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Rediff's Wave Rider Retires!

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......

Food adulterers in Maharashtra will face life term

The Maharashtra government on Thursday said it would make food adulteration a non-bailable offence and provide for life-term to the offenders. Food and civil supplies minister Girish Bapat......

Bihar: 4 killed, 6 hurt in police firing

Four people were killed and over half a dozen wereinjured in police firing in Farbisganj in Bihar's Araria district on Friday when the police tried to curb a vioolent mob. Some cops were also......

8 things India needs to do urgently

On the occasion of India's 63rd Independence Day, former Union agriculture secretary T Nanda Kumar offers an 8-fold path to claim our rightful place among the world's best. I was not born in 1947.......

Burari Diary: Secret anxiety lurks behind gala

Rediff.com's Sheela Bhatt presents an insider's view of the Congress plenary held at Burari.On Monday afternoon, when our car was about to reach Burari (Buradi in Hindi), where the All India......

HLL to sell starch, leather biz

Hindustan Lever, the country's largest consumer goods maker, has decided to put its starch and leather businesses on the block. While the revenues from the starch business are around Rs 15 crore......

Lalbhai group eyes HLL's starch business

The country's largest fast moving consumer goods company, Hindustan Lever Ltd, is in preliminary talks with the Ahmedabad-based Lalbhai group firm, Anil Products, to sell its starch business.......

Workers of Sukhjit Starch on strike

Sukhjit Starch & Chemicals Ltd has informed BSE that workers of our Nizamabad Unit have gone on strike today (January 15, 2003). The strike is illegal due to being without requisite notice.BSE Code:...

Pharma companies fight fakes with smart packaging

Indian pharmaceutical companies are stepping up their efforts to combat the problem of counterfeit drugs, employing a variety of strategies, from packaging innovations to engaging private......

Why FCI Stopped Rice Supply For Ethanol

Rising prices of cereals and concerns over rice production in the 2023-2024 crop year due to insufficient rains followed by floods could be the possible causes. IMAGE: Kindly note the image has......

Indian Police Force Review: This Is No Singham!

Rohit Shetty's strengths have been action and humour; the former he delivers in spades, but the latter is totally lacking in Indian Police Force, observes Deepa Gahlot. When the creator of......

Bramayugam Review: Mammootty is Terrifying

Mammootty is towering as the unflinching enigma that prevents Bramayugam from being a middling genre exercise, observes Arjun Menon. Bramayugam is the third directorial feature by Rahul Sadasivan......

'Ardh Satya wasn't conceived to showcase Om's talent'

'The ending Vijay Tendulkar had written was different.'According to him, the film ended with Anant Welankar's suicide.''I felt such an ending would be too nihilistic.''Bahut zyada defeatist ho......

Dishoom Review: Varun Dhawan packs a punch

Once the flaky fizz vaporises into nonsense and noise, a sense of tedium begins to steep in. Even so, at its 124 minutes running time, Dishoom doesn’t hobble for too long to hurt......

I have lost a part of my life with Farooque Sheikh's death

'He represented the warmth, gentleness and goodness that existed in Hindi cinema before Bollywood became a loud commodity.' Aseem Chhabra on the legendary actor he admired for over 40 years. In......

1st Test PIX: Broad's magical spell puts England in driver's seat

IMAGE: England pacer Stuart Broad pocketed four wickets as New Zealand's top-order collapsed on the third day of the first Test at the Bay Oval, on Saturday. Photograph: Phil Walter/Getty Images......

'Australia are certainly the equal of South Africa at this stage'

The resounding thud of South Africa's fall on home soil capped an intriguing season of Test cricket that has seen the establishment rocked and an ambitious Australia return to court with a swagger.......

Smith slams 'panicking' batsmen after another collapse

'It’s happening a bit too often for my liking, in all forms of cricket' 'We’re making silly errors when we’re under pressure' IMAGE: India wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni......