On the 83rd anniversary of the Quit India movement, Utkarsh Mishra/Rediff recalls the conditions under which the Congress, led by Mahatma Gandhi, launched the final struggle for independence.......
The Indian History Congress (IHC) has attacked National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)'s new Partition Horrors Remembrance Day modules, alleging that they spread 'falsehoods......
On his 200th birth anniversary, Utkarsh Mishra/Rediff traces the life, thought, and legacy of Dadabhai Naoroji, the Grand Old Man of India. IMAGE: Dadabhai Naoroji. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons......
One hundred years ago, a group of 10 revolutionaries carried out an operation that shook the British Empire.Utkarsh Mishra revisits the 'Kakori Conspiracy Case', a turning point in the armed......
The message from Sunday’s event will undoubtedly reverberate globally. It's a landmark occasion that will be remembered for generations and will inspire many other states to introduce the story......
Supreme Court judge Justice K Vinod Chandran on Monday recused from hearing a plea seeking directions to authorities to investigate allegations made by US short seller Viceroy Research that......
Stock markets closed lower on Wednesday due to selling in IT and oil & gas shares as investors turned cautious ahead of the start of earnings season and mixed global trends. Photograph: Arko......
When shorts are based on perceived corporate mismanagement or malfeasance, as in cases like Enron and Satyam, they enable the financial system to work efficiently, points out Devangshu Datta.......
Even as sectors across India embrace technological transformation, the construction side of the real estate industry continues to trail global trends. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff While......
'In the past six months, capital markets have seen a dip, and realty is struggling. The stock-market investor will be cautious of putting that investment in real estate when there may be a slowdown......
The grilling of Brigadier-General Dyer by Akshay Kumar's Sir C Sankaran Nair, as shown in Kesari 2, is an imaginary sequence, proves Utkarsh Mishra. IMAGE: Akshay Kumar and Ananya Panday in Kesari......
Kesari Chapter 2 has more style than substance on its mind, discovers Sukanya Verma. As is usually the case, the untold story in Kesari Chapter 2 is actually an inaccurate one wherein history is......
If you disregard history and are ready to watch Kesari 2 purely as an entertainer, you are definitely going to enjoy it, notes Utkarsh Mishra. The title of Akshay Kumar's latest period drama......
Actor Surendra Rajan who plays Mahatma Gandhi along with Roshan Seth who plays Jawaharlal Nehru, during shooting for the film The Last Viceroy, in Pataudi, some 100 km south of New Delhi. The......
Huma Qureshi is going places with her new film Viceroy's House. After going to Berlin for the film's premiere, she travelled with the film to London, where she had a live interview at a studio. She......
Seventy two years ago, a newly independent India ventured to hold the the first Asian Games in Delhi with meager resources. IMAGE: A glimpse of the Chinese city of Hangzhou, the venue for the......