Sukanya Verma lists significant memories in our 1996 recap.
The calendar year 2004 was a real roller coaster for the Indian indices. The year started off with the Sensex touching the all time high of 6,250, only to slide to 4,300 levels in mid May.
Jeff Bezos of Amazon tops the list for the second consecutive year with networth of $147 billion.
With British tennis enduring a terrible slump that shows no sign of ending, the sport's officials have turned to him for inspiration.
The Indian ace climbed a notch higher on the leader-board even as fellow-Indian Jyoti Randhawa slid into oblivion after the penultimate round of the 120m yen ABC Golf Championship.
'Right now there are two battles, the one in our heads about the pandemic and 2, the actual pandemic itself.'
The Bharatiya Janata Party president also accused successive Congress government's of having alienated the region from the rest of the country.
Could the defeat of Vasundhara Raje, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, and Raman Singh in last year's polls in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh, respectively, augur a transition in the command structure of these states, where they reigned supreme?
Rich flow of funds has made Dharmaj one of the richest and most literate villages not only in the state but across the country
From sports to history, Rediff reader Sabyasachi Dutta shares a selection of books for you to add to your reading list in 2020.
Kazuo Ishiguro has written eight books, as well as scripts for film and television, the Academy said.
Tabria Majors will tell you how to love your body.
In a desperate bid to get their team combination right, the Indian cricket team summoned Karnataka all-rounder Stuart Binny as the 16th member of the Test squad ahead of the second Test, starting Thursday.
Born on November 3, 1933 at Challakere in Chitradurga, Sharief had an illustrious political career spanning 50 years.
Modi said that some critics described Tripura as 'a small state with only two Lok Sabha seats' to downplay the BJP's win.
Inbee Park has two words for doubters who thought she should sit out the Olympics and give her spot to another South Korean: gold medal.
Shab is too coy about sexuality and sleepy in its reflections of loneliness to get anywhere, feels Sukanya Verma.
Sukanya Verma celebrates 25 years of Bollywood images.
India's fastest bowler Varun Aaron has started his 10-day training programme under Australian legend Glenn McGrath at the MRF Pace Foundation as part of a tie-up between the BCCI and company.
Mystery shrouds the death of Madhya Pradesh Governor Ram Naresh Yadav's son Shailesh Yadav.
Rajneesh Gupta tells us why the wicket-keeper's return is special.
Baadshaho's sluggish screenplay and humourless rhythm are spectacularly low on swagger and daredevilry, feels Sukanya Verma.
We asked you to tell us your reason for choosing not to vote. This is what our readers shared.
'When the clouds lift and the mists clear, when saner heads and minds sit down to parse the outcome, they will find that the Congress was not lacking in either fight or spirit,' notes Saisuresh Sivaswamy.
Why do SRK and Salman find themselves on this list?
On a visit to India in 2013, writer Ved Mehta -- who passed into the ages on Sunday January 10, 2021 - gave Rediff.com's Vaihayasi Pande Daniel a rare glimpse into his state of mind and what he thinks of the changes he encounters in his motherland.
Barely a month after breaking covers, the models -- the Jawa, the Jawa 42 and the Perak -- were sold out, reports Shally Seth Mohile.
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As the iconic 163-year-old telegram passed into history, the last message was sent to Rahul Gandhi and director general of DD news SM Khan. The telegram counter closed at 11:45 pm on Sunday night and the last message was booked at the counter of Central Telegraph Office, Janpath by one Ashwani Mishra.
Vaihayasi Pande Daniel discovers Ross Island where the clock can never be turned back.
Jelena Ostapenko, the youngest French Open finalist since Ana Ivanovic 10 years ago, takes a riskier approach, striking every ball as if she is trying to separate it from its fluffy coat.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
There is no shortcut to playing first-class cricket.
Nitish Kumar has failed to curb communal forces and hoodlums across communities. And that is ominous for Bihar's present and future, warns Mohammad Sajjad.
'Only when India's adversaries are convinced that India has both the necessary political and military will and the hardware to respond to a nuclear strike with punitive retaliation that will inflict unacceptable loss of human life and unprecedented material damage, will they be deterred,' says Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (retd).
Its 'failure not just affects the military's effectiveness but could also be politically vulnerable for the BJP,' observes Ajai Shukla.
September 12 marked the 122th anniversary of one of the most incredible battles in Indian history.
Pulwama must become the defining moment in our fight against terror, effecting a sea change in our mindset. The erratic, blow hot blow cold approach, the hallmark of our anti-terror-Pak-Kashmir policy must end. In its place is required a pragmatic, comprehensive, robust hard line course that is relentlessly pursued even in times of relative calm until the final objective is met, namely the eradication of separatism and the total annihilation of terror, says Vivek Gumaste.
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