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India's Two Front War Challenge

The Chinese see no need to fight directly. They have an able and willing proxy in Pakistan, points out Shekhar Gupta. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters History gives every war a name. Officially,......

Now, Trump says $21 million went to 'my friend Modi' for voter turnout

United States President Donald Trump for the fourth time in recent days claimed that the Biden administration allocated $21 million funding to India for 'voter turnout', evoking a sharp response......

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......

High Drama As Campaign Ends In TVM!

As the curtain falls on the campaign for the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat on Wednesday, April 24, a ringside view of the closing ceremonies. IMAGE: A gallery of Shashi Tharoor cutouts on the......

Nitish 'condemns himself', apologises in assembly and outside

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday apologised in both Houses of the legislature, as well as outside, for remarks made a day before on the importance of women's education to control......

Banks Fallout: Time For RBI To Be Alert

The broader economy risks a potential flight of foreign portfolio capital, therefore pressure on the rupee and more bad news on the stock market, warns T N Ninan. IMAGE: The Credit Suisse building......

Trump admin makes H1-B visa approval tough; Indian firms to be impacted

The Trump administration has announced a new policy that makes very tough the procedure of issuing H-1B visas to those to be employed at one or more third-party worksites, a move that will hugely......

Websites selling sex toys under lens

Four websites, including Flipkart, may be blocked if the govt feels they're maintaining objectionable content. Sex toys were not so easily available in India a few months ago until e-commerce sites......

GST: These 27 items just got cheaper!

Small and medium enterprises had complained of tedious compliance burden under the Goods and Services Tax Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Three months after the rollout of the new indirect......

Is online selling of sex toys illegal?

Come and check us, we're always open and law-abiding, says co-founder of US-based entity selling in India, after Delhi Police asks govt to track some e-commerce sites. IMbesharam, a company......

Dedh Bigha Zameen: Pratik Gandhi's Show All The Way

Pratik Gandhi once again proves that he is an actor who can bring any character to life with his dedication to his craft and instinctive understanding of what the role requires, observes Deepa......

Comedy Couple review

Watch Comedy Couple for Shweta and Saqib, says Moumita Bhattacharjee. Comedy Couple, as an idea, is quite exciting. We are more familiar with people doing stand-up alone on stage. A couple changes......

'Some of the best things in cinema are happening in India'

'Of the people here in Europe who have watched The Story of Film: A New Generation, the most talked-about clip is the one from Ram Leela.' IMAGE: Ranveer Singh in Goliyon Ki Raasleela: Ram Leela.......

Mohanlal would be perfect as Georgekutty.. 25 years ago

The curse of stardom, especially in a country like India -- which wants its Gods to be tidy and punctilious -- is that stardom forces you to stop exploring the frozen sea inside you, and instead......

Village Rockstars Review: Too good for the Oscars

'This is a movie, which if you allow it to, will wash itself all over you, so that you emerge from it a little drenched but wide awake,' says Sreehari Nair. Outwardly, Rima Das's Village Rockstars......

Papers crack out the egg jokes to mock Mourinho

Jose Mourinho's description of his Chelsea players as "beautiful, young eggs" came back to haunt him as English newspapers dredged up a wealth of egg-related puns to mock his team's defeat to Basel......

Sweden are easy to analyse, difficult to beat: coach Andersson

'There was a coach once who said his team was quite easy to analyse but difficult to beat. That is a good description of us.' Sweden's success at this year's World Cup has been built on defensive......

'I was completely broken, absolutely finished, mentally shot'

Kevin Pietersen in a conversation with England captain Alastair Cook. Photograph: Getty Images Dumped England batsman Kevin Pietersen has slammed his former team managers for allegedly allowing a......

Prem Panicker: A stutter no more, in a modest chase

'When Dhoni walked in, India needed 105 to win with 32 overs to play. The situation called for calm, nerveless, ice-cold execution without necessitating any adrenalin-fueled impestuosities -- the......