Deriving from Narendra Modi's continuing charisma, the proposed scheme, if and when implemented, can cut both ways. That is to say, if Modi can win, he can lose. Or, someone else in his place,......
Although the BJP has never been ballistic about the BJD and Narendra Modi has avoided being critical of Naveen Patnaik, the BJP is optimistic that the party can improve its electoral fortunes in......
In 2017, a retired R&AW officer conveyed that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was keen to get monarchy restored in Nepal and suggested that I support these efforts. A fascinating......
One hopes in his next term, Narendra Modi will take up the mission of inculcating respect for following rules in Indians as a mission.Therein lies the chance for India to become a developed......
'Today, the BJP is using power in such a manner that they not only crush the Opposition, but even their own supporters can't rebel.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com In the third and......
Russia is among the top buyers of Indian tea, accounting for about 18 per cent of the industry's total exports. IMAGE: Tea plantation workers pick tea leaves in Assam. Photograph: ANI Photo ......
Despite the Indian government’s recent efforts, anecdotal evidence indicates that there has been little change in the extortionist behaviour of a significant proportion of tax and police......
'There is economic danger: Not inflation, but a slowdown that feeds an employment crisis,' says T N Ninan.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com There is a paradox at work. The Modi government gains......
In its manifesto for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had criticised the Congress-led UPA regime for “policy and decision paralysis”. One of the first......
The opposition on Thursday criticised as mere "fluff" and "gimmickry" the government's decision to restructure Planning Commission and rechristen it 'Neeti Ayog' and voiced apprehension that it......
IMAGE: LeBron James, Anthony Davis and Avery Bradley of Los Angeles Lakers. Photograph: Harry How/Getty Images LA Lakers owner Jeannie Buss said on Friday, the Juneteenth holiday, that she is no......
A bitter-sweet legacy from the brutalities of the apartheid years lingers in South African sport. Only whites represented the republic up to 1970 when the sporting world decided it could no longer......