Muzaffarnagar: Why This Minister Will Breathe Easy

  IMAGE: Dr Sanjeev Kumar Balyan, the Union minister of state for agriculture and food processing, campaigns in the villages of the Muzaffarnagar Lok Sabha constituency. Photograph: Dr......

PIX: President Murmu confers Bharat Ratna awards

President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday conferred Bharat Ratna on former prime ministers P V Narasimha Rao and Chaudhary Charan Singh, agriculture scientist M S Swaminathan and two-time former Bihar......

'Modiji ko haarana mushkil ho sakta hai, namumkin nahi'

Singer, Trinamool Congress leader and Bengal's minister for renewable energy and information technology Babul Supriyo was in Mumbai to receive the Saptaswara Samrat Dr K J Yesudas Achievers Award......

Saluting P V Narasimha Rao For 1991!

It is thanks to the policy of liberalisation conceived by Manmohan Singh and enforced by P V Narasimha Rao that the Indian economy has now become the world's 5th largest economy by nominal GDP,......

Why Dr Kurien Deserves The Bharat Ratna

It is largely due to his vision and efforts that we have almost quadrupled our per capita milk availability in the last 40 years, points out Shailesh Dobhal. IMAGE: Dr Verghese Kurien cuts a cake......

Biden plans to raise H-1B limit, remove country quota

US President-elect Joe Biden plans to increase the number of high-skilled visas, including H-1B, and eliminate the limit on employment-based visas by country, both of which are expected to benefit......

Why does Dr Banerjee provoke BJP ire?

'Mr Modi would compliment a Nobel Prize winner, but members of his party or the government would not be restrained from either making unfair comments or criticising him for having offered advice to......

Anil Ambani's Reliance group slams Rahul Gandhi for his 'malicious lies'

Rahul has singled out Anil Ambani several times for winning the Rafale defence contract from the Narendra Modi government, alleging favouritism and corruption. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com......

When Dilip Kumar met Vajpayee...

It is to Vajpayee's credit that he told Dilip Kumar to ignore Thackeray and to follow his own conscience.But the episode -- as indeed, the manner in which Dilip Kumar has been made to pay for being......

Memories from Mrinalda

Mrinal Sen, one of India's greatest film directors, passed into the ages on December 30.In this excerpt from a conversation with Samik Bandopadhyay, Mrinalda discusses three legendary actors he has......

Dilip Tirkey feels, love for hockey will drive votes towards BJD

'The Odisha government has changed the image of the state by making it a sporting hub of the country with high performance centres, state-of-the-art training facilities and hosting big tournaments.......

Ranji roundup: Karnataka, MP, Bengal cruise into semis

A round-up of Day 4 of the Ranji Trophy quarter-finals on Friday.Karnataka rout Uttarakhand, enter semis IMAGE: Karnataka's players celebrate winning their Ranji Trophy quarter-final match against......

Hockey India wins FIH Award for growth of sport in India

Hockey India on Friday won the prestigious Etienne Glichitch Award in recognition of its contribution to the growth and development of the sport in the country. The award was announced by the......

Cricket Buzz: Azhar elected president of Hyderabad Cricket Association

IMAGE: Mohammad Azharuddin polled 173 votes while his opponent Prakash Chand Jain got 73 votes. Photograph: PTI Mohammad Azharuddin was, on Friday, elected President of Hyderabad Cricket......

Football Briefs: 'Bale will get valuable playing time in China'

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: Wales player Gareth Bale celebrates. Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty Images. The China Cup offers Wales midfielder Gareth......