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BELIEVE IT OR NOT: No one died in these air crashes

BELIEVE IT OR NOT: No one died in these air crashes

Rediff.com4 Aug 2015

Happy End' is a photo-project of 15 airplanes that had forced landings but all on board survived and were rescued.

8 steps to save and invest more money

8 steps to save and invest more money

Rediff.com3 Oct 2016

Money saved is money earned, and cutting down your expenses could well be the single-most important step towards an organised financial life. Naval Goel shows you how to keep your finances organised.

If you miss a period, you're pregnant: Myth or Fact?

If you miss a period, you're pregnant: Myth or Fact?

Rediff.com17 Jun 2016

Missing a period is more common in the first year after you start menstruating.

12 things they don't teach you in college

12 things they don't teach you in college

Rediff.com18 Apr 2016

Here are some valuable skills we wish we had learned in college to prepare us for real life.

Layoffs rampant in India? Read how other nations deal with it

Layoffs rampant in India? Read how other nations deal with it

Rediff.com17 Jun 2015

Temporary workers not only lack job security, they get less pay and an inferior overall package.

Review: Madhuri Dixit dazzles with Dedh Ishqiya

Review: Madhuri Dixit dazzles with Dedh Ishqiya

Rediff.com10 Jan 2014

Raja Sen feels Dedh Ishqiya is a genuinely smart film.

Markets close in the red on April F&O expiry

Markets close in the red on April F&O expiry

Rediff.com30 Apr 2015

The 30-share Sensex ended down 215 points at 27,011.

Blade Runner Pistorius faces day in court

"Blade Runner" Pistorius faces day in court

Rediff.com28 Feb 2014

Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius will stand in a Pretoria dock on Monday to face a charge of murdering his girlfriend, opening the decisive chapter in the story of the rise and fall of one of the world's most recognisable athletes.

'Sanjay Dutt is an idiot'

'Sanjay Dutt is an idiot'

Rediff.com9 Feb 2017

Arshad Warsi is as candid as they come.

P Sainath: How states fudge the data on declining farmer suicides

P Sainath: How states fudge the data on declining farmer suicides

Rediff.com1 Aug 2014

'Suicide rates among Indian farmers were a chilling 47 per cent higher than they were for the rest of the population in 2011. In some of the states worst hit by the agrarian crisis, they were well over 100 per cent higher. In Maharashtra, farmers were killing themselves at a rate that was 162 per cent higher than that for any other Indians excluding farmers. A farmer in this state is two-and-a-half times more likely to commit suicide than anyone else in the country, other than farmers,' says P Sainath.

When Amitabh Bachchan died onscreen

When Amitabh Bachchan died onscreen

Rediff.com1 Jun 2015

Among many things that Amitabh Bachchan's onscreen credentials remains unrivalled for, dying is right at the top!

PHOTOS: Meet India's silent soldiers

PHOTOS: Meet India's silent soldiers

Rediff.com28 Mar 2017

The four leg canine 'soldiers' play a crucial role in saving lives of troops and civilians, reports Mayank Singh.

Sheena Bora Trial: The Mother Who'd Never Been A Mother

Sheena Bora Trial: The Mother Who'd Never Been A Mother

Rediff.com26 Jul 2018

One couldn't help feeling a certain melancholy viewing these now vagrant documents and photographs that would never be rightfully cherished. The pictures spoke to you. They offered slices of extinguished lives. They breathed sadness too, for what could have been and will never be. The sweet promises that Life made and insolently, arrogantly never kept.

Review: Gunday is utter garbage

Review: Gunday is utter garbage

Rediff.com14 Feb 2014

'Director Ali Abbas Zafar has directed a monstrous film, one with a repellent 70s-set storyline that makes no sense whatsoever, and a cast who should all hang their heads and offer up a minute's silence for assaulting their respective filmographies,' says Raja Sen after watching Gunday.

