered the 24th day today till TV actor and BJP member Gajendra Chauhan's appointment as its chairman is cancelled.

'God help us': Government faces more flak for Chauhan's appointment as NIFT chief

'God help us': Government faces more flak for Chauhan's appointment as NIFT chief

Rediff.com19 Jun 2016

Former India cricket captain Bishen Singh Bedi said the appointment "defies all logic".

How Rithvik prepared to play a gangster

How Rithvik prepared to play a gangster

Rediff.com23 Aug 2021

'I got to meet my real life inspiration for my character.' 'I studied his mannerisms, behaviour and language.' I secretly recorded his conversations.'

More trouble brews for Zee's Subhash Chandra & family

More trouble brews for Zee's Subhash Chandra & family

Rediff.com21 Sep 2021

Zee Entertainment last week witnessed shareholder activism that saw an open call for the ouster of promoters and the incumbent management led by Punit Goenka. Besides, Dish TV also faced a similar call earlier this month. The trouble at Zee Entertainment can be gauged from the fact that this is a unique company wherein the promoters own just 3.99 per cent, but fully control the firm.

'Your love for your motherland is timeless...Evergreen'

'Your love for your motherland is timeless...Evergreen'

Rediff.com13 Aug 2021

'What can I do for my India except make films that showcase it's greatness to the world, which touch on national issues and arouse the feeling of patriotism?'

Money, money, money: the cost of Tokyo's pandemic-delayed Games

Money, money, money: the cost of Tokyo's pandemic-delayed Games

Rediff.com23 Jun 2021

Here are some areas where costs have grown, and where income that had been expected will not materialise.

A Swayamvar With A Difference

A Swayamvar With A Difference

Rediff.com30 Aug 2022

Lakshmanan contracted polio when he was only three months old. 'I didn't want to go for the swayamvar, but my uncle convinced me to attend.' He sat close to the door at the swayamvar. And then, Rohini walked in. Both her legs, too, were afflicted with polio.

Spotted: Lucky Ali

Spotted: Lucky Ali

Rediff.com6 Mar 2018

Reader Manish Kamal sends us a picture from IIT-Guwahati.

New Navy Ensign Triggers Debate On Tamil Naval Feats

New Navy Ensign Triggers Debate On Tamil Naval Feats

Rediff.com7 Sep 2022

While acknowledging Shivaji's naval contributions, questions are being raised about the inadequate acknowledgement of Chola sea-power in southern Tamil Nadu, which dates back by a few centuries, explains N Sathiya Moorthy.

SAG Awards: Nicole Kidman, Gary Oldman, Frances McDormand win

SAG Awards: Nicole Kidman, Gary Oldman, Frances McDormand win

Rediff.com22 Jan 2018

Pictures from the starry night.

Life during lockdown: Clean, cook, binge, repeat...

Life during lockdown: Clean, cook, binge, repeat...

Rediff.com17 Apr 2020

If everybody is 'working' from home, then how has TV consumption gone up? Who is making all that gourmet food being posted on social media?

'Beauty is the courage in your heart'

'Beauty is the courage in your heart'

Rediff.com1 Nov 2021

'The truth in your words and the relentless drive to make a difference.' 'So go on all you beautiful souls, the world is your oyster.'

IITs being used for 'anti-India, anti-Hindu' activities: RSS mouthpiece

IITs being used for 'anti-India, anti-Hindu' activities: RSS mouthpiece

Rediff.com19 Jul 2015

Organiser, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's organ, has alleged that prestigious institutes like Indian Institute of Technology were being turned into places for "anti-India and anti-Hindu" activities.

Wuhan wet market may not be birthplace of COVID-19: Chinese researchers

Wuhan wet market may not be birthplace of COVID-19: Chinese researchers

Rediff.com27 May 2020

The results of the study, being published on the website of top academic journal Nature on May 20, implied the Huanan Seafood Market in Hubei's capital Wuhan may not be the birthplace of COVID-19, although the virus outbreak emerged in Wuhan had a strong link to contacts with the market.

As FTII stir reaches Delhi, politics of blame game begin

As FTII stir reaches Delhi, politics of blame game begin

Rediff.com3 Aug 2015

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore said the government was open to discussions with the agitating students but was against politicising the issue.

'Let's fight till we get One Rank One Pension'

'Let's fight till we get One Rank One Pension'

Rediff.com4 Aug 2015

'One Rank One Pension is needed immediately and more urgently for jawans and widows,' one elderly soldier tells Sudhir Bisht at Delhi's Jantar Mantar.

Shudder! Olympics with Chinese Characteristics

Shudder! Olympics with Chinese Characteristics

Rediff.com3 Feb 2022

'The Olympic Spirit has been thrown to the wind in Xi Jinping's China.' 'The International Olympic Committee is ready to kowtow to totalitarian China,' notes Claude Arpi.

Shocking! Pigs roam freely at COVID-19 hospital in K'taka

Shocking! Pigs roam freely at COVID-19 hospital in K'taka

Rediff.com19 Jul 2020

The video purportedly shows pigs roaming freely in the corridors of the hospital, undeterred by people walking nearby.

We are being treated as leftovers: FTII students

We are being treated as leftovers: FTII students

Rediff.com5 Aug 2015

They accused the government of resorting to all kinds of measures, including character assassination.

Hijab Row Can Hurt Indian Diplomacy

Hijab Row Can Hurt Indian Diplomacy

Rediff.com17 Feb 2022

India and Indians can ignore Pakistan, but that cannot be said of other nations in the neighbourhood, where New Delhi's 'Neighbourhood First' policy constantly reverberates. Four of the eight SAARC member-nations are Muslim -- Afghanistan and Pakistan, Bangladesh and the Maldives. The rulers decide the nation's India or anti-India policy in the first two, and street-opinion contributes to the same in the latter two, points out N Sathiya Moorthy.

