Rediff's Wave Rider Retires!

After steering the Rediff mothership for close to 29 years, Ajit Balakrishnan, founder, chairman and CEO, did what few businessmen in this country do -- R-E-T-I-R-E. On August 2, 2024, we were......

'They wanted to strike terror in India'

'The entire idea behind the serial bomb blasts was to strike fear in the minds of Indians.''I don't think the blasts were targeted to derail the Indian economy; the idea behind the blasts was......

CJI gets emotional recalling his Nagpur days

Chief Justice of India U U Lalit on Saturday got teary-eyed while reminiscing about the time he spent in Nagpur at the beginning of his career as a lawyer. IMAGE: CJI U U Lalit. Photograph: ANI......

The A-W Of Desi Guests At the White House Dinner

The dinner Jill Biden and her husband US President Joe Biden hosted for Prime Minister Narendra D Modi, June 22, at the White House brought together, Indians and Americans from so many firmaments,......

The movie that made Kishore Kumar famous

Rediff.com celebrates Kishore Kumar's 90th birth anniversary today by tracing his life from small beginnings to unfulfilled dreams.  Photograph: Rediff Archives Kishore Kumar, after Mukesh,......

Deepika Padukone dines with the xXx team

The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities: Deepika Padukone seems to be having fun shooting for the Vin Diesel-starrer xXx: The Return of Xander Cage in Toronto. She......

'I don't want to work with Sanjay Leela Bhansali'

'You don't need a godfather to protect you from the dangers of Bollywood because nobody will.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Shashank Arora/Instagram You have seen Shashank Arora in Titli, Brahman......

When Gavaskar saved a family from a mob during the Bombay riots

Cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar, who was known to take on the pace-battery of West Indies bowlers during his playing days with aplomb, also showed "courage" to save a family during the 1993 Bombay......

'I would have been the king of limited overs cricket'

'I am not envious of those who are making millions. It's their era and I had my era.' IMAGE: Cricket legend Salim Durani trains budding cricketers in Jamnagar in this January 2004 photograph.......

Srinivasan to chair Working Committee meeting

Unfazed by a Bombay high court order, which declared the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s probe into the IPL spot-fixing scandal illegal, a defiant N Srinivasan will chair......

Supreme Court allows Srinivasan to resume charge as BCCI chief

The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed N Srinivasan to resume charge as president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India while setting up special panel to probe the spot-fixing scandal that......

Meiyappan, Kundra banned for life; CSK, RR for 2 yrs

Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals suspended from the Indian Premier League for two years IPL COO Sundar Raman's fate to be decided later 'Conflict of interest questions have been raised;......