Modi, Xi discuss terror, trade in 2.5-hr dinner conversation

IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chinese President Xi Jinping during the dinner hosted by the former at Shore temple complex in Mahabalipuram. Photograph: @MEAIndia/Twitter Prime Minister......

Tears, gumption & song at Old Trafford, Manchester

Ariana Grande's Sunday Manchester benefit gig was bold. And triumphant. She, and several of the world's top musicians, belted out an evening of song with the unstoppable message: Fight terrorism......

Ruskin Bond's India

The banyan tree and the green chilli; the crow and the beetle; the rose and the mango; the informality and good humour of its people...Beloved author Ruskin Bond continues Rediff.com's special......

The joys of bazaar shopping

The real challenge, says Subir Roy, is to go for something affordable whose quality is just right.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com   When we were young we were a little intrigued by Sarkar......

'We will lose one month's revenue because of GST'

'First priority should be to simplify the GST.' 'Bank consolidation as a reform is overstated.' 'You cannot create jobs sustainably when you grow at 4-5%.' Chief Economic Advisor Arvind......

Nandini Piramal gallops away in the OTC business

'Younger people are taking steps to prevent lifestyle diseases.''It is fascinating to partner with consumers on the journey of self-discovery and to help shape people's preferences -- that is what......

The revulsion! The betrayal. The realisation you knew all along

'I'm a little fuzzy on the details, but I know that everyone is behaving as if they've just discovered that their favourite grandfather is a peeping tom,' says Mitali Saran. My eyes generally......

15 shades of Priyanka Chopra

Happy birthday, Priyanka! Photograph: Kind courtesy Priyanka Chopra/Instagram Priyanka Chopra seems to have everything. Accolades. Awards. Affluence. More than 25 million followers on Instagram.......

Review: 3 Storeys has endless surprises

'This colliding of worlds is a feature of chawl life in Mumbai, where the clashes in one household often become prime-time television for the neighbours; where the boundaries of good sex, lechery,......

Judwaa 2 Review: Varun can't do a Salman

Judwaa 2’s balloon of recycled gas soon goes phus and what’s left is tedious buffoonery of the brainless, for the brainless and by the brainless, sighs Sukanya Verma.......

SRK's son AbRam Khan's adorable pictures!

Shah Rukh Khan's little toddler AbRam is already a star on social media. With his adorable antics and charm, the toddler makes everyone go 'Awww' whenever he is clicked. Let's take a look......

We didn't put best mixed team in Olympics, says bitter Paes

IMAGE: India’s Leander Paes and Saketh Myeni celebrate a point . Photograph: Manvender Vashist/PTI. The bitterness of not getting a shot at the Olympics mixed doubles event continues to......