Non-BJP chief ministers are retaliating.If the Centre can use its agencies to threaten, intimidate and jail its rivals, so can they.The fightback will get more intense, observes Shekhar Gupta.......
The phone numbers of former Jawaharlal Nehru University students Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya, Banjyotsana Lahiri and several prominent Indian activists are among those listed as the potential......
Eight Bharatiya Janata Party legislators on Tuesday resigned as heads of various assembly panels in protest against MLA Mukul Roy's appointment as the chairman of the Public Accounts......
Senior politician Mukul Roy, who recently switched over to the ruling Trinamool Congress camp in Bengal after winning the state polls on a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket, was on Friday appointed as......
The BJP could win only 16 out of the 57 seats in Bengal where Amit Shah campaigned, reports Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com. IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit Anilchandra Shah on a roadshow......
The panel will also recommend a fiscal consolidation road map for the central and state governments, study the impact of GST on the divisible pool, and propose performance-based incentives for......
While naysayers say the economy is on a downward spiral, optimists point out that India has experienced a shift of gears in the realm of policies, thanks to several initiatives of the Narendra Modi......
Declaring demonetisation a complete failure may turn out to be hasty, argues economist Ashok K Lahiri.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Demonetisation of the old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes --......
Demonetisation should be judged to have delivered some immediate gain if at least around Rs 2 trillion gets immobilised, says Ashok K Lahiri, former economic advisor to the Government of India. A......
Many countries advised the return of high-denomination notes to the central bank for destruction, but these continued to be legal tender.This and the introduction of a Rs 2,000 note in India are......
'His relationship with Sridevi was not meant to work out, especially since both of them were ambitious, driven and passionate.' IMAGE: Mithun Chakraborty and Yogeeta Bali in Aakhri Badla. Mithun......
Mira's films are alive, rocking and so true to the reality I know.They are gifts that I keep revisiting, and I cannot wait for what more she will share with us, notes Aseem Chhabra. IMAGE:......
It is two weeks today since Irrfan passed away into the ages.'He was capable, concise, calm, sublime, and profound, and perhaps that's also why Irrfan's passing felt 'personal' to many.'Ranjita......
Most of us have a memory like that with our fathers, tucked away in the back of our minds or hidden away in family albums.Irrfan's passing took us right back.It's also what made it so personal to......
Filmmaker Ashoke Pandit hosted a wedding reception for his daughter Shaarika and son-in-law Tapas in Mumbai over the weekend. The president of the Indian Film & Television Directors’......
IMAGE: India's Aditi Ashok was in contention for an Olympics medal in the women's Individual Golf final for a major part of the day but two bogeys pulled her back and she had to settle for fourth......
IMAGE: Udayan Mane is the second-highest ranked Indian golfer in the world at 356. Photograph: Kind courtesy Udayan Mane/Instagram Udayan Mane on Tuesday qualified for his maiden Olympic Games,......
Photograph: Kind courtesy Aditi Ashok/Twitter India's top ranked woman golfer Aditi Ashok will take part in her second successive Olympic Games in Tokyo next month after finishing 45th on the......
IMAGE: Anirban Lahiri is the lone Indian on the PGA tour and has 497 points. Photograph: Michael Dodge/Getty Images Rashid Khan and Udayan Mane maybe leading the race for the two Olympics spots......
IMAGE: Gaganjeet Bhullar in action during day three at the Fiji International Golf Tournament. Photograph: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images Natadola Bay: Gaganjeet Bhullar turned in yet another steady......