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Nail Polish review

Nail Polish review

Rediff.com4 Jan 2021

Nail Polish is an engaging watch, recommends Moumita Bhattacharjee.

The Shahabuddin Effect

The Shahabuddin Effect

Rediff.com1 May 2021

Nitish Kumar had a week's time to prove his majority, but Laloo Yadav made full use of Siwan don Mohammad Shahabuddin. A revealing excerpt from Rajesh Singh's Baahubalis Of Indian Politics: From Bullet To Ballot.

Dark Chocolate Review: Neither engaging nor thought-provoking

Dark Chocolate Review: Neither engaging nor thought-provoking

Rediff.com2 Sep 2016

There is nothing new that Dark Chocolate highlights about the murder case, says Namrata Thakker!

Hostages 2 review

Hostages 2 review

Rediff.com11 Sep 2020

Hostages 2 is not as crisp and engaging as season one. But the show is still worth watching because of Ronit Roy and a few other fine performances, notes Namrata Thakker.

The Arjun Patiala Review

The Arjun Patiala Review

Rediff.com26 Jul 2019

Arjun Patiala doesn't add up to be the spoof it was meant to be, complains Prasanna D Zore.

Stalin Needs to Think Fast, Act Faster

Stalin Needs to Think Fast, Act Faster

Rediff.com4 Sep 2021

Good intentions and elaborate roadmaps apart, there is an urgent need for the Tamil Nadu chief minister to come up with branded schemes like MGR's meal scheme, asserts N Sathiya Moorthy.

Drishyam 2 review

Drishyam 2 review

Rediff.com22 Feb 2021

Drishyam 2 fulfills all the criteria required for a blockbuster in terms of story, message, performances and execution, aplauds Divya Nair.

AAP sharpens attack against Modi, rakes up Haren Pandya murder

AAP sharpens attack against Modi, rakes up Haren Pandya murder

Rediff.com25 Feb 2014

The Reliance gas pricing issue is likely to find a place in the Aam Aadmi Party's manifesto as the new party has already indicated that it will be among the major issues to target the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress in the Lok Sabha election.

Drishyam 2 review

Drishyam 2 review

Rediff.com19 Feb 2021

This Mohanlal suspense drama may well go down as yet another modern day classic, raves Joginder Tuteja.

Raat Akeli Hai review

Raat Akeli Hai review

Rediff.com1 Aug 2020

It's like Agatha Christie walked into Roman Polanski's Chinatown conversing in Vishal Bhardwaj with a smattering of Brian De Palma for razzle-dazzle -- the upshot is mesmeric, raves Sukanya Verma.

High unemployment 'sanyog' or your 'prayog'? Priyanka asks Modi

High unemployment 'sanyog' or your 'prayog'? Priyanka asks Modi

Rediff.com5 Feb 2020

At a poll rally on Monday, Prime Minister Modi said the protests against the new citizenship law in Shaheen Bagh and other areas in New Delhi are not a coincidence but an 'experiment' ('sanyog nahi prayog') and a political conspiracy to destroy the country's harmony. Taking on the PM, Priyanka Gandhi said a report recently said 3.5 crore jobs have been lost in the last five years in seven important sectors.

Delhi country's crime capital too, reveals NCRB data

Delhi country's crime capital too, reveals NCRB data

Rediff.com30 Nov 2017

New Delhi also has the dubious distinction of topping the NCRB list in cases of murder, kidnapping and abduction, juveniles in conflict and economic offences.

Review: Hate Story 4 is such a sob story

Review: Hate Story 4 is such a sob story

Rediff.com9 Mar 2018

Hate Story 4 disappoints big time, says Prasanna D Zore.

Kerala's crime against women. How will Kerala government answer these numbers

Kerala's crime against women. How will Kerala government answer these numbers

Rediff.com11 May 2016

Rediff Labs analysed Kerala state's number of crime against women under different crime heads such as rape, kidnapping, assault to outrage her modesty, dowry deaths, immoral traffic for the last 10 years.

Rao-Manmohan reforms are outdated

Rao-Manmohan reforms are outdated

Rediff.com12 Dec 2019

'Those who are talking of adopting the Narasimha Rao-Manmohan Singh policy must understand now that what was a reform then is no longer a reform now,' argues Sukumar Mukhopadhyay who was associated with the 1991 economic reforms.

When Nature Challenges A CM

When Nature Challenges A CM

Rediff.com6 Jan 2022

The chief minister still has time to repair the damage but he will have to act all-round, both at the government and party levels, suggests N Sathiya Moorthy.

Yogi slams Priyanka on tweet on rising crime in UP

Yogi slams Priyanka on tweet on rising crime in UP

Rediff.com30 Jun 2019

On Saturday, Priyanka had claimed that incidents of crime are on the rise in Uttar Pradesh, and criminals were "roaming freely" in the state. "In Uttar Pradesh criminals are roaming freely and doing whatever they want. Criminal incidents are taking place one after the other. However, its Bharatiya Janata Party government has turned deaf. Has the Uttar Pradesh government surrendered before criminals?" she had tweeted in Hindi along with a collage of news reports indicating various incidents of crime.

