Rediff.com is an Indian news, information, entertainment, and shopping web portal, founded in 1996as "Rediff On The NeT". It is headquartered in Mumbai, with offices in Bangalore, New Delhi, and New York City.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 first[citation needed]website 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 a materially false prospectus in relation to an IPO of its American depositary shares.In April 2016, the Company decided[14] to delist from NASDAQ, citing the high cost of reporting requirements, given its financial condition.