Why Mo-Sha Want To Placate Ajit-Shinde

The coming weeks are sure to have a lot of drama unfolding in Maharashtra, predicts N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Narendra D Modi being felicitated by Eknath Shinde, Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar......

Mo-Sha Are Indispensable For RSS

Occasional lovers' tiffs have marked the history of RSS-BJP relations. To think that Nagpur will bring about any change in leadership is a misreading of both its intent and its power, points out......

Tamil Nadu Shatters Mo-Sha's Dream Again

The BJP often forgets that in Dravidian Tamil Nadu, the voter does not mix religion, which is personal, and politics that is in the public sphere, points out N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Senior......

After Delhi's sign-in, Bengal only state to hold out on Ayushman Bharat

According to a parliamentary response by the Union health ministry in 2023, around 654,000 families in Delhi are eligible to enrol under the scheme. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts......

FSSAI launches probe into MDH and Everest products

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has commissioned a quality check on MDH and Everest products. Photograph: MDH/Facebook This follows complaints that several popular spice......

Karnataka HC refuses to stay Byju's EGM on Feb 23

Karnataka high court on Wednesday refused to stay an emergency shareholder meeting called by select investors of Think and Learn Pvt Ltd -- the owner of Byju's -- to oust the company's Founder and......

Govt to get 35.8% stake in debt-ridden Vodafone Idea in lieu of dues

Debt-ridden Vodafone Idea (VIL) has decided to opt for converting about Rs 16,000 crore interest dues liability payable to the government into equity which will amount to around 35.8 per cent stake......

India's fuel pricing mechanism is opaque and removed from reality

The Modi government should find a way out of this conundrum before it loses itself in the maze. S Dinakar reports. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com What could be more uncertain than Virat......

Can Hema Malini Charm Mathura Again?

In 2014, she won her first Lok Sabha election from Mathura. She polled 674,633 votes (or 53.29%) to the Rashtriya Lok Dal's Jayant Chaudhary's 243,890 votes (22.62%). Five years later, she polled......

Trailer: A.I.SHA My Virtual Girlfriend Season 2

The second season of the web series A.I.SHA: My Virtual Girlfriend is ready, and the trailer is out. It tells the story of a relationship between a man and woman, only the woman is the......

Is Kangana Praying For Tejas Or Poll Ticket?

On Friday, November 3, 2023, Kangana Ranaut declared that she will contest the 2024 Lok Sabha election if Lord Krishna so wishes. Politics may open a new opportunity for the actor whose last two......

'Grateful to be alive, I want to work'

'All my life, I have made expensive films. This time, I want to make the least expensive film ever made in Bollywood.''It's an honest attempt to climb Mount Everest without knowing if I will reach......

Serena, Simone, Sha'Carri Rule Met Gala

The 2025 Met Gala wasn't just a celebration of fashion -- it was a powerful reminder that athletes are the new style icons. From Grand Slam champions to Olympic gold medalists, some of the world's......

Lyles, Jefferson lead US to relay golds at Worlds

IMAGE: Twanisha Terry, Kayla White, Melissa Jefferson-Wooden and Sha'Carri Richardson of the US celebrate winning the women's 4x100 relay at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. Photograph:......

No show-sha baaji: Gavaskar wants IPL to tone down

'No dancing girls, nothing. Just cricket. That would be a really respectful way to honour the sentiment of those who are grieving.' Photograph: BCCI After a week-long, forced pause in the IPL 2025......

Jefferson-Wooden crushes 100m field again in Brussels

Jefferson-Wooden's winning time was short of the 10.65 seconds she ran in the US track and field championship at the start of August, but only bettered this year by Olympic champion Julien Alfred......

Olympic champion Richardson arrested in Seattle

IMAGE: Sha'Carri Richardson is the reigning world and Olympic 100m champion. Photograph: Sarah Meyssonnier/Reuters Reigning 100 metres world champion Sha'Carri Richardson was arrested for......