'... But India lacks solid backup to Bumrah, Shami, and Yadav. Bumrah is a fine paceman. He has very good durability. I think India needs to use him in such a way that he is as fresh as possible for each Test match.'
Michael Boneham, President and Managing Director at Ford India talks about Ford's small car Figo as well as the company's future plans.
Giving a clean chit to the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), the Centre said "unruly mobs" were behind the violence in the Kashmir Valley and asserted that the government would not cow down to the separatists' tactics.
'There are several minds which are polluted by certain groups and people who get pleasure in creating tension and war in the country, and these people are handpicked for spreading terror.'
"India would have loved to get more involved in Sri Lanka positively -- helping us to fight terrorism. Now, remember, India suffered a lot in the sense, it lost its leader -- Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by the LTTE. That is something, which India can never forgive nor forget," says Razik Zarook, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse's Counsel.
Former Inter Services Intelligence chief Lieutenant General. Hamid Gul responds to charges that he supports terrorism, discusses 9/11 and ulterior motives for the war on Afghanistan, claims that the US, Israel, and India are behind efforts to destabilise Pakistan.
Nandkumar says it is too early to say to quantify the deficit in food grain production but, a 6-million hectare deficit in paddy cultivation has been noted in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. Nandkumar, whose office has a top view of the farming sector in India says that Indian farmers could somehow make up by growing maize or jowar instaed of paddy.
Lawrence talks about his exciting role in the upcoming film Irumbukottai Murattu Singam.
'All I can say is that there is a disparity between the removal procedures of the chief election commissioner and other election commissioners as may be seen from the provisions of the Constitution. Everybody is free to interpret it on the basis of what is already there in the Constitution. But how it is to be interpreted is a matter which can be decided only by a court, perhaps,' ex-CEC T S Krishnamurthy said.
Kamalini talks to rediff.com in an exclusive interview about Kutty Sranku.
Shankar Ramakrishnan on helming Island Express in the anthology.
'You don't win elections on the basis of borrowed players.' 'There is a great crisis of leadership for the BJP in Bengal'
Sohan Roy on helming a Hollywood film in India.
In an exclusive interview with rediff.com's Onkar Singh on Wednesday, Chaturvedi spoke at length about the allegations. Excerpts:
'When you say the per capita argument is catastrophic, it appears to us that we have not the same rights than others,' says Indian ambassador to France Ranjan Mathai.
A day before he steps down, Chief Justice of India Justice KG Balakrishnan came out in strong defence of his colleagues at a time when the credibility and of judiciary has taken a hit. Excerpts from the outgoing CJI's exclusive interview to CNN-IBN:
The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, in an exclusive interview to rediff.com's Tahir Ali, has said that the increase in American troops will only provide the Taliban with more opportunities to attack. It has also claimed that the Pakistani Army's operations have done no damage to its strength and that it is as strong as it was earlier.
'What was the message that was going to them?' 'The message was, we are a great country and we have beaten Covid!' 'No one talked about the precautions to be taken.'
Having worked with the Australian High Commission as their Education Officer for over three decades, Kumar is of the opinion that with the mushrooming growth of foreign education visa consultants in the country, the Indian student is confused.
'These girls keep complaining to their godmother or godfather.'' 'The people at the top listen to whatever the players say, but they don't know what is happening in the team.'
'We still need a certain number of large public sector banks for financial inclusion and stability purposes.'
Bharatiya Janata Party's firebrand leader Sushma Swaraj will contest the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections from Bhopal or Vidisha constituency in Madhya Pradesh.The final decision about her nomination will be taken by the Central Election Committee on February 26, she told rediff.com.
Russia coach Guus Hiddink said he was prepared to manage Chelsea for the rest of the season after receiving permission to combine the two jobs.
Tendulkar, who had earlier voiced his concern about tackling the dew factor, said the Indian cricket think-tank should do a postmortem after the match gets over.
In an exclusive interview with Ajit Jain, rediff India Abroad Managing Editor, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who recently completed his maiden visit to India, reveals that the two countries are very close to signing a nuclear agreement.
The Bush administration's point man for South Asia, Richard Boucher, has said that while Washington fully recognises the terrorist threat Sri Lanka continues to face from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, it should continue acting like a democracy and protect all of its citizens. The senior diplomat feels that there is a need for a political solution "alongside whatever is going on militarily and we hope the Tamil Tigers will see that as well."
After weeks of denying the possibility, Pakistan turned around on its position -- admitting to CNN-IBN that some or all of the terrorists who carried out the 26th November attacks on Mumbai- could have been Pakistani nationals.
In an exclusive interview with rediff.com, Richard Boucher, the Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, who is the Bush administration's point man for the subcontinent and who has taken charge of pushing the deal in the US Congress, said, "We are going to work with the Indians, we are going to work with the Congress and we are going to take this as far as we can go."
'He has a vision of India like his dad. You can see in Rahul's eyes -- at least I see -- his father's unfinished agenda,' says Sam Pitroda who has known the Congress leader since he was a child.
"The terror outfits working against India in Pakistan are not non-state actors. Our government has so far held the view that certain elements from Pakistan are involved in the Mumbai attacks. It should rather say that Pakistan itself is involved in the attacks," Satish Chandra, former high commissioner in Pakistan and former deputy national security adviser, said at a seminar in New Delhi.
Ranjith Shankar talks about directing his latest Malayalam movie Passenger.
Kaniha on her latest Malayalam movie opposite the superstar.
'This is not the party I knew... it has changed so much,' he said wistfully.
A year after going public with her relationship, Kareena Kapoor speaks of her long-term plans with Saif Ali Khan, having kids and why she will always respect Saif's first wife, Amrita.
The 3-D animation film by DreamWorks featuring voices of Reese Witherspoon, Kiefer Sutherland and Seth Rogan is expected to be a huge hit.
In an exclusive interview to NDTV, Jeffrey Immelt, CEO of the $180-billion American giant GE, says he is paranoid and is gearing up for any eventuality.
ArcelorMittal wants to cash in on the demand for steel in India but said it is constrained by the delays in getting mining and environmental clearances for the projects.
Two weeks after one of the worst financial downturn in the US, the husband and wife team walked in with a business plan and now the company is Cisco, says Mohit Bhatnagar.
Samajwadi Party Member of Parliament Jaya Prada is confident about winning the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls from her constituency Rampur in Uttar Pradesh.In the 2004 LS polls, she had won by over 78,000 votes, defeating candidates from the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party.The former actress claimed that she had attended the Parliament regularly during the last five years.
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