'Ram Mandir Is With 2024 Election In Mind'

'We should not underestimate the power of Hindutva.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi arrives at the Shri Ram Janmaboomi Temple in Ayodhya for the pran pratishtha ceremony, January......

Aristotle Would Have Envied Ivan

Ivan Menezes and Arvind Subramanian -- whose birthdays were separated by a month and 3 days in 1959 -- became close friends attending the economics course at St Stephen's.Ivan went on to be a......

Security forces carry out op to seize arms in Manipur

The army cordon moved in slowly as darkness set in over the village of New Keithelmanbi some 40 km from the capital Imphal, surrounded on all sides by a dense forest. IMAGE: Army personnel and......

Delhi: 6-month jail for bursting crackers on Diwali

Bursting of firecrackers on Diwali in Delhi will attract jail term up to six months and a fine of Rs 200, Environment Minister Gopal Rai said on Wednesday. IMAGE: People buying green crackers in......

Renewable energy: Avaada, others up the ante against conglomerates

When Vineet Mittal first got into solar power, sometime around 2009, and was planting solar panels in Gujarat, renewable energy looked like a sector ripe for startups. Renewables were clearly the......

Weak discretionary spend likely to weigh on IT cos' revenue in Q1

Strong macroeconomic headwinds causing turbulence in the $245-billion Indian IT industry are yet to calm down. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Top Indian IT services companies are likely......

India's fuel pricing mechanism is opaque and removed from reality

The Modi government should find a way out of this conundrum before it loses itself in the maze. S Dinakar reports. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com What could be more uncertain than Virat......

The Game Changers For Indian Airlines

We live in hope that India and its airlines might finally grow up, notes Anuli Bhargava. IMAGE: An Air India Airbus A320-200 aircraft takes off as an IndiGo Airlines aircraft waits for clearance.......

Who's Who In The Archies

Photograph: Kind courtesy Tiger Baby/Instagram Get ready to say hello to The Archies! Zoya Akhtar directs the Indian adaptation of the popular comic franchise and the first look promises a......

Who Looks Best In Made In Heaven 2? VOTE!

Want to plan your wedding outfit? Take a clue from Made in Heaven 2. The Web series sees 10 gorgeous brides and grooms get ready for their big day, and make it look so fashionable! Zoya Akhtar......

Shantaram Review: Too Verbose

If future episodes are as verbose and unwieldy, it might be difficult to keep from switching channels, points out Deepa Gahlot. When the book Shantaram came out in 2003, it became a bestseller and......

When Bollywood took flight

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? It is a plane! Like there's no dearth of memorable bus scenes and train imagery in Hindi movies, planes are equally prolific on silver screen. From meet cutes to......

IND vs WI Review: Yashasvi, Mukesh big positives for India

IMAGE: While Yashasvi Jaiswal ended the series as the leading run-getter, R Ashwin ended as the leading wicket-taker. Photograph: BCCI/Twitter Yashasvi Jaiswal presented a heady cocktail of......

PIX: Jaiswal hits century on debut; India in control

IMAGES from Day 2 of the first Test between India and the West Indies, at Windsor Park in Dominica, on Thursday.  SCORECARD IMAGE: Yashasvi Jaiswal celebrates scoring a century on debut on......

IPL turns 'Sweet 16'! The driving force of the glitzy league

IMAGE: Entering its 16th season, the Indian Premier League still continues to dazzle the cricketing world. Photograph: BCCI/Twitter The never-ending speculations about Mahendra Singh Dhoni's......

Is Yash Dhull the next big thing in Indian cricket?

IMAGE: India's Under-19 World Cup winning captain Yash Dhull started his journey from being among the boys with a muscular hundred -- 113 off 150 balls -- against a good Tamil Nadu side on the......

BCCI chief Ganguly's health 'stable', says hospital

IMAGE: BCCI president Sourav Ganguly was rushed to a hospital in Kolkata on Monday night as a precautionary measure after his RT-PCR test returned positive for COVID-19. Photograph: BCCI BCCI......