'You need not just one strong leader, you need a strong Opposition'

'Those who hope for a strong united Opposition are disillusioned at the way in which the INDIA alliance has already been caught in debilitating squabbles.' IMAGE: A meeting of INDIA leaders.......

Hyderabad prof moves SC for quashing of proceedings, summons by Manipur court

A Hyderabad university professor on Monday approached the Supreme Court seeking quashing of the criminal proceedings initiated against him in which summons were also issued for his personal......

'Collegium, with some aberrations removed, is a very good idea'

'There is one negative thing which has happened very quietly. The position of the election commissioner has been downgraded.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla,......

'Dropping Gadkari is a message to the RSS'

'We are seeing an era where only what Modi wishes is going to happen.''A clear message has now been sent to others that if this fate could befall on Nitin Gadkari, then just think what could happen......

Bibek Debroy picks holes in Dr Singh's notes ban criticism

Singh, who had also served as Reserve bank governor, had lashed at the government on many aspects of the ongoing exercise, including making this charge. He’d said GDP growth would fall by at......

No regrets on speaking my mind: Raghuram Rajan

Raghuram Rajan said the head of the central bank should have a fixed tenure of more than three years as the current term was too short. IMAGE: RBI governor needs a longer tenure, says Raghuram......

We did not abuse RBI governors: Chidambaram

“We did not abuse RBI governors. We did not let loose people to abuse them and we never forced them to say that they will not seek a second term," says former finance minister Chidambaram.......

8-8.5% growth is more like statistical and not real: CEA

The ambitious 8.1-8.5 per cent economic growth projected for the next fiscal in Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's Budget is more like a "statistical and not a real number," Chief Economic Adviser......

Meet the Shashi Kapoor no one knows!

He was Bollywood's beloved star, the Kapoor who could charm the birds off the trees. He starred in both commercial and art cinema. He went international before most actors in India even considered......

Sanjana Kapoor's sweet Leonard Cohen story!

Her brother Karan made her hate Leonard Cohen's music.And then, she tells Rediff.com's Savera R Someshwar, she bumped into the legendary singer in a Mumbai swimming pool.Her story, in her own......

Katrina, Shahid, Deepika: The long list of Kapoor exes!

Before finding their 'happily-ever-after', some Kapoors have endured and inflicted heartbreak. Beautiful, passionate, demanding and famous, Bollywood's Kapoors are not an easy lot to date. Not......

Father's Day Special: Meet the Shashi Kapoor no one knows!

'Dad never worked on Sundays. We would have all three meals together. He never invited his friends over on Sunday.' 'Very few fathers in our culture have a close relationship with their children.......

The person who is hurting most is me: BCCI supremo

His back against the wall after the IPL spot-fixing scandal, BCCI President N Srinivasan has not ruled out filing a criminal complaint against the arrested "dirty cricketers", insisting that no one......