Sheena Bora trial: The cop can't remember

Sheena Bora trial: The cop can't remember

Rediff.com26 Mar 2018

'Dalvi, you are saying you asked a question, but don't remember the answer?' asks Pasbola incredulously. 'Yes.' 'You are lying.'

The best Indian film you will see this year

The best Indian film you will see this year

Rediff.com20 Mar 2017

'In Angamaly Diaries, dreams, kinks, small corruptions, cheap lives, and hopes are all given their due and that attitude frees us up to believe that perhaps there is more good than bad in the sum total of us.' 'This is a coming-of-age tale taken straight out of a diary written in blood,' says Sreehari Nair.

TN's Panneer, the first chai-wallah to become chief minister

TN's Panneer, the first chai-wallah to become chief minister

Rediff.com28 Sep 2014

O Panneerselvam is the first chai-wallah to become chief minister in the country. Gujarat's Narendra Modi, the better-known chai-wallah to become chief minister, followed Paneerselvam around a fortnight later in 2001. The parallel should end there, says N Sathiya Moorthy.

A diplomat who served India well. RIP APV!

A diplomat who served India well. RIP APV!

Rediff.com3 Sep 2014

'A P Venkateswaran left an indelible impression on Indian diplomacy and made an incredible number of friends, who kept remembering him, more than other Indian diplomats, who served at those posts.' Ambassador T P Sreenivasan salutes a legend of the Indian Foreign Service who passed into the ages.

Hands on review: Google Nexus 6P

Hands on review: Google Nexus 6P

Rediff.com15 Nov 2015

How capable is the latest mobile phone from the Nexus bloodline? Himanshu Juneja reviews the Nexus 6P.

31 amazing innovations from young Indians

31 amazing innovations from young Indians

Rediff.com8 Dec 2015

The National Innovation Foundation India (NIF), Ahmedabad shared the ideas that shined at the IGNITE 2015.

Jayalalithaa leaves a tough legacy

Jayalalithaa leaves a tough legacy

Rediff.com7 Dec 2016

Now that Tamil Nadu's tallest politician is no more, it remains to be seen how new political re-alignments could shape up, says N Sathiya Moorthy.

Top 11 Foreign Language Films, 2014

Top 11 Foreign Language Films, 2014

Rediff.com5 Jan 2015

Beautiful movies, from across the world.

'Sonia is a better politician than Rajiv'

'Sonia is a better politician than Rajiv'

Rediff.com11 Aug 2014

'She is tough. She can be stern. She can be unpleasant. Rajiv was none of these things.' 'The Congress cannot survive without the Gandhi family. If Sonia were to quit, their Lok Sabha seats would drop from 44 to four.' K Natwar Singh shares his bitterness about the Nehru family with Rashme Sehgal.

Batla encounter: Why the conviction raises doubts

Batla encounter: Why the conviction raises doubts

Rediff.com1 Aug 2013

A new report has questioned the trial court verdict convicting Shahzad Ahmad in the Batla House encounter case, speaks in length about why the verdict in the Batla House encounter is wrong. The 24-page-report, titled Beyond reasonable doubt? The Conviction of Shahzad Ahmad which has been put out by the Jamia Teachers' Solidarity Association, states that the findings of the court are based on conjectures. Vicky Nanjappa explains.

Why the deal between Iran and the West is a win-win for most

Why the deal between Iran and the West is a win-win for most

Rediff.com29 Nov 2013

It is easy to foretell that negotiating a comprehensive and final agreement on the Iran nuclear issue is by no means an easy task. It involves hard negotiations, but the hardest step has been taken, says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar, who was among the first group of foreigners to visit the the top-secret Arak plant hidden behind barren mountains south of Tehran.

Big sale: Lessons for retailers to keep customers happy

Big sale: Lessons for retailers to keep customers happy

Rediff.com20 Oct 2014

With the festive season underway, retailers in the online and the offline world need to prepare well to offer the best deals to consumers and earn trust.

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