Modi on stage, Manik Saha sworn-in as Tripura CM for 2nd term

Seventy-year-old Bharatiya Janata Party leader Manik Saha on Wednesday took oath as chief minister of the sensitive border state of Tripura. IMAGE: BJP leader Manik Saha takes oath as Tripura......

'He was a Google'

Remembering journalist extraordinaire Kanti Bhatt. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com. When legendary Gujarati journalist Kanti Bhatt passed away on August 4, 2019, his army of devoted......

Will Kerala Go North-East Way To BJP?

If Kerala wants to sustain its room for independent thinking and talk back to Delhi when needed, it should put its finances in order.Or -- if one takes the North East example -- Kerala's political......

Mulayam, Ustad Zakir Hussain, SM Krishna get Padma Vibhushan

Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, former external affairs minister in the UPA government S M Krishna and tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain were among six luminaries selected......

Shareholders vote down Birla nominees to board of directors

Vindhya Telelinks, Universal Cables and Birla Cable shareholders go against family’s wishes. IMAGE: Harsh Vardhan Lodha. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com. The Birla camp failed to......

Economists tell Sitharaman to focus on reviving growth

At a pre-Budget meeting, the FM was asked to ensure that NBFCs come out of the liquidity crisis they are facing with the help of RBI. They also spoke about the futility of trying to achieve a 3 per......

Govt, BJP to counter anti-demonetisation campaign

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley witll spearhead the campaign with BJP President Amit Shah as its chief strategist, reports Archis Mohan. Black money is not just wads of notes Concerned at a......

PM plans pre-Budget balm for note ban pain

Senior bureaucrats say the government has planned a 'feel-good' Budget after the 'pain' of demonetisation.Arup Roychoudhury and Archis Mohan report.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The Narendra......

Cinema Marte Dum Tak Review: Movie Makers No One Knows

Vasan Bala's Cinema Marte Dum Tak shines the spotlight on Vinod Talwar, Dilip Gulati, Kishan Shah and J Neelam.All of them are articulate, witty, and expressive -- talking of their passion for......

'My films are not porn films'

I first saw Gunda in 2006, a good eight years after the film had released. I was befuddled by the collection of bizarre scenes and acting sequences but, surprisingly, I was piqued too. With a......

Raja Sen picks the best trailers of 2010

They can whet the appetite, inspire grinning or groaning, or even kill a film by giving too much away. A good trailer needs to be clutterbreaking, catchy and behave like a poltician: promise......

2023's Must Watch Web Series

The streaming platforms were replete with violent, profanity-laden gangster shows. But amidst the noise, there were some effective and thought-provoking shows too. Deepa Gahlot's list of her top 10......