Can This Techie Win Thiruvanathapuram?

Whether Rajeev Chandrasekhar wins or not, Thiruvananthapuram will likely never see such an interesting contest again. IMAGE: Rajeev Chandrasekhar, the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate, campaigns......

'The electorate is not allowed to think'

'The moment a new election comes, new guarantees are announced.''The BJP is adept at diverting people's attention.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi being felicitated by Union Minister of......

Carnatic musicians boycott Madras Academy event over Award to TM Krishna

Several Carnatic musicians have pulled out of Madras Music Academy's annual December conference to protest the Sangita Kalanidhi award to classical vocalist T M Krishna, who they allege has......

People in democracies need a sense of uncertainty

For trust in democracy to be retained, elections need to be not just free of intervention -- ruling out Pakistan and Russia -- but also demonstrate the capability to both deliver ruling mandates......

The Political Mindset On Jobs Needs Change

The challenge is to enhance opportunities for people to generate livelihoods through entrepreneurship, both big and small, argues R Jagannathan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   A......

Bad loan recovery process can get worse

Since the bankcuptcy law came into effect from December 2016, with every quarter, the recovery rate has progressively been going down, notes Tamal Bandyopadhyay. IMAGE: Kindly note the image has......

Former SC judge PV Reddi to mediate SpiceJet-Kalanithi Maran spat

The Supreme Court has appointed its former judge P V Reddi to mediate the dispute between SpiceJet and its former promoter Kalinithi Maran, the airline said on Wednesday. Photograph: Amit......

Elon Musk terminates $44bn deal to buy Twitter, faces legal threat

Elon Musk is terminating his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter citing multiple breaches of the purchase agreement, according to a letter sent by the billionaire Tesla chief's team to Twitter. IMAGE:......

'Amitabh is not just a legend, he is a feeling'

'There will be artists and megastars and celluloid masters in Indian Cinema but there will never be another AMITABH BACHCHAN.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Akshay Kumar/Instagram Amitabh Bachchan......

What Anil Kapoor Finds VERY VERY TOUGH

'I want to keep experimenting.''That's what I have done all my life, in my entire career.' IMAGE: Anil Kapoor with Kiara Advani in JugJugg Jeeyo. Photograph: Kind courtesy Anil Kapoor/Instagram......

Janhvi, Ananya, Alia DAZZLE at KJo Bash

Karan Johar's parties are just as larger-than-life as his movies. So when Dharma Productions CEO Apoorva Mehta turned 50 on March 17, KJo -- who, by the way, will be 50 on My 25 -- pulled out all......

Why Decoupled Just Doesn't Work

The failure of Decoupled is that, as it deals almost solely in 'snapshots of insight', it fails to showcase how life flows, how the world goes round, how things unfold, feels Rohit Sathish Nair.......

'Winning a Ranji Trophy is not easy now'

'That's the beauty of Mumbai cricket. Nobody interferes with the running of the cricket, only the cricketers are allowed to run the cricket.' IMAGE: Mumbai players celebrate their 42nd Ranji......

Who will succeed Dhoni? CSK boss says...

IMAGE: CSK’s Deepak Chahar with MS Dhoni and Ruturaj Gaikwad. Photograph: Kind Courtesy CSK/X Mahendra Singh Dhoni aka Thala is back leading the Chennai Super Kings for IPL......

Kohli, Iyer to miss rest of Test series; Rahul, Jadeja back

The only new face in the 17-man squad is Bengal speedster Akash Deep, who was superb in the recent India A vs England Lions Test series.   IMAGE: This is the first time that Virat Kohli will......

Satwik-Chirag to miss Indonesian Masters; Prannoy only seeded Indian

IMAGE: HS Prannoy has been at his consistent best and had a last-four after being ousted by eventual champion Yu Qi Shi of China in the Indian Open last week. Photograph: BWF/X Singles ace HS......

Pick Your India Team For New Zealand Semi-Final

IMAGE: The Indian team's think-tank: Captain Rohit Sharma, Head Coach Rahul Dravid and senior pro Virat Kohli. Photograph: BCCI   A near-invincible India start as favourites against an......