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'History is littered with religious conflict'

'History is littered with religious conflict'

Rediff.com9 Feb 2024

'The othering of religious groups inevitably leads to violence.' 'It is sadly a narrative that has echoed through the centuries since man first discovered God.'

Google vs MakeMyTrip: A curious case of 'confusion'

Google vs MakeMyTrip: A curious case of 'confusion'

Rediff.com19 Dec 2023

Last week, the Delhi high court ruled that the mere use of trademarks on Google Ads, an online advertising platform, did not amount to infringement under the Trade Marks Act, 1999. This was after online travel agency MakeMyTrip (MMT) claimed that its trademarks, "Makemytrip" and "MMT", were being used as keywords in Google Ads to display ads and links of its rival Booking.com. The order has opened up a new debate on trademark infringement in the digital realm, revolving around whether it can create confusion among users.

How India Won Back Maldives's Trust

How India Won Back Maldives's Trust

Rediff.com12 Sep 2024

The avoidable stresses and strains in ties helped in one way. It showed for the entire region how a matured India handled diplomatic relations, especially with a smaller and suspicious neighbour, with practised dignity and patience, unruffled by provocations in word, deed and action, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.

10 BJP men held for attack on scribe Wagle; Editors Guild condmens incident

10 BJP men held for attack on scribe Wagle; Editors Guild condmens incident

Rediff.com11 Feb 2024

Television visuals showed BJP workers mobbing the car at Khandoji Baba Chowk and vandalising it, resulting in the vehicle's windscreen and side panes getting damaged.

Luxury hotels see robust bookings

Luxury hotels see robust bookings

Rediff.com17 Nov 2009

If you were planning to spend Christmas or New Year's Eve at exotic locations in Goa or Kerala but haven't done the required bookings for it yet, chances are that you can't go.

The Goat Life Review: A Saga Of Pain

The Goat Life Review: A Saga Of Pain

Rediff.com28 Mar 2024

Aadujeevitham (The Goat Life) is undoubtedly one of the most successful experiments in Prithviraj's journey as an actor, applauds Divya Nair.

IT, pharma firms have lion's share biz travel spend

IT, pharma firms have lion's share biz travel spend

Rediff.com19 Jan 2017

Apart from IT and pharma, the lead spenders in travel are construction, automobile and metals and mining companies and together these sectors accounted for 82 per cent of business travel spend in India in 2015, up from 78 per cent in 2013.

Chronicles Of A Disaster Foretold

Chronicles Of A Disaster Foretold

Rediff.com2 Aug 2024

'The larger story of systematic destruction, which can and has been quantified, goes mysteriously missing from any political and/or public discourse about the ongoing devastation in the Ghats,' notes Prem Panicker.

Where Do Religious Tourists Go?

Where Do Religious Tourists Go?

Rediff.com29 Jul 2023

19 per cent of all travel in India (by bus, train or air) was pilgrimage or religious travel (possibly the single largest after business and family-related travel), discovers Ambi Parameswaran.

PIX: Sinner shines; Swiatek crushes Collins

PIX: Sinner shines; Swiatek crushes Collins

Rediff.com9 Mar 2024

World number one Iga Swiatek blasted past American Danielle Collins 6-3, 6-0.

Happened because UP didn't do what was expected: SC on slap row

Happened because UP didn't do what was expected: SC on slap row

Rediff.com12 Jan 2024

The Supreme Court said on Friday the developments that followed the unsavoury incident of slapping of a Muslim schoolboy by his classmates at the behest of their teacher in Uttar Pradesh were the result of the State not doing what was expected of it after the offence was committed.

PIX: Wales one win from Euro 2024; Greece in playoffs

PIX: Wales one win from Euro 2024; Greece in playoffs

Rediff.com22 Mar 2024

IMAGES from the Euro 2024 qualifiers played on Thursday night

How To Stay Unaffected In A Bear Market

How To Stay Unaffected In A Bear Market

Rediff.com5 Feb 2024

Once a quality stock has been bought, the next challenge is to hold on to it -- no mean feat in this age of information overload and incessant noise.

'We discovered many unknown facts about Ravana'

'We discovered many unknown facts about Ravana'

Rediff.com24 Aug 2021

'Ravan had palaces in caves and that tunnels were the highways of that time and ran between prominent cities.'

UP court grants bail to YouTuber Elvish Yadav in snake venom case

UP court grants bail to YouTuber Elvish Yadav in snake venom case

Rediff.com22 Mar 2024

Yadav was arrested by the Noida police on Sunday in connection with its probe into suspected use of snake venoms as recreational drugs in parties he hosted.

Holi weekend splash for travel companies

Holi weekend splash for travel companies

Rediff.com16 Mar 2014

Indian traveller is no longer satisfied with a single annual vacation, but is increasingly demanding multiple holidays and festive breaks offer an ideal opportunity.

Tejas Test Fires Air-to-Air Missile Astra

Tejas Test Fires Air-to-Air Missile Astra

Rediff.com24 Aug 2023

On Wednesday, August 23, 2023, Tejas, the Light Combat Aircraft LSP-7, successfully fired the ASTRA indigenous Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air missile off the coast of Goa.

Travel agents to sell rail tickets

Travel agents to sell rail tickets

Rediff.com17 Aug 2006

Travel agents to keep shutters down on Tuesday

Travel agents to keep shutters down on Tuesday

Rediff.com5 May 2013

As many as 3,000 travel agents owing allegiance to TAAI have voluntarily decided to keep shutters down to protest airlines' certain unethical business practices.

Not train, Sena MP travels to Delhi by car

Not train, Sena MP travels to Delhi by car

Rediff.com29 Mar 2017

The development came after Gaikwad apparently booked a seat from Hyderabad to Delhi on Flight AI 551 for Wednesday, which was cancelled by the national carrier.