Pistorius freed on parole but will stay under house arrest

Pistorius freed on parole but will stay under house arrest

Rediff.com20 Oct 2015

Oscar Pistorius, South Africa's 'Blade Runner', was released on parole on Monday, just short of a year into his five-year sentence for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

A Don Who Rose as Bengaluru Rose

A Don Who Rose as Bengaluru Rose

Rediff.com5 Jun 2020

With Muthappa Rai's death ended a life that highlighted the dark side of Bengaluru's often delirious growth to become India's IT capital

Review: Rahasya is a clever whodunit

Review: Rahasya is a clever whodunit

Rediff.com30 Jan 2015

Atmospheric chills and a good story your thing? Watch Rahasya, suggests Nishi Tiwari.

If Biden wins 'Communist' Kamala will takeover in a month: Trump

If Biden wins 'Communist' Kamala will takeover in a month: Trump

Rediff.com9 Oct 2020

Biden has described Trumps' remarks about Harris as "despicable" and "beneath the office of the presidency".

India ranks 81st in global corruption perception index

India ranks 81st in global corruption perception index

Rediff.com22 Feb 2018

The index uses a scale of 0 to 100, where 0 is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean.

'Nitish Kumar has to choose between dignity and power'

'Nitish Kumar has to choose between dignity and power'

Rediff.com25 Jan 2021

As the ruling alliance starts feeling the tremors, discussions on new equations have also started, reports Satyavrat Mishra.

'Not just minorities, everyone must feel safe'

'Not just minorities, everyone must feel safe'

Rediff.com29 Dec 2017

Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje breaks her silence.

Pistorius to be released on parole in August

Pistorius to be released on parole in August

Rediff.com8 Jun 2015

South African Olympic and Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius is set to be released from prison on parole in August after serving 10 months for culpable homicide in the killing of his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, a family member said.

This is opening the door to mob rule

This is opening the door to mob rule

Rediff.com24 Dec 2019

'Once such conduct becomes legitimate through political and popular sanction, then the ordinary citizen will have no defences left,' warns Shyam Saran.

Why Rhea's case should send shivers down our spines

Why Rhea's case should send shivers down our spines

Rediff.com14 Sep 2020

A promising young actor suffering from depression has had his life laid bare for the grubby public to paw through. An ordinary family has been pitched into the middle of a nightmare of an investigation and arrested for no reason discernible at present. And a young actress has had her reputation, and probably career, destroyed so that TRP ratings can soar, notes Sherna Gandhy.

How safe is your state for women?

How safe is your state for women?

Rediff.com14 Jul 2016

The Rediff Labs team analysed the National Crime Records Bureau data on crime against women for the past decade.

Mumbai Diaries 26/11 review

Mumbai Diaries 26/11 review

Rediff.com11 Sep 2021

What was the need to fictionalise a series on real events that were far more horrific because they were real? asks Vaihayasi Pande Daniel.

The Best Rishi Kapoor Performances

The Best Rishi Kapoor Performances

Rediff.com1 May 2020

Sukanya Verma raises a toast (he'd like that very much) to the magnificent Rishi Kapoor and his 25 essential performances.

Arrest of a Banker

Arrest of a Banker

Rediff.com3 Nov 2020

This is one of the many such cases that helped to create an acute fear psychosis among public sector bankers, reveals Tamal Bandyopadhyay in his fascinating new book Pandemonium: The Great Indian Banking Tragedy.

Ittefaq Review: A 'whodunit' with plenty of laughs

Ittefaq Review: A 'whodunit' with plenty of laughs

Rediff.com3 Nov 2017

Ittefaq has a gagster attitude, plenty of light touches, and it announces Abhay Chopra as a mainstream talent to watch out for, says Sreehari Nair.

Speculation rife over Nirbhaya convicts's hanging

Speculation rife over Nirbhaya convicts's hanging

Rediff.com9 Dec 2019

The Buxar jail, the only prison in the state having the required knowhow, received an instruction to the effect last week

'Taliban is on the march'

'Taliban is on the march'

Rediff.com3 Aug 2021

'It's waging an offensive with no seeming precedent.' 'The fact that it's now entering cities, as opposed to remaining massed around their perimeters, is a game changer.'

Aarkkariyam review

Aarkkariyam review

Rediff.com20 Apr 2021

Despite its stiffness, in Aarkkariyam, a supernatural glow does shine out of the ordinary.

Modi's Self-Created Perfect Storm

Modi's Self-Created Perfect Storm

Rediff.com20 May 2021

Triumphalism, premature declaration of victory meant no one checked if India had enough vaccines, oxygen, remdesivir, bringing us back to a crisis where we need foreign aid after four decades, asserts Shekhar Gupta.

No ground to erase death penalty in Indian law, says SC

No ground to erase death penalty in Indian law, says SC

Rediff.com9 Jul 2018

The apex court, which dismissed the review pleas filed by three of the four death row convicts of the sensational December 16, 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case, said the courts cannot be held for committing any illegality in awarding capital punishment in "appropriate cases" till death penalty remains in the penal code.

Illegal review

Illegal review

Rediff.com20 May 2020

Illegal captivates you in the first half of the series, feels Joginder Tuteja. And then...

Mardaani 2 Review

Mardaani 2 Review

Rediff.com13 Dec 2019

Mardaani 2 works best and better than its predecessor when it stays true to its slick catch-me-if-you-can potential, feels Sukanya Verma.

The night television news died

The night television news died

Rediff.com12 Mar 2018

Television channels were ready to plumb below rock bottom in their frenzied prospecting for TRP gold, says Shuma Raha.