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Type of business
  
Public company

Available in
  
English

Customer service
  
092230 20000

CEO
  
Ajit Balakrishnan (1996–)

Type of site
  
Web Portal

Industry
  
Internet Services

Founder
  
Ajit Balakrishnan

Headquarters
  
Mumbai

Rediff.com httpslh4googleusercontentcomgOzYRA4qhN8AAA

Founded
  
1996; 21 years ago (1996)

Key people
  
Ajit Balakrishnan, Chairman and CEO

Stock price
  
REDF (NASDAQ) US$ 0.15 0.00 (0.00%)24 Mar, 4:00 PM GMT-4 - Disclaimer

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Rediff com


Rediff.com is an Indian news, information, entertainment and shopping web portal, founded in 1996 as "Rediff On The NeT". It is headquartered in Mumbai, with offices in Bangalore, New Delhi and New York City.

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According to Alexa, Rediff.com is the No. 24 Indian web portal. It has more than 300 employees. Most of the visitors to Rediff.com are from India, while the rest come primarily from the US and China. In April 2001, Rediff.com acquired and began offering India Abroad. As of February 2011, it ranked 295 on Alexa. Rediff.com was the firstwebsite domain name registered in India in 1996.; however according to the records of Network Solutions, the registrar of Rediff.com, the domain was registered in 1997.

In 2001, Rediff.com was alleged to be in violation of the Securities Act for filing materially false prospectus in relation to an IPO of its American depositary shares.

In April 2016, the Company decided to delist from NASDAQ, citing the high cost of reporting requirements, given its financial conition.

History

  • Rediffmail – Web based and app-based e-mail which has around 95 million registered usernames.
  • Rediff Shopping – An online and app-based marketplace, headquartered in Mumbai, India, selling mobile phones, shopping, apparel and accessories, valentine gifts and home utility and electronics.
  • Rediff News App – On 14 September 2012, Rediff launched its Android App for Rediff News.
  • Rediff iShare – From 10 July 2007, Rediff users were able to upload their videos, music and pictures to the Rediff iShare multimedia platform.
  • References

    Rediff.com Wikipedia


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