'Wrong to allege ED is politically motivated'

'Whatever ED officers do -- issue summons, conduct searches or arrest a person -- they have to face the courts.' IMAGE: Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate......

Khurshid, Lallu, Shukla in Cong's new UP poll panel

Gearing up for the assembly polls next year, the Congress on Wednesday constituted the election committee for Uttar Pradesh, which includes state unit chief Ajay Kumar Lallu and former Union......

Pakistan will soon control all of Afghanistan

The billions India invested in dams, schools, etc in Afghanistan will be gone.The Hindu and Sikh population of Afghanistan has already shrunk from some 200,000 to about 500, points out Rajeev......

How Many Children do BJP MLAs in UP have?

Given the controversy over the Uttar Pradesh government's population control policy, Hemant Shivsaran/Rediff.com digs deep to find out how many children BJP legislators in UP have. IMAGE: Uttar......

Price relief for diabetes patients as drugs go off patent

At least two key drugs in the gliptin category have already gone off patent and cheaper variants are crowding the market. Also, several patent expiries are round the corner for the newest category......

What India Inc expects from Modi2

'This solid verdict would further strengthen his resolve to drive forward the economic agenda to ensure that the fruits of the economic momentum continue to reach the poor, so visible during the......

Budget gets a thumbs up from India Inc

"India's middle class, small traders and farmers are the lifelines of its economic growth. By catering to these ambitions #Budget2019 infuses hopes for millions of dreams." Illustration: Dominic......

An RBI governor, two finance ministers and a quiet war

'Governments that did not respect the central bank's independence would sooner or later come to rue the day they undermined the institution,' RBI Deputy Governor Viral Acharya warned on Friday.The......

Ray review

As an exercise, Ray is an effort worth encouraging.As a collaboration, it is a hit and miss, notes Sukanya Verma. Edgar Allan Poe once said, 'A short story must have a single mood and every......

'He fought and fought until the last moment'

Irrfan Khan, one of India's finest actors, has passed into the ages.   Parvathy: For that persistent ever-curious artistic spirit that created worlds from scratch, for always including your......

PIX: Alia-Ranbir party with the Ambanis

Guests trouped out of Arpita Khan's party and into Mukesh Ambani's, on the other side of Mumbai. The Ambanis invited film folk to celebrate the Ganpati festival with them with a grand party.......

Akshay Kumar's party playlist!

Dance like Akshay Kumar this month! He has acted in all kinds of movies -- big, small, solo, two-hero, multistarrers and remakes -- and across all possible genres, from action, comedy, romance,......

36 summers later, Arshdeep has same fate as Chetan Sharma

  IMAGE: A screen grab of Arshdeep Singh putting down the catch to give Pakistan's Asif Ali is a reprieve. Photograph: Twitter Arshdeep Singh can do with a warm hug from Chetan Sharma. The......

India hockey players ready for Australia at CWG

IMAGE: Indian athletes at the Commonwealth Games 2022 kit unveiling in New Delhi on Thursday. First Row L-R: Ashish Kumar; Shiva Thapa; Amit Panghal; Nitu Ghanghas; Anshu Malik; Deepak Punia;......

Sania to return to action in January

IMAGE: Sania Mirza last played at the China Open in October 2017. Photograph: Sania Mirza/Instagram Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza on Thursday confirmed that she will be back to competitive tennis......

VOTE! The best Indian sportsperson of 2016

It was a year which P V Sindhu made memorable for all Indians with a historic silver medal at the Rio Olympics and Sakshi Malik became the darling of the nation with her bronze medal in wrestling.......

Paes, Bopanna went in cold into the Olympics: Bhupathi

They (Paes and Bopanna) did not practise, did not play any matches together: Bhupathi IMAGE: India's Rohan Bopanna (left) and Leander Paes in action. Photograph: PTI. Ace doubles player Leander......