From small restaurants to mighty software companies, it is businesses, not the government, that create jobs. Yet, in a cruel irony, they have to fight extortive and brutal State power every step of the way, says Debashis Basu.
Joginder Tuteja takes a look at ghostbusters, who have made quite the impression.
It is the biggest issue we have ever faced in the securities market, where a sensitive and systemically important institution and first-line regulator was not only exploited by unscrupulous elements but functioned like a private fief, points out Debashis Basu.
While we wait to see just how good Brahmastra is and how well it does at the box office, Joginder Tuteja looks at how sci-fi movies have done in recent times.
There's a new trend on Instagram these days.
Nysa turns 18 and her parents Kajol and Ajay Devgn get emotional... Huma promotes her film at midnight...
Between that constant feeling of I've seen it all before and inability to balance comedy and darkness, Ludo wobbles towards its finish, sighs Sukanya Verma.
Kareena gets a haircut... Bipasha takes a pic...
Yatri Kripya Dhyan De is absolutely thrilling, applauds Namrata Thakker.
Rediff.com Contributing Photographer Pradeep Bandekar sighted these stars over the weekend.
The finance ministry on Thursday said the 9 per cent growth projection for this fiscal may have to be revised on account of the high global commodity prices and the ongoing debt crisis in Europe.
Reader Harjinder Rai has sent us photographs.
The stars Rediff.com Contributing Photographer Pradeep Bandekar sighted over the weekend.
spring has arrived and Bollywood's fashionistas are showing us how to dress for it.
There are overvaluation and excesses in many pockets of the market. This is most obvious in the IPO market, where loss-making companies have inflicted large losses on investors, observes Debashis Basu.
Where the larger-than-life villain hogged the show by hurting the hero or throwing hurdles in his path, the role of his female counterpart has evolved from seductive sidekick to she-devil.
The rot is is not limited to Chitra Ramkrishna and the yogi, observed Debashis Basu.
The Left Front government led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in West Bengal got tributes from the US-India Business Council.
Meenakshi Sundareshwar is a Basu Chatterjee slice-of-life packaged in a glossy ad film whose source of heart are its two genuinely likeable leads, feels Sukanya Verma.
We have not suffered such huge price shocks across so many basic commodities, at the same time, in decades. Has the inflationary impact of all this been factored into stock prices as yet, asks Debashis Basu.
Bollywood stars celebrated the Festival of Colours in the best way they could, and posted beautiful pictures on social media.
Adnan Abidi, Sanna Irshad Mattoo, Amit Dave and the late Danish Siddiqui, who was killed last July while on assignment covering the war in Afghanistan, won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for coverage of the coronavirus pandemic in India.
I am not sure if Modi can ever act as a chowkidar, even if he wants to. But he can surely act as a thanedar, by ensuring a fast resolution of corruption cases once they come to light. Exemplary action is easier and will burnish his anti-corruption image, argues Debashis Basu.
Sukanya Verma toasts the man, the movies and the many, many, MANY memories he's made on big screen through 80 Amitabh Bachchan moments.
Sidharth is waiting... Sharvari feels hot... Parineeti meditates...
Hotels are also relying on couples who had earlier planned destination weddings but are now considering options within the country.
The special judge of MP/MLA court at Bidhannagar directed that Shah is "required to appear in person/by pleader" at 10 am on that day.
Banerjee, who rushed to the spot in the city's central business district, announced the state government will pay a compensation of Rs 10 lakh to the families of those killed in the blaze and government job to a kin of each victim.
The ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal on Wednesday accused Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, who is on a visit to New Delhi, of violating constitutional norms and asked him not to return to the state.
Virat Kohli is the quintessential 'teacher's delight' but it is injury-prone Mohammed Shami, in his current fit avatar, that India's strength and conditioning coach Shankar Basu considers his biggest achievement since joining the team.
Schools for classes 8 to 12, colleges and varsities will reopen in West Bengal on February 3, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Monday.
Kaisi Yeh Yaariyan actor Ayaz Khan threw a Halloween party for his friends, and his guests turned up in various avatars.
Naveenbabu turned 75 last October and there have been rumours of ill health, which he denied last Friday.
Three TMC leaders Amit Mitra, Bratya Basu and Rathin Ghosh were sworn-in virtually. Mitra is unwell and both Basu and Ghosh are recuperating from COVID-19.
B-town celebs are obsessed with fitness and selfies. Yes, they go hand-in-hand!
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said she would not be attending the meeting convened by the Centre on December 24 to discuss ways to commemorate the birth anniversary of philosopher and revolutionary leader Rishi Aurobindo on August 15 next year, as part of the 75th Independence Day celebrations.
BCCI president Sourav Ganguly underwent a second round of angioplasty in Kolkata on Thursday as two more stents were inserted in the coronary arteries.
India has much to be proud of and celebrate. But there is also much that is wrong, much that looks dangerous. Employment, current account deficit, rural distress, agricultural productivity are all in deep crisis, points out Shekhar Gupta.
COVID-19 forced people to work from home turned into the fuel for new demat accounts, observes Debashis Basu.
After another hiatus that lasted a decade, the actress makes a comeback once again, this time in JugJugg Jeeyo, where she taps into her comic side to play Anil Kapoor's wife.
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