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'No guarantee only educated people can run govt well'

'No guarantee only educated people can run govt well'

Rediff.com9 Jul 2021

'Why do the English-speaking class feel they are the only ones who are efficient in work?' 'My own mother was from a village and she was more efficient than me. She used to handle crises better than me.' 'We will have to come out of our elite perception of governance.'

Vaiko joins hands with BJP for 2014 elections

Vaiko joins hands with BJP for 2014 elections

Rediff.com23 Jan 2014

Bharatiya Janata Party and the Marumalarchi Drvaida Munnetra Kazhagam on Thursday officially announced their alliance for the Lok Sabha polls even as the former is said to be holding talks with two other regional parties in the state.

PIX: Samantha wins big at awards night

PIX: Samantha wins big at awards night

Rediff.com13 Jan 2020

The Zee Cine Awards Telugu honoured a lot of film folk over the weekend, even as they got together for a red carpet party. Here's looking at moments from the awards night.

'Rahul Gandhi losing the perception battle, needs a media advisor'

'Rahul Gandhi losing the perception battle, needs a media advisor'

Rediff.com24 Jan 2014

Under constant attack from the press, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi is being counselled by his well-wishers to appoint a personal media advisor to shore up his image in the run-up to the coming Lok Sabha elections.

Govt gets cracking on setting up Ayodhya temple trust

Govt gets cracking on setting up Ayodhya temple trust

Rediff.com11 Nov 2019

With Parliament's winter session is to begin on November 18, the Union home and law ministries want to complete the process of formation of the board of trustees in time, reports R Rajagopalan.

India records 30,948 new Covid cases, 403 deaths

India records 30,948 new Covid cases, 403 deaths

Rediff.com22 Aug 2021

India logged 30,948 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases declined to 3,53,398, comprising 1.09 per cent of the total infections, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Sunday.

Two Indian newspapers' The Post moment

Two Indian newspapers' The Post moment

Rediff.com3 Feb 2018

'N Ram and I met on the lawns of Mani Shankar Aiyar's bungalow.' 'I pulled out a rolled printout from my jacket and handed it to him.' 'In the cut-throat world of journalism, this was like high treason.' 'But letting a story be killed because you can't publish it is a bigger crime than passing it to the competition,' recalls Shekhar Gupta.

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