How INDIA Can Counter Modi's Popularity

What the INDIA alliance needs is neither a counter to Modi's tall personality and undiminished charisma nor a counter-narrative to his Hindutva agenda, now centred on the Ayodhya temple......

'Today Is Worse Than British Times'

'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......

'Unity in diversity has helped us survive'

'The BJP is trying to change this mantra.' Photograph: ANI Photo On December 30, freedom fighter Dr G G Parikh, who was jailed during the 1942 Quit India movement and again during the Emergency,......

Dying declaration can't be sole basis for conviction if..., says SC

The Supreme Court has set free a death row convict, acquitting him of the charge of setting afire his son and two brothers, who were allegedly against his second marriage, at his Bijnore home in......

Will Modi's I-Day speech push reforms?

With Narendra Modi about to make his first Independence Day speech, there is a buzz in Delhi that Modi will make some big announcements to signal major reforms and directional shifts. But we have......

Hindujas are wealthiest Asians in UK

Hinduja brothers have been ranked as Britain's richest Asians in 2014 with a total worth of 13.5 billion pounds, an increase of one billion pounds over the previous year. At a gala Asian Business......

How UBS helped Indians with offshore firms

Swiss banking major UBS AG figures as the "master client" for several offshore entities floated by Indians in tax havens such as British Virgin Islands (BVI), according to the database put up by......

SPECIAL: Battles over food future

Corporatisation of agriculture and the viability of Genetically Modified Organisms remain the key issues of this bitter struggle and no resolution seems to be insight, writes Rajni Bakshi.Battles......

PIX: Shahid's motorcycle diaries!

Get ready for Bollywood's new set of BFFs! Shahid Kapoor is enjoying a biking trip along with his half brother Ishaan Khatter and... Kunal Kemmu! No, they haven't worked together in a film yet but......