In Rajasthan's Pokaran, it's Hindu math head vs religious leader of Sindhi Muslims

Last election, just 872 votes separated the winner from the loser in Pokaran assembly constituency, where a Hindu seer is now pitted against the son of a Muslim religious leader. IMAGE: Rajasthan......

In Haryana, Khattar's problems stretch beyond farmers' protest

Apart from the second pandemic upsurge in Haryana which devastated its cities and villages, in most districts panchayats stopped inviting BJP-JJP leaders to social gatherings, while a few announced......

Let Gandhi enter your heart

On January 30, 2019, 71 years after he was murdered, Hindu Mahasabha workers tastelessly re-enacted the crime in Aligarh.Television channels, which conducted prime time debates when a portrait of......

I made a mistake, people of Karnataka won't: Shah in Mysuru

IMAGE: BJP president Amit Shah visits the home of a BJP worker late Raju at Kyathamaranahalli in Mysuru on Friday. Photograph: PTI Photo Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah on Friday......

Modi's mini Budget: Experts divided on fiscal impact

PM's announcement were focused on those most affected by the note ban. Economists are divided on whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi's populist schemes announced on New Year's eve will add to the......

Govt expenses to make your head spin!

IDS-2 and raids to uncover black money stash keep receipts flowing, report Arup Roychoudhury and Sanjeeb Mukherjee.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Even as the cash crunch following......

Deflation might disturb Jaitley's fiscal math

  Nominal GDP, assumed to grow 11.5 per cent for the current financial year in the Budget, has grown only 7.4 per cent in the first half of the current financial year. Finance Minister Arun......

Don't be fooled by India's fastest-growing economy tag

New GDP math sends high-frequency indicators out of whack, notes Malini Bhupta India is set to exit FY15 as the second largest largest BRIC economy this year, as the GDP hits $2 trillion. The......

The Ultimate Lata Mangeshkar Playlist

The Incomparable Lata Mangeshkar passed into the ages on February 6, 2022. She was 92.Some of her best songs, in celebration of an incredible life. Nightingale of India. Greatest Indian Singer......

The ULTIMATE Lata Mangeshkar playlist

Nightingale of India. Greatest Indian Singer ever. Goddess Saraswati incarnate. Hyperbole becomes Lata Mangeshkar. No amount of praise is lavish enough to describe the supremacy of her voice as it......

Super 30 Teachers of Bollywood

Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach. Aristotle's words acquire a larger-than-life embodiment in Bollywood's brand of educationists. In Super 30, starring Hrithik Roshan, Bihar-based......

'Abhishek and I are Ramji, Taapsee is our Hanuman'

'The emotion of love is the same, but we have made it a math calculation, messed up and complicated.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Vicky Kaushal/Instagram Vicky Kaushal has had a crackling year. The......

Gayle, Harbhajan, Afridi among star-studded marquee players

IMAGE: Chris Gayle will ply his trade for Mississauga Panthers. Photograph: Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters The player draft for the much-awaited Global T20 Canada 2023 was held in a hybrid-form on......

'They said we didn't deserve to be here. We have answered them now'

When minnows Jammu and Kashmir defeated 40-times Ranji Trophy champions Mumbai on Wednesday, it was perhaps the biggest-ever shock victory in domestic Indian cricket. Rediff.com's Vaihayasi Pande......