BJP leads with 20 Rajya Sabha MPs among 41 elected unopposed

Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi, BJP chief J P Nadda and new party entrant Ashok Chavan and Union ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw and L Murugan were among the 41 candidates elected unopposed to......

Congress, SP watch as MLAs help BJP win extra RS seats

The Congress on Tuesday suffered a major upset in Himachal Pradesh at the hands of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Rajya Sabha elections which were marred by cross-voting in all the three states......

MP poll: BJP releases 5th list, drops Vijayvargiya's son

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday released a fifth list of 92 candidates for the next month's MP assembly polls dropping sitting Indore-3 MLA Akash Vijayvargiya, son of the party stalwart......

List of VIPs invited for Ram temple Event

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, business tycoons Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani, and sporting icon Sachin Tendulkar are among India's crme de la crme who have been invited as state guests for......

Budget will revitalise agri sector, rural economy

Recent documents by NITI Aayog and periodic labour force surveys on employment show that the importance of agriculture is rising in the Indian economy. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com A......

Will legalising MSP reduce the import bill for edible oils and pulses?

The protesting farmers’ main demand to legalise the minimum support price (MSP) regime has divided opinion. Photograph: Jason Lee/Reuters One school of thought says it would lead to crop......

Food inflation to ease to 12% soon: Experts

Food inflation, which was at a 17-year high of 19.05 per cent for the week ended November 28, has started falling due to a steep decline in prices of agricultural commodities. Economists forecast......

Farmers' suicide: Jayati Ghosh to head probe panel

Professor Jayati Ghosh will head the 13-member Andhra Pradesh Commission on Farmers' Welfare constituted by the state government to 'probe further into the issue of agricultural development and......

25 UNFORGETTABLE Dilip Kumar songs

Unlike his contemporaries Raj Kapoor and Dev Anand whose career boasts of a great many songs, Dilip Kumar's name isn't synonymous with music. Considered an acting school by himself, the legend's......

Why Lataji Didn't Sing With Rafi, SD...

Photograph: Kind courtesy Lata Mangeshkar/Twitter When it came to doing the right thing, Lata Mangeshkar was next to no one in the Hindi film industry. There are innumerable instances of her......

Revisiting 1983 in Hindi Movies

Kapil Dev's historic World Cup win wasn't the only highlight of 1983. Sukanya Verma looks back how the year treated Bollywood. It was a year of excitement and extremes. If parallel cinema in India......

Harman Recreates Dhoni's Iconic Image

IMAGE: Harmanpreet Kaur and Mahendra Singh Dhoni with the ODI World Cup trophy in front of the Gateway of India. Photographs: ICC Cricket World Cup/X Recreating the iconic image of Mahendra Singh......

Tendulkar's tip to Harmanpreet on WC final eve...

IMAGE: India's players celebrate after beating South Africa in the Women's ODI World Cup final on Sunday, November 2. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters Everyone had a suggestion for the......

World Champions Set For Brand Windfall

'For the women who enabled this victory, the moment has turbocharged their brand value, and rightfully so.' IMAGE: World champions Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Deepti Sharma, Shafali Verma,......

'5 minutes of blur': 'Nearly Man' Muzumdar's moment of glory!

'It's a watershed moment in Indian cricket, not just women's cricket.' IMAGE: Amol Muzumdar never experienced the highs of an India cricketer but now he is a World Cup winning head coach -- only......

'Dhoni No 1 India captain; Kohli fifth'

IMAGE: Mahendra Singh Dhoni led India to two World Cup titles -- the T20 World Cup in 2007 and the ODI World Cup in 2011. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters Former batter Ambati Rayudu ranked......