When Sudha, Narayana Murthy Broke Up

When Sudha, Narayana Murthy Broke Up

Rediff.com19 Feb 2024

After agonizing over this for weeks, he made a decision. When they met after work one evening, he startled her by blurting out, 'I think we should break up.' A moving excerpt from Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's An Uncommon Love: The Early Life of Sudha and Narayana Murthy.

Holiday bookings' rush: No respite in airfares

Holiday bookings' rush: No respite in airfares

Rediff.com28 Aug 2012

October to December is considered to be the peak season for both inbound and outbound travel.

Tatas, Adani, Ambanis in scramble for super app

Tatas, Adani, Ambanis in scramble for super app

Rediff.com8 Nov 2021

The groups plan to take on well-entrenched players like Amazon, Flipkart, and Paytm by merging their offline businesses with e-commerce initiatives.

Travelling in trains to be a happy experience!

Travelling in trains to be a happy experience!

Rediff.com26 Feb 2015

The speed of nine railway corridors will be increased.

The travel agent's new destination

The travel agent's new destination

Rediff.com16 Apr 2003

Gujarat man who posed as PMO official in J-K was booked in 3 cases

Gujarat man who posed as PMO official in J-K was booked in 3 cases

Rediff.com17 Mar 2023

He had even visited the last post at Uri in north Kashmir, posing for pictures at a bridge treated as a Line of Control between India and Pakistan.

Wimbledon PIX: Alcaraz, Sinner ease into quarter-finals

Wimbledon PIX: Alcaraz, Sinner ease into quarter-finals

Rediff.com8 Jul 2024

IMAGES from Day 7 of the Wimbledon Championships, at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, on Sunday.

India's domestic aviation capacity soars beyond pre-pandemic level

India's domestic aviation capacity soars beyond pre-pandemic level

Rediff.com12 Dec 2023

The growth in India's domestic aviation capacity in calendar year 2023 (CY23) was the sixth highest among 20 major domestic markets, compared to the pre-pandemic year of CY19. The domestic capacity in the country surpassed the pre-pandemic level seen in CY19 and was up 5 per cent in CY23. It trails Mexico, Columbia, China, Vietnam, and Spain, which have shown higher growth, according to data shared in a seminar organised by global travel data provider OAG on global aviation trends in 2023.

Revealed: Swiggy, Ola, Flipkart's IPO Plans

Revealed: Swiggy, Ola, Flipkart's IPO Plans

Rediff.com7 Feb 2024

Layoffs, corporate restructuring, governance and most importantly profitability: The 14 Indian startups that plan IPOs this year are pulling out all the stops to ensure successful market debuts.

'Everybody wants to travel on an airline where they feel respected'

'Everybody wants to travel on an airline where they feel respected'

Rediff.com21 Jan 2022

'Our focus is not going to be metro to metro routes.' 'We will begin by focusing on metro to non-metro (routes).' 'Metro to tier-2 cities or tier-3 cities is where there is a lot of space for affordable, efficient carriers.'

Train travel dips, but don't blame demonetisation

Train travel dips, but don't blame demonetisation

Rediff.com18 Jan 2017

The number of poor people travelling by train has followed a similar trend since 2011.

Travelling by train? Pay 92 paisa and get insurance of Rs 10 lakh

Travelling by train? Pay 92 paisa and get insurance of Rs 10 lakh

Rediff.com1 Sep 2016

However, no refund of the premium will be given in case of cancellation of the ticket

What the fiddich! Why are books so fat?

What the fiddich! Why are books so fat?

Rediff.com20 May 2017

When size matters. Just as scotch bottles have become bigger, novels have also become fatter.

Sky-high fares hit air travel in India

Sky-high fares hit air travel in India

Rediff.com3 Oct 2013

The average load factor for November stands at 75 per cent, as leisure travel records a rise at this time.

Big bonanza for BCCI's office bearers

Big bonanza for BCCI's office bearers

Rediff.com10 Apr 2023

An office bearer of the all-powerful BCCI will now be paid a daily allowance of US$ 1000 on foreign tours and will fly first-class.

Net-savvy Indians now booking flights, hotels online

Net-savvy Indians now booking flights, hotels online

Rediff.com26 May 2013

Sixty-seven per cent of Indian leisure travellers prefer to travel by air rather than rail or road.

Passengers on dunki flight to Nicaragua paid Rs 60-80 lakh

Passengers on dunki flight to Nicaragua paid Rs 60-80 lakh

Rediff.com2 Jan 2024

More than 60 people from Gujarat on board the Nicaragua-bound plane, which was sent back from France over suspected human trafficking, had agreed to pay Rs 60 lakh to Rs 80 lakh to immigration agents, who promised to cross into the US illegally after reaching the Latin American country, officials said.

'Keep harassing batsmen for at least a couple of years more'

'Keep harassing batsmen for at least a couple of years more'

Rediff.com16 Mar 2024

Rahul Dravid hopes that he doesn't call it quits anytime soon. Ravi Shastri would like to see him harass batters for at least two more years while Anil Kumble finds it perplexing that he isn't a regular in India's overseas fixtures.

Fans queue up for tickets to India-Pakistan clash

Fans queue up for tickets to India-Pakistan clash

Rediff.com6 Sep 2023

Cricket enthusiasts across India are leaving no stone unturned in their quest to secure tickets for this epic clash in the world's largest cricket stadium.

Forget Maldives, Visit India's Finest Beach

Forget Maldives, Visit India's Finest Beach

Rediff.com11 Jan 2024

Havelock should be your destination for 2024. It is love at every sight!