The Prime Minister Born On February 29

Morarji Desai, India's first non Congress prime minister, was born on February 29, 1896. Mr Desai was 81 when he was elected prime minister and ruled India for two years, from March 1977 to July......

Why MoSha Are Worried About 2024 Lok Sabha Poll

Even if the BJP gets 60, 70, or even 100 per cent of the votes in the seats where it scored more than 50 per cent in the 2019 Lok Sabha election, these will still add up to only 224 seats, argues......

'Nobody in the government has the right to dictate what I should do'

'Even the President does not have the power to overrule the ECI.' A revealing excerpt from T N Seshan's Through the Broken Glass: An Autobiography. IMAGE: Then chief election commissioner T N......

Will India See Return Of Two-Party Politics?

If only the Congress could rebuild on its strengths and develop a modern enough ideology, we could again be moving towards a clearer two-party political landscape, asserts Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE:......

Modi needs to listen to our economists

We have a government with an extremely weak economic team advising a PM who hardly pays attention to their thoughts, says Jayanta Roy. Photograph: Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   I......

Cash may no longer be king as e-money emerges new ruler

The proposed ban on cash transactions above Rs 3 lakh may hit luxury goods, jewellery sales and real estate. You have just received cash as gift on your wedding and decide to buy that Rs 3.5-lakh......

RBI governors and their bittersweet relationship with the govt

A look at the uneasy relationship shared between RBI governors and the government in power over the last 80 years. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan seen with Prime Minister......

Credai has reservations on new real estate Bill

The Confederation of Real Estate Developers Associations of India (Credai) has "certain strong reservations" on some of the clauses of the real estate regulatory Bill approved by the Union Cabinet......

The MOST SHOCKING Deaths in Bollywood

Did you expect Kareena Kapoor to die in Udta Punjab? A character dying on screen is not uncommon. It's the nature of death or the circumstances under which it all happened that makes all the......

DeepVeer at Kapil's reception

Dippy and Rannu stole the show, we think. After the flood of Bollywood beauties at Ginni Chatrath and Kapil Sharma's wedding reception, a look at the couples who graced the event.   Ginni and......

PIX: Kangana, Swara, Anurag watch Kannada film Thithi

National award winning Kannada film Thithi is scheduled to release in Mumbai on June 3. A special screening of the film was organised on May 30, where quite a few B-town celebs were spotted.......

First look: Neelakanta's Maaya

Director Neelakantha makes films in different genres. His latest, Maaya, is a thriller. It is presented by Madhura Sridhar and produced by Dr M V K Reddy of Shirdi Sai Combines. Harshvardhan Rane......

This unsung hero is also in Padma Shri list

IMAGE: Shekhar Naik captained India to victories at the T20 Blind Cricket World Cup in 2012 and 2014 editions . Photograph: Facebook Former Indian blind cricket team captain Shekhar Naik is......

CBI arrests Wadhwa in CWG overlays scam

The CBI arrested the managing director of an Indo-Swiss supplier firm while Enforcement Directorate (ED) intensified its probe into alleged irregularities in the award of contracts worth over......

Hyderabad Heroes too good for Bengal Tigers

- Scorecard Hyderabad Heroes beat Royal Bengal Tigers by nine wickets and 29 balls to spare in the ICL Twenty20 Championship at the Sardar Patel stadium in Ahmedabad on Saturday. Bengal Tigers, put......

Hyderabad Heroes too good for Bengal Tigers

- Scorecard Hyderabad Heroes beat Royal Bengal Tigers by nine wickets and 29 balls to spare in the ICL Twenty20 Championship at the Sardar Patel stadium in Ahmedabad on Saturday. Bengal Tigers, put......

Hyderabad Heroes crush Mumbai Champs

Blazing knocks of 88 and 51 by Nicky Boje and Stuart Binny respectively helped Hyderabad Heroes inflict a crushing 79-run defeat overMumbai Champs to ensure a semi-final berth for themselves at the......