A rotating chief ministership as a way to appease factions can work only if there is a credible guarantor, explains Aditi Phadnis. IMAGE: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, right, and Deputy......
Five judges were on Friday elevated as chief justices of high courts with one of them due to retire on May 30. IMAGE: A view of a Bombay high court on March 17, 2020. Photograph: ANI Photo The......
The Indian position on the Russia-Ukraine war and the unconditional treaty between China and Russia appear to have caused some ripples in India-US relations and led to a reappraisal of India's......
Amritpal Singh has been styling himself on the lines of terrorist Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, who was killed during Operation Blue Star in 1984, by copying his attire, mannerisms, carrying an......
Radical preacher Amritpal Singh, who is on the run following a police crackdown, has been maintaining close links with Pakistani intelligence agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and some......
The Modi government is notoriously honest about one fact: It does not listen to economists, observes Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Welcome sign rolled out for Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi in......
10 per cent for those who earn up to Rs 30 lakh a year and 25 per cent for those who earn more, suggests T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Business Standard's Budget......
'If you ask India's finest business leaders, they now tell you -- in whispers, of course -- that the mood has never been so glum after 1991,' says Shekhar Gupta.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com......
Nirmala Sitharaman, the country's first full-time woman finance minister, on Friday delivered one of the longest Budget speeches which was peppered with Urdu, Hindi and Tamil couplets. IMAGE:......
Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was the first and only women till now to have presented the Union Budget. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday became only the second women in the......
Akshay Kumar has been taking his new film Raksha Bandhan across India to woo his audience. Whatever the reviews may say, the star is obviously proud of the movie. He invited his......
One special screening wasn't enough for Alia Bhatt's debut production Darlings, so the star organised another one for her friends from the industry. Alia couldn't join her friends but her......
As commendable her confidence is, Janhvi's metamorphosis from bechari to bold is slight, observes Sukanya Verma. Somewhere in a tragicomic mess of dark crimes and family drama lies a wacky idea......
'When you have the best as one of the options and you don't exercise it, obviously their judgement is poor and it's not a good day for Indian football' 'I know the popular sentiment in India is for......
IMAGE: While Bhaichung Bhutia has filed his nomination as an "eminent player", the inclusion of which is debatable, he could turn out to be a unifying figure if right-minded people come together......
'My father used to be a boxer and I am a weightlifter. This tattoo shows just that' IMAGE: On Jeremy Lalrinnunga’s left arm features a tattoo depicting a person lifting weights, with date......
IMAGE: Arshdeep Singh is getting some much-needed rest at home but it won't be long before he joins the Indian squad for the South Africa series. Photograph: BCCI/IPL Young-left arm pacer Arshdeep......
IMAGE: The Indian hockey team routed hosts Britain 4-0 in the final to win the gold medal at the 1948 London Olympic Games. All Photographs: Kind courtesy Official Instagram page of Team India......