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Gujarat: 'BJP 95-98 seats; Congress 85'

'Minus Modi, the BJP will get only 50 seats.''He will undermine the BJP as an organisation and woo voters on his personal charisma.''He is planning 25 big meetings in Gujarat and that will make a......

The Narendra Modi of TV news

'To be fair to Arnab Goswami, the television camera is his only fix.'Unlike other TV stars who rule social media, Arnab is nowhere to be found.''While they hold forth in newspaper columns, maybe......

Modi's masterstroke

'Modi's brilliance seems to be in combining Indira Gandhi's 'feel' for the Indian pulse and Narasimha Rao's cynicism.''By the time the Opposition leaders caught up with Modi over the surgical......

China, India and the New Asia

'It was China's rise that caused the New Cold War in Asia as it prompted the United States to rebalance its forces in Asia to experiment with engagement and containment at the same time,' says T P......

The press cannot be at the whim sof a few

The whole gamut of media needs to be looked into to determine, among other things, the relationship between owner and editor, journalist and owner, says Kuldip Nayar WhattheNew Yorker,anAmerican......

India can grow at 10% if reforms continue to kick in: Mark Mobius

'Modi government's emphasis on empowerment rather than hand-outs is very good.' 'In the global banking world Rajan has probably been the best.' Termed as "the pied piper of emerging markets", Mark......

A test of RIL's core competence

The formidable technological challenges of building a broadband wireless network, spread across 5,000 cities and towns, will test even Reliance, notes Indrajit Gupta. It may not be long before......

Paytm's gameplan to replicate China's biggest ecom in India

Late last week, digital payments company Paytm held a press conference in New Delhi. Its chairman and managing director, Vijay Shekhar Sharma, chose the occasion to announce several new......

Paying bills becomes iPhones' biggest attraction

The addition of a mobile payments service to Apple Inc's next iPhone could help to boost sales of the larger-screen phones and claw back market share lost to mobiles running on Google Inc's Android......

American business honchos plan big investments for UP

As many as 39 business giants from the United States arrived in Lucknow on Wednesday to assure Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav that they have serious plans of pumping investments in the......

Review: Orange is the New Black is addictive!

Orange is the New Black is not afraid to tackle issues pertaining to gender identity, race and sexuality head on and that is commendable, says Paloma Sharma. Nine-time Emmy Award winning......

Mariah Carey: I'm pregnant

Get your low down on what's happening in the world of Hollywood, right here! Mariah Carey has confirmed that she is pregnant and her baby with husband Nick Cannon is due this spring. 'Yes, we are......

Mel Gibson's finest performances

At one point of time, Mel Gibson was among the biggest movie stars in the world. We've watched Mel charm us with awesome action franchises like Lethal Weapon and Mad Max, do the rogue routine in......

The pied piper of Tamil TV

The name indicates a musical instrument; Yazhini, and when she speaks, it is melodious and pleasing to the ears. Compere of one of Tamil television's most popular children's shows, Pattampoochi......

Sunny Deol: I don't fit in now

One of Bollywood's top hit-makers at one point, Sunny Deol has been lying low these days. Known for his patriotic action image, the actor now wants to try other genres as well. His next......

Why the hell was Harsha Bhogle axed?!

'The BCCI is -- and always has been, across successive dispensations -- allergic to criticism.''It has used the 'control' it enshrines in its name to destroy anyone who has dared to point fingers......

Venus descends with first round Wimbledon defeat

Looking as though she could barely be bothered to get off her chair, five-times former champion Venus Williams went out of Wimbledon's opening round on Monday, thrashed 6-1, 6-3 by Russian Elena......

Vettel cuts through techno-speak with raw pace

While talk ahead of the Malaysian Grand Prix was all about tyre degradation and the speed-boosting KERS system, Red Bulls's Sebastian Vettel sent out a reminder that raw pace remains the key......

Silly Point: India-England match was a classic!

After Sunday's thriller between India and England, Rediff staffers Manu Shankar and Abhishek Mande analyse the game. So did Dhoni let the game drift? Or did......

Sehwag rockets to No 5 in Test rankings

India opener Virender Sehwag stormed into the top five in the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen after scoring a superlative double-century against Sri Lanka in the......

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