'India has experienced any number of doctors, engineers, and individuals from professional backgrounds being implicated in terrorism. This is not a novel development.' 'These are mobilisations of......
IMAGE: Ashwini Bhide, Managing Director, Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited. Photograph: Afsar Daytar/Rediff.com From being someone who feared travelling by Mumbai's suburban trains to heading......
The heat index in major metro cities in the country has majorly risen since 2010 compared to a decade earlier. IMAGE: Students shield from the scorching sun on a hot summer afternoon in New Delhi,......
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......
Six decades and more later, we are now captives of our identities. Every poll is based on elaborate calculations of electability of candidates on the basis of their castes and other narrow......
The first metro rail corridor project inMumbaimoves forward with a Chinese company bagging the Rs 604 crore (Rs 6.04 billion) contract to supply 16 trains. The 11.4-km Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar......
Mumbaikars would get a glimpse of the city's first Metro train, due to arrive from China in mid-April. The first of the 16 trains has already been moved to Shanghai by the manufacturer of the......
'Binary fission will happen -- startups will lead to more startups.'Nandan Nilekani's 8 recommendations for India's economy to hit the $8 trillion mark by 2035.Peerzada Abrar listens in. IMAGE:......
'Just look at China: They have five or six major airlines and some smaller ones.' IMAGE: An IndiGo aircraft taxis on the tarmac at the Chhatrapati Shivaji international airport in Mumbai.......
Govt has already approached World Bank seeking termination of contract. The progress of the project was just 20 per cent though the contract was awarded in 2016. Amid the India-China faceoff......
'As tempers flared, worried for his safety, I requested Duggu to sit in his car by the gate.''He did.''Later, I asked him how he could have remained so calm in the circumstances.''He told me......
How many of the 319 films Aseem Chhabra watched in 2018 have you seen? IMAGE: Deepika Padukone in Padmaavat. I watch many films in a year -- for work and pleasure, and I keep a record of them. In......
'I used to be humiliated.''If I'd approach an actor, he would say hello and then turn away.''That's when I understood the whole game of the industry.''You cannot trust the industry.'Madhur......
If Ahmedabad is India's preferred candidate, as seems likely, hosting Olympics 2036 should give it a leg up: A bigger airport, a better metro network, more hotels, flyovers and so on, observes T N......
IMAGE: Elite marathon runners cross the Bandra-Worli sealink. Photograph: Sahil Salvi Solomon Deksisa and Amane Gobena made it a double delight for Ethiopia in the $ 405,000 Tata Mumbai Marathon......
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Monday IMAGE: Vijender Singh during a training session. Photograph courtesy: Vijender Singh/Twitter Indian boxing star Vijender......