The BJP's MoSha leadership are past masters in encouraging defections from their allies if it helped their party capture the chief minister's chair.In Bihar, they are not sure if JD-U MPs and MLAs......
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......
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......
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......
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......
Industry experts believe that health insurance companies are unlikely to experience business cannibalisation due to the central government’s decision to extend health coverage to people aged......
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 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......
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......
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......
'This was probably a first for Shah Rukh when he had met an 18-month-old ardent fan!' Photograph: Kind courtesy Ranjan K Mishra Rediff.com Reader Ranjan K Mishra, 50, from New Jersey, sent us......
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......
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......
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......
'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......
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......
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 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'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......
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......