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Why Owaisi's rise in Bihar is cause for concern

Owaisi's five seats in Bihar's Muslim-majority Seemanchal region ought to ring alarm bells, observes Virendra Kapoor. IMAGE: All India Majlis-e-Ittahudal Muslimeen President Asaduddin Owaisi......

The real story behind Raazi

As Raazi hit theatres, Harinder Sikka -- author of Calling Sehmat, the book on which the film is based -- reveals the thrilling real life story of an Indian spy named Sehmat.As told to Rediff.com's......

On board the Lifeline Express, world's first hospital train

On July 16, 1991, the world’s first hospital on a train chugged out of Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus on its maiden journey. Twenty-six years later, the Lifeline Express (also......

M&M to set up first tractor plant in decade in Mohali

Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) is setting up a greenfield tractor plant in Mohali near Punjab. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters Fueled by a strong domestic demand, the expansion is the first in a decade......

Auto sales jump 13% in FY22

Supply chain constraints will keep plaguing automobile companies even though demand significantly improved resulting in a 13 per cent year-on-year (YoY) increase in sales in financial year 2021-22......

Covid-19 surge makes corporate India nervous about Q1

Since April, India has seen multiple strains of the coronanavirus sweep the nation, upending life and businesses alike. Out-of-home retail and discretionary categories such as durables, auto,......

India Inc goes slow on rupee bonds, eyes international market

As bonds are costlier for companies and investors are more sceptical than the banks, CFOs say they are looking at other avenues for raising funds. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Indian......

RIL to spin off oil-to-chemical biz into separate arm with $25bn loan

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries has announced the contours of carving out of its oil-to-chemicals (O2C) business into an independent unit with a USD 25 billion loan from the parent,......

Major Review

Major is in a perennial state of exaggeration.The sighs, the misty eyes, the mushy speeches, its details are invested in highlighting all things in-your-face, observes Sukanya Verma. There's no......

Why Meghna Gulzar renamed Raazi

It's been three years since Meghna Gulzar's thriller Raazi released on May 11.Subhash K Jha lists five things you didn't know about the film. IMAGE: Alia Bhatt as Sehmat Syed in Raazi. Raazi was......

Which book-to-screen is YOUR fave? VOTE!

In Parineeti Chopra's upcoming Netflix release The Girl On The Train, the actress goes against type to play an alcoholic, whose obsession around a happily married couple lands her in the middle of......

Remember this OUTRAGEOUS '80s filmi fashion?

Sonam Kapoor recreated Rekha's Khoobsurat, Kartik Aaryan's Love Aaj Kal had Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak-inspired courtship, Sonakshi Sinha's dance number in Himmatwala saw some Reena Roy-ripped disco......

The Lady Behind Bollywood's BEAUTIFUL STORIES

Amazing stories about some of our best loved movies from Bhavani Iyer who wrote them. Photograph: Kind courtesy Bhavani Iyer/Instagram "Bollywood is really a land of dreams," Bhavani Iyer tells......

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