Since a Supreme Court-appointed panel on farm laws is likely to hold its first meeting on January 19, the meeting on Friday between with the government and the unions may be the last one.
The outcome in UP is far more significant than in the other states going to the polls next year. An unlikely setback in UP can cramp the Modi government, virtually making it a lame-duck two years ahead of the 2024 parliamentary poll, observes Virendra Kapoor.
According to the Australian media, the latest report has been based on over 400 interviews with soldiers and officers from the SAS, a special forces unit, and Commandos, Afghan villagers, special forces interpreters and support staff.
'After my illness, I encountered another unfortunate situation that caused me not to be able to come back to Bollywood.' 'I do not want to talk about that, maybe one day I will.'
'If questioning and dethroning hierarchies is your primary motive, why not put an end to the practice of announcing your shining star, your box office draw, in big flaming letters and mentioning everyone else's name in small font at the bottom of the screen?' asks Sreehari Nair.
A look at Roger Federer's worst five Grand Slam losses.
After taking charge at the state Congress headquarters, the cricketer-turned-politician said there was no difference between an ordinary worker of the party and its state unit chief.
You are neither entertained nor enticed in Rasbhari, complains Joginder Tuteja.
If pandemic (mis)management threatened to dominate Goa's electoral discourse, the BJP is up against a deeper structural issue in its organisation, created by the fact that a majority of the legislature party and the ministerial council is made up of Congress defectors, disparagingly referred to by the Opposition as "imports". Radhika Ramaseshan reports.
Following is the gist of the controversy over sudden transfer of West Bengal Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay, who retired on Monday, to Delhi and related rules.
'He wrote a letter to his parents every night, and read the Gita every morning before going about his work.'
India captain and batting mainstay Virat Kohli says he is not immune to being affected by failure, the most recent instance being India's semi-final exit from the ODI World Cup in July.
Union leaders, who came out of the meeting venue shouting slogans, said the talks remained deadlocked and some of them threatened to boycott any further meetings if no solution was found at Thursday's meeting.
Gaurav Gupta returns to the LFW ramp after four years to give a new meaning to centuries old crafts.
Feeling the heat and tension of the crisis? Fikar not!
Images from Day 3 of the fourth Test between England and India, at The Oval, on Saturday.
There are quite a few lesson that upcoming entrepreneurs must learn from housing.com controversy.
Heckling, confrontation and strong-arm tactics don't come to him easily, reveals Aditi Phadnis.
With the talks between the Centre and the agitating farmer unions stalled since January, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Wednesday expressed readiness to resume the dialogue to resolve their objections to the three new agri laws, but the unions remained adamant on their demands for a repeal of the legislations and a legal guarantee on the minimum support price.
The Opposition must understand that while 2024 may draw mileage from the growing resentment towards the BJP, the real battle and proof of how well India learnt from its disastrous dalliance with the Right-wing, will be in 2029, observes Shyam G Menon.
The cheapest version, the Tulip Ego, is making it to the US for Rs 2.25 lakh (Rs 225,000), but the other versions aren't destined for US shores, and is presumably being reserved for Russian oil barons.
Government will offload 9.5 per cent of its ownership.
'There are times when you give an audition and it doesn't even reach the director.' 'In such a scenario, what can I do? 'More than nepotism, it's about favouritism.'
A few bruised egos will eye redemption when India square off against Australia in the second Test in Melbourne from Saturday, ready to bounce back in skipper Ajinkya Rahane's hour of reckoning after their batting debacle in the series opener in Adelaide.
The second round of spectrum auction will begin in March after the Cabinet decides on reducing reserve price of 800 MHz band, used for offering CDMA-based mobile services.
As part of a self help initiative, mental health coach Anu Krishna helps Rediff readers talk about their problems and offers advice.
Sukanya Verma presents a playlist of 100 Lata Mangeshkar songs from different decades of Hindi films -- songs that make me sing, smile, sob and sigh.
'There is a need for the Congress to introspect.' 'Introspection means to find out where we have gone wrong in the last eight-ten years, how we have gone wrong, where we have failed to succeed.'
Yet another Coachella weekend comes to an end!
Images from Day 1 in the second Test between England and India, at Lords, on Thursday.
While prone to losing to modest opponents, Kyrgios often produces his best tennis when up against one of the 'Big Three' of Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Nadal.
In an editorial in its mouthpiece 'Saamana', the Sena doubted the mandate with which the Modi government came to power, alleging elections were won through money, misuse of power and tampering of electronic voting machines.
'As a spinner, some will go your way some days and some won't, that is cricket. I don't look too much into that. I want to contribute with bat, ball and in the field. When my opportunities come I want to make sure I take them.'
You struggle because, first you 'try' and second, you, 'talk', says mind coach, NLP trainer and Zen Lifestyle Expert Anu Krishna.
'When Chintu told me about his plans to go to Delhi in February for a wedding, I advised him against it.' 'But he still went, and had a relapse.'
In his letter dated October 11, written before the last EGoM meeting, Ambani has said the government would incur a loss of at least Rs 35,000 crore if the EGoM had decided to charge for excess spectrum beyond 6.2 MHz only prospectively from 2012, and not from 2008.
Govt to bear Rs 12k-cr cost of spectrum retention but without any cash outgo put up for Cabinet nod.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi does not respect farmers and wants to tire out those protesting against the Centre's new agriculture laws, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged.
'At no point did I endanger the safety of any passenger on board, the only damage I caused was to the inflated ego to the 'journalist' Arnab Goswami,' Kamra said.
Subhash K Jha lists his 10 favourite romantic Hindi films.
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