What When The Modi Magic Fades?

It's great to win election after election on the strength of Modi's charisma and voter appeal, but the larger the Modi myth grows, the more the BJP diminishes, notes Saisuresh Sivaswamy. IMAGE:......

Police complaint against Assam CM Himanta for Sonia 'hate speech'

Senior Assam Congress leader Debabrata Saikia has filed a police complaint against Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for his alleged ”hateful statement” that Lok Sabha MP and former......

'Adipurush' makers under fire over 'tapori' language

Several parties, including the Aam Aadmi Party, the Congress and the Shiv Sena (UBT), on Saturday criticised filmmaker Om Raut's Adipurush for hurting the sentiments of the people with the......

Manipur: BJP's Formidable Internal Security Challenge

There are three things you never do in a small North East state: Undermine local leaders, divide and rule, push homogenisation, asserts Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Union Home Minister Amit A Shah meets......

India to become 5th largest economy this year

India will also play an increasingly important role as one of the Asia-Pacific region's major economic growth engines, helping to drive Asian regional trade and investment flows. Illustration:......

GDP growth will continue, but challenges remain

The BJP still does not have a majority in Upper House of Parliament, the Rajya Sabha, and this will pose hurdles to the party's legislative reform agenda Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com......

Why India's gas pricing needs urgent reforms

India's natural gas production will stagnate at current levels if pricing reforms are not implemented and it will have to import heavily to meet the demand, a report by US-based consultancy IHS has......

Debit cards rapidly overtake cash in India

Consumers in India are growing more comfortable with using their debit cards to pay for purchases, according to Visa's latest Global Payment Tracking (GPT) Survey.The debit card penetration in......

25 Years Ago in Bollywood...

1996, recapped. 25 years ago, Madras became Chennai, Dolly the sheep was successfully cloned, Doordarshan combatted aggressive satellite cable networking, Indian politicians engaged in a crazy game......

Angad Bedi does well in Kaya Taran

Kaya Taran is an adaptation of a Malayalam short story by N S Madhavan, When Big Trees Fall, The Earth Is Bound To Shake. The name of the story was from what Rajiv Gandhi had saidthat a day after......

20 years later, a film on the 1984 riots

Inside the pupa the butterfly might have longed for day to dawn, to flap its tender wings among the flowers. Nobody knew if it yearned for freedom or felt more secure in the pupa's warmth.What we......

Quiz: Ash's dad in Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya?

Here is your chance to gain some Movies gyaan. Take the Rediff Movies Quiz and see how much you know Hindi cinema! 1. Who played Aishwarya Rai's father in ...Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya? a) Anupam Kher b)......

Anju bags Rajiv Khel Ratna

Ace long jumper Anju Bobby George has been declared winner of the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna for her outstanding performances last year, during whichshewon a bronze medal at the World......