How Bhavit Sheth and Harsh Jain Changed Cricket

How Bhavit Sheth and Harsh Jain Changed Cricket

Rediff.com3 Nov 2021

Mumbai-based Dream11, which is run by Sporta Technologies Private Limited, reported a profit of Rs 181 crore (Rs 1.81 billion) in FY2020, making it one of the few Indian consumer-tech unicorns to have turned profitable.

RSS imposing dead ideology on students: Rahul on JNU row

RSS imposing dead ideology on students: Rahul on JNU row

Rediff.com18 Feb 2016

Party sources said Gandhi will be accompanied by Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad, Leader of the party in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and several other party leaders and MPs.

'Omicron may make you more sick'

'Omicron may make you more sick'

Rediff.com29 Nov 2021

'This virus may have more immune evasion capability and therefore, it may make you more sick.'

Bharat Biotech plans to supply 90 million Covaxin doses a month by Dec

Bharat Biotech plans to supply 90 million Covaxin doses a month by Dec

Rediff.com30 Sep 2021

In September, Bharat Biotech aimed to supply 35 million doses, and take this up to 55 million by October. This is still less than what the Indian government expects from the company.

MDH Dadaji drove tonga before founding Rs 1500 cr spice empire

MDH Dadaji drove tonga before founding Rs 1500 cr spice empire

Rediff.com3 Dec 2020

School dropout Mahashay Dharampal Gulati, famously known as 'MDH Dadaji' for repeated appearance in his spice brand's television ads, started his spices business journey in a nondescript shack in Delhi's Karol Bagh after selling his tonga, and went on, at the age of 94, to becoming the highest-paid CEO in the country's FMCG sector.

The short shelf life of today's editors

The short shelf life of today's editors

Rediff.com16 Aug 2016

'The sacking of Outlook magazine's Editor-in-Chief Krishna Prasad provides another example of the saffron camp's disrespect for dissent,' argues Amulya Ganguli.

How parents enabled Covid vax trials for children

How parents enabled Covid vax trials for children

Rediff.com15 Nov 2021

Behind each Covid vaccine are hundreds of parents, who had the courage and conviction to come forth with their children for the trial of a vaccine which was, until then, untried in that age group, reports Sindhu Bhattacharya.

Kerala Needs To Confront Reality

Kerala Needs To Confront Reality

Rediff.com22 Nov 2021

Beginning with the bird's eye view of itself -- a narrow state of hills, rivers and high population density, in a tapering part of the Indian subcontinent. It can be a beautiful place shaped by aesthetic founded in appropriate lifestyle and progressive views, or a junkyard shaped by money and what money buys. The choice is Kerala's, notes Shyam G Menon.

US VP-elect Kamala Harris receives first dose of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine

US VP-elect Kamala Harris receives first dose of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine

Rediff.com30 Dec 2020

The US vice-president-elect received a dose of the Moderna vaccine from clinical nurse Patricia Cummings at United Medical Center, which is located in Southeast Washington, DC.

Should Politics Be Kicked Out of Campuses?

Should Politics Be Kicked Out of Campuses?

Rediff.com19 Jan 2022

College is where the manicured view of the world provided by one's family, encounters new trends. It is the dawn of exploration. Wishing for a sanitised bubble on campus appears hypocritical. The correct strategy, one would assume, is to weed out the violence while retaining the right to political debate, argues Shyam G Menon.

FTII stir: Students threaten hunger strike, Chauhan meets Rathore

FTII stir: Students threaten hunger strike, Chauhan meets Rathore

Rediff.com7 Sep 2015

On the warpath over the appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as FTII chairman, students of the premier institute on Monday threatened to launch a hunger strike for his ouster as the fast by a faculty member for "immediate resolution" of the crisis entered its third day on Monday.

Revealed: Why Arvind Swamy Quit Films

Revealed: Why Arvind Swamy Quit Films

Rediff.com23 Sep 2021

'Life should never be unidimensional.' 'While I enjoy doing films, there's still a lot more that I want to experience.'

How Bollywood's writers are fighting back

How Bollywood's writers are fighting back

Rediff.com20 Feb 2020

'The writer remains the most creative force in the process.' 'Producers need to be inventive in how they reward good writing.'

Has Online Education CHANGED Your Kids?

Has Online Education CHANGED Your Kids?

Rediff.com18 Apr 2022

An astrologer told Ramesh Menon that he was increasingly having worried parents asking him about the future of their children who were showing serious behavioural changes like lack of tolerance towards others, shunning social interaction, and even violent behaviour. They were worried because they had never ever seen such traits in their children before the pandemic.

'Dilipsaab enjoyed my cooking'

'Dilipsaab enjoyed my cooking'

Rediff.com8 Jul 2021

'When the Shakti team had their meals, Dilisaab would squat with us and say, "Bhai mujhe bhi khilao".'

The TRP Trap

The TRP Trap

Rediff.com20 Oct 2020

'The more the news media weakens, especially at this juncture of economic ruin with lay-offs and wage cuts, the more the owners and journalists weigh their value in terms who they are close to, the more they depend on the State to bail them out of trouble, slow-fry their rival, the faster it pushes us towards institutional destruction,' warns Shekhar Gupta.

'I could see the hunger in Priyanka's belly'

'I could see the hunger in Priyanka's belly'

Rediff.com21 May 2021

'She was going through a low time and didn't know where her career was going.'