10 reasons why Jitin Prasada matters for the BJP

Can Jitin Prasada help the BJP retain its Brahmin base in UP?Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com finds out. IMAGE: Jitin Prasada, right, meets Union Home Minister Amit Anilchandra Shah in New Delhi,......

Arun Jaitley: George as I knew him

'George was a politician with a difference. He had the ability to stand alone, take a position, however extreme, and sustain that position,' remembers Arun Jaitley. IMAGE: Then defence minister......

Yogi Adityanath to be next UP CM; Maurya, Sharma to be his deputies

Thanks to his hardline Hindutva image, Adityanath's selection as UP CM came as a surprise to many. IMAGE: Yogi Adityanath after his election as leader of the BJP legislature party in Lucknow,......

SP rift continues: Akhilesh-Shivpal exchange barbs

The Samajwadi Party's first family is again at war.UP CM Akhilesh Yadav and his uncle Shivpal Yadav fired barbs at each other at an event to celebrate the SP's silver jubilee, barely two days after......

Composer Aadesh Shrivastava dies of cancer

Bollywood singer-composer Aadesh Shrivastava, who was battling a relapsed cancer, passed away post midnight in Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani hospital in Mumbai. He was 51. Shrivastava had been......

Shashi Kapoor hospitalised due to chest infection

The National Award-winning actor had complained of acute cough and breathlessness. Veteran Bollywood actor Shashi Kapoor has been admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of a hospital here for......

Shashi Kapoor undergoes cataract surgery

Yesteryear Bollywood actor Shashi Kapoor underwent a cataract surgery at a Mumbai hospital and was later discharged, doctors attending on him, said. Shashi Kapoor, the youngest of the Kapoor......

Shatrughan Sinha undergoes bypass surgery

Veteran actor and BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha underwent bypass surgery at a city hospital on Monday and will continue to stay there for a few days.The 66-year-old actor-turned-politician had been......