Remembering Diana: The life of a princess

On July 1, 2021, Britain's Princess Diana would have turned 60 and two decades after her tragic death in a car accident near the end of summer 1997, she still holds an exalted place on the altar of......

Can't build new century with old laws: PM amid farmers' stir

Amid the row over laws meant to bring a major change in the agri-marketing sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said reforms are needed for development and some laws from the past century......

Illegal mining case: BSP, Cong, AAP back Akhilesh

The Bahujan Samaj Party, the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party on Monday came out in support of Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav amid reports the Central Bureau of Investigation may quiz him in......

Maya attacks Congress sharply, raises doubts on Opposition unity

BSP chief's hard blows meet with timid retort from India's Grand Old Party. In a setback to Opposition unity ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati said on Wednesday......

Working with Ratan Tata

Mukund Rajan, who worked closely with Ratan Tata, recalls the unique experience of working with the corporate titan. IMAGE: J R D Tata, left, with Ratan Tata. Photograph: Gopal Shetty As the first......

India's homoeopathic state of mind

A homoeopathic state of mind pervades our thinking in governance and infrastructure-building.Do it in small, harmless doses, but nothing bitter, sharp, or bloody, says Shekhar Gupta. Homoeopathy,......

Why banks will have fewer branches

'With technology advancing rapidly, the need for branches is declining,' HSBC India CEO Stuart Milne tells Niraj Bhatt and Anup Roy.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The chief executive......

Rs 1-lakh-crore infra projects for Mumbai in the pipeline

This is part of BJP’s Mumbai Mission to gain supremacy in Mumbai civic body In the run up to the crucial election to the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation slated for February 2017, the......

The first foreign feature film on the 26/11 attacks

'The city was never the same after the attack. It was scarred,' says Nicolas Saada whose movie Taj Mahal offers a unique view of the Mumbai attacks. IMAGE: A scene from Taj Mahal.   Frenchman......

Review: The Attacks of 26/11 gave me a headache

Mr Varma, you were not making a horror film; you were making a film about real lives. Could you not have done it more sensitively, asks Vaihayasi Pande Daniel, who extensively reported for......