Kiran Rathee &Amp; Archis Mohan

Stories by Kiran Rathee &Amp; Archis Mohan

UP polls: BJP banks on surgical strikes rhetoric to boost prospects

UP polls: BJP banks on surgical strikes rhetoric to boost prospects

Rediff.com   14 Oct 2016

The rallies will be used to drill home the message of the "political will" that Modi government has shown to launch 'surgical strikes' against Pakistan-based terrorists.

Warning: Searching for Sonakshi Sinha can be dangerous

Warning: Searching for Sonakshi Sinha can be dangerous

Rediff.com   13 Oct 2016

A search for "Sonakshi Sinha + Torrent" resulted in a 21 per cent chance of connecting to a malicious website

Military action doesn't guarantee poll gains

Military action doesn't guarantee poll gains

Rediff.com   13 Oct 2016

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar wants the Modi government and BJP to reap the profit of the surgical strikes. But electoral history suggests a political party's ability to exploit military successes for poll gains has a mixed record.

Left, right coming together on GM, PSU land sale

Left, right coming together on GM, PSU land sale

Rediff.com   10 Oct 2016

BMS, BKS and SJM are trying to forge common cause with outfits on the other side of the ideological divide over the government's policies they are not in agreement with.

BJP hopes to ride high on nationalist plank in poll bound UP

BJP hopes to ride high on nationalist plank in poll bound UP

Rediff.com   7 Oct 2016

The party also expects opposition parties to help its agenda by raising the issue of making the video footage of surgical strikes public.

Spectrum sale ends, proceeds way off target

Spectrum sale ends, proceeds way off target

Rediff.com   7 Oct 2016

Upfront payment of Rs 32,000 cr just half of Budget estimate; no takers for 700 & 900 megahertz bands

India reaches out to Lanka, to host PM Wickremsinghe on 3-day visit

India reaches out to Lanka, to host PM Wickremsinghe on 3-day visit

Rediff.com   4 Oct 2016

The meeting comes as India continues its attempts to isolate Pakistan in the South Asian region after the attack on its army camp in Uri.

SAARC summit could be postponed, hints Pakistan

SAARC summit could be postponed, hints Pakistan

Rediff.com   29 Sep 2016

The development comes after four of the eight member states -- India, Afghanistan, Bhutan and Bangladesh -- decided to pull out.

Jio tussle: Trai comes down hard on telcos

Jio tussle: Trai comes down hard on telcos

Rediff.com   27 Sep 2016

Jio makes data on call drops public, says 121 mn calls failed in a day

PMO shifts to Kerala for 48 hours

PMO shifts to Kerala for 48 hours

Rediff.com   23 Sep 2016

After terror attack, Mumbai red alert, a large posse of officials to fly down with PM, reports Archis Mohan.

Mittal's battle cry: Bring it on Jio, Airtel is ready for the challenge!

Mittal's battle cry: Bring it on Jio, Airtel is ready for the challenge!

Rediff.com   21 Sep 2016

Sunil Bharti Mittal, bottom, left, says he is fond of Bill Gates' famous quote: "Success is a lousy teacher." Back from a long foreign business trip, the founder-chairman of Bharti Enterprises talks to Malini Bhupta and Kiran Rathee about the challenges posed by Reliance Jio and how he is determined to come out on top once again. Mittal says , today, Airtel is as ready as Jio in pure-play 4G operations.

Isolating Pakistan... It's happening

Isolating Pakistan... It's happening

Rediff.com   19 Sep 2016

New Delhi has reached out to neighbours like seldom before while singling Islamabad for criticism at international forums.

Regional languages to be mandatory in mobiles

Regional languages to be mandatory in mobiles

Rediff.com   13 Sep 2016

The move by the government to make local language support a must in mobile phones is aimed at making users communicate in local languages and access government services

Hackers attack Ratan Tata, Trai chief's Twitter accounts

Hackers attack Ratan Tata, Trai chief's Twitter accounts

Rediff.com   11 Sep 2016

Tata has 6.13 million followers on Twitter and has tweeted only 119 times since he joined the microblogging platform in April 2011

PM Modi's world outreach

PM Modi's world outreach

Rediff.com   10 Sep 2016

Ministers will travel to different countries across the world, mostly where no ministerial visits have taken place in the last 20 to 25 years, to establish 'sampark' (contact) and 'samvad' (communication).

Jio, incumbents call truce on interconnect

Jio, incumbents call truce on interconnect

Rediff.com   10 Sep 2016

Big three telecom companies term Jio's free voice calls predatory pricing

Soon you will be able to access driving licence on your mobile

Soon you will be able to access driving licence on your mobile

Rediff.com   8 Sep 2016

The DigiLocker platform, launched on July 1, 2015, by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has 2.1 million registered users and 2.4 million documents have been uploaded

BJP readies for 2019, eyes 115 seats in 6 states

BJP readies for 2019, eyes 115 seats in 6 states

Rediff.com   8 Sep 2016

The seats identified are from Odisha, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and the Northeast.

Labour pangs for surrogacy law

Labour pangs for surrogacy law

Rediff.com   31 Aug 2016

The central government has drafted a law to restrict wombs for hire, and there is much to be said on all sides.

HCL Infosystems gets a breather as postal dept blacklists

HCL Infosystems gets a breather as postal dept blacklists

Rediff.com   26 Aug 2016

Interestingly, in December 2014 also, the DoP had issued an order blacklisting HCL Infosystems and its subsidiaries for a period of five years.