'This is the era of images; no speech that Mukherjee could have given could counter the sight of a senior Congressman, elevated by the party to Rashtrapati Bhavan, standing rigidly next to the RSS gerontocracy as those worthies delivered the organisation's faux-fascist salute,' says Mihir Sharma.
Iqbal Ansari, one of the main plaintiffs who fought for the right of the community over the disputed land, says Muslims in Ayodhya won't be satisfied if the Sunni Waqf Board accepts the five acres in Dhannipur.
India was U Thaung Tun's first port of call after his appointment, which should intrigue China and Pakistan, says Rajeev Sharma.
Bombay Velvet spends too much time on period details and loses focus, notes Aseem Chhabra.
Temperatures have soared to 50.3 degrees Celsius, but no deaths from the heat have been reported from Churu.
A glance back at some of the important ups and down Indian Inc faced in 2018.
The kisan is as integral a part of the BJP's master plan for the 2019 polls as the Dalit because it surmised that the farmers and Dalits were as restive in UP as in much of the country, and if it had to cut its losses, its reflexes must kick in fast. Radhika Ramaseshan reports.
The final figure of polling could increase and it will be available on Tuesday, officials said.
A sacked Delhi police head constable, who was caught on camera hitting a woman with a brick, was on Saturday granted bail by a court in New Delhi which observed there was no evidence to substantiate the charge of bribe against him.
Welcome 2 Karachi is a sad excuse for screen space, says Paloma Sharma.
The results are a ringing endorsement of Modi's popularity, his government's achievements in the last five years and his campaign, which centred around national security, nationalism and Hindutva.
BJP leader Vinay Katiyar alleged that the issue was being delayed 'under pressure' from the Congress, which denied the charge.
Folk artist from Chhattisgarh Teejan Bai, Guelleh, Naik and theatre actor from Maharashtra Balwant Moreshwar Purandare will be honoured with Padma Vibushan.
Relatives of five Indian passengers, travelling by the missing Malaysia Airlines plane, are anxiously waiting for any information about the fate of the aircraft and their loved ones.
RJD sources said that the party would appeal against the verdict.
A round-up of Ranji matches played on Wednesday
The quantum of punishment will be announced on January 3, 2018.
Nihal Sarin closes in on final Grandmaster norm
A list of some prominent political families of the BJP.
Brijmohan Lall Munjal was a perfectionist, who empathised with people who worked for him.
These events would include celebrating the centenary of Mahatma Gandhi's Champaran Satyagraha in Bihar in a big way. It was Gandhi's first mass agitation in India, where he had led a protest of peasants against forcible cultivation of indigo.
Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar gave this information to the Parliamentary Committee on Exernal Affairs.
'As a nation we came up short, but that did not deter Kalam. He made it his life mission to exhort the young to greatness.'
He was a member of Azamgarh (Sanjarmur) module of the IM and was based in Nepal where he was teaching at a school.
About 56 per cent was the overall turnout for 10 municipal corporations across Maharashtra.
'What do you think the Congress is today?' 'Is it a political party heading for a life-and-death battle?' 'Or an NGO, just doing its thing and hoping it will improve the state of the world?' asks Shekhar Gupta.
Behind the BJP's astounding electoral success is a small army of dedicated lieutenants marshalled by Amit Shah.
Bengal opener Abhimanyu Easwaran's maiden double hundred went in vain as Bengal failed to qualify for the knockout stages after their final Ranji Trophy Group B encounter against Punjab ended in a draw in Kolkata.
Aseem Chhabra lists the movies that taught him about the Idea of India.
A Delhi court on Wednesday allowed the Delhi Police to conduct lie-detector test on three "suspects" in the Sunanda Pushkar murder case.
Hundreds of RSS cadres are helping the Saffron party counter Lalu-Nitish's campaign on the reservation issue in Bihar polls, observes M I Khan
In a setback to the Bharatiya Janata Party which dominated the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, the party managed to win only from three seats while the Aam Aadmi Party made its debut by winning five seats and the Congress wrested four seats in the bypolls to 13 wards.
Of the 15 people who led the 132-year-old party post independence, four have belonged to the Gandhi-Nehru family.
We celebrate Independence Day with this special feature, published on Rediff.com in January 2013.
It's a riveting film, writes Raja Sen.
The awardees included one Padma Vibhushan, 11 Padma Bhushan and 44 Padma Shri.
Not only the BJP but key bureaucrats are also known to have hinted to the top leadership of the need to expand the Cabinet.
From the Aadhaar verdict to #MeToo's arrival in the country to the entry into the Sabarimala temple -- India had a newsworthy 2018. As we step into 2019, these are the top moments from the year gone by.
Full list of the rejigged Union Council of Ministers
Good looks, good acting chops, and now good voices!
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