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'BJP is nearing its expiry date'

'BJP loses a democratic election, then buys MLAs from the ruling party's flock, and rides to power in these states.''Do you think Atalji would have tolerated this?''The BJP for its greed for power......

Gujarat court cancels Mevani's jail term, says dissent is essence of democracy

A sessions court in Gujarat's Mehsana district on Wednesday set aside a lower court order sentencing Congress MLA Jignesh Mevani and nine others to three months in jail in a 2017 case of taking out......

Will Navy Choose Super Hornet or Rafale Marine?

With inadequacies in the Russian MiG-29Ks that India bought to operate off the INS Vikramaditya and INS Vikrant, the acquisition of a capable, long-range multi-role carrier-based fighters will be......

Biden's Democracy Summit Fails To Impress

The Summit for Democracy seems to have done more harm than good, notes Ambassador T P Sreenivasan. IMAGE: United States President Joe Biden addresses the virtual Summit for Democracy, December 10,......

Democracy about being with people, within people: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday called for united efforts to shape global norms for emerging technologies like social media and cryptocurrencies so that they are used to 'empower' democracy......

Meet Analjit Singh's 'hand-brake'

'The smartest businessmen are shopkeepers as their return on investment is better than anyone else,' Sahil Vachani tells Surajeet Das Gupta.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com His famous......

Grab a bite at Subway in Rashtrapati Bhawan

A company executive said a recently opened museum at Rashtrapati Bhawan was the trigger for getting a restaurant in the complex as visitors come from far-flung places Rashtrapati Bhawan, the......

How GST can boost revenue

  Even with less than ideal design features, the state VAT pushed up revenues. The Goods and Services Tax, with an improved design and a fully integrated IT system for both the Centre and the......

Prabhu managed to save Indian Railways from being derailed

Image: A passenger looks out from the window of a stationed train at a railway station in Jammu. Photograph: Mukesh Gupta/Reuters In 2015, we have done many things, says Railway Minister Suresh......

Three game-changing ideas that India ever had in past 50 years

Despite our overly loud public adherence to democracy, political parties and their leaders appear to treat its accoutrements as necessary evils to be tolerated in their quest for power,......

Blessed to have lived in the times of Daniel Day-Lewis

'He has given us a history, a heritage that we can share with generations to come,' says Aseem Chhabra. IMAGE: Gordon Warnecke and Daniel Day-Lewis, right, in Stephen Frears' My Beautiful......

5 Reasons Why Daniel Day-Lewis should not retire

Although famously reclusive and fitful in his creative output, Daniel Day-Lewis's decision to hang up his boots feels both untimely and unexpected, says Sukanya Verma. 'Seeing Daniel, I always......

Pixar's desi star who may win an Oscar

'John Lasseter gave me such good advice. He said the reason why he wanted me to tell the story was because it was about my dad and me. He said if it is a father and son story, it will relate......

'Gandhi, Lincoln, Dr Kalam worthier idols than actors'

A lowdown on what's happening in the Malayalam film industry. The movies have always had detractors who opine that they have corrupting influence on people.But the criticism has recently......

The Best Oscar 2013 Speech? VOTE!

Most of them can act surprised. But that isn't enough to craft -- or to spontaneously come up with -- a genuinely touching, clever or beautiful acceptance speech. Whose acceptance speech......

NBA: Lakers owner calls for unity against racism on Juneteenth

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......

Figure out why Blatter will remain FIFA boss...

‘He is powerful, he is untouchable, he is, I would say, the Pope of Football’ ‘He is an incredibly intelligent man, he knows everything, and everybody and knows how everything......

Peekaboo: Road to FIFA elections is full of surprises

FIFA President Joseph Blatter leaves the room after a press conference. Photograph: Philipp Schmidli/Getty Images CONCACAF's congress witnessed an outburst of support for incumbent Sepp Blatter......

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