Is it a case of poor targeting of a welfare scheme, or is it a reflection of the government's desire to expand the scope of this benefit to secure greater electoral dividends? asks A K......
In the recent past, Adityanath and the RSS seem to have come closer.The warmth is more on the part of the RSS.And even now, not all requests from the RSS are accommodated by the UP government,......
In 2018, Mr Chouhan became chief minister for the fourth time with some support from Mr Scindia. This time, nothing can be said with any certainty. IMAGE: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj......
A G20 dinner invitation from President Droupadi Murmu describing her position as 'President of Bharat' triggered massive debate on Tuesday, with the opposition alleging that the government is......
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday released the Madhya Pradesh government's 'report card' from 2003-2023 and said the Bharatiya Janata Party government in these years successfully removed the......
Your promise to protect bankers for their commercial decisions is a huge confidence booster, but how does one define a commercial decision?Are our investigative agencies well equipped to dissect......
'The first year of the Modi government's second term has laid the roadmap for the future and we will embark on it with gusto,' promises Gopal Krishna Agrawal, the BJP's national spokesperson on......
'Our government has created 10 million jobs when the Indian unemployment rate is at a 45-year high.' Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com "During Mamata's regime, capital expenditure grew 11......
Governments make budgets to retain and consolidate their hold on power, not to please opponents or economists. They do so by trying to gratify as many as possible without causing harm to the......
Forget about interim Budgets, one cannot easily recall even a full Budget of any government in recent times having rolled out benefits of this order to such a large number of people, says A K......
'If you sit collar turned up and tell yourself, you are great, you will never evolve as an actor.' IMAGE: Raghubir Yadav in Panchayat. After more than three decades in the industry, the......
'The real India lives in the villages where everyone is trying to improve the other.' IMAGE: Raghubir Yadav is one of India's finest actors. Raghubir Yadav is a phenomenal actor, who embraces......
On Kapil Sharma's 41st birthday, Subhash K Jha looks back on the comic's fall and resurrection. IMAGE: Kapil Sharma. Photograph: Kind courtesy Kapil Sharma/Instagram Will Smith's slapgate......
The couple celebrate a year of marital bliss and we wish them a lifetime of happiness. Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli stormed the Internet last year after pictures from their dreamy Italian wedding......
If Baghban did well for the older audience,there was Ishq Vishq that did good business because teenagers came in droves to watch the new star Shahid Kapoor. If Chalte Chalte, about married couple......
Leaving behind off-field controversies, the Indian women's hockey team on Saturday left for Rosario, Argentina to participate in the August 28 to September 11 World Cup. The Surinder Kaur-led......
Gurbaaz Mann, who came a hair's breadth close to winning his first professional title at the Surya Nepal Masters 2004, ensured there were no hiccups this time round, romping home to a fantastic win......
Dipankar:PremWhat was the point in playing Kumble, and not Nehra? With Mongia replacing Ganguly (a good choice), we have four slow bowlers in Kumble, Bhajji, Sachin and Mongia, and only two......