24 hours before campaigning ends in Thiruvanathapuram, Archana Masih/Rediff.com discovers Shashi Tharoor and his BJP rival Rajeev Chandrasekhar are busy getting their message across to voters.......
In a state where thin margins and minor swings decide electoral outcomes, nothing can be left to chance, even for those relishing the cocooned life, observes Shyam G Memon. IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata......
The prime minister's insistence that his voice cannot be suppressed left me both puzzled and amused. He has at his call, the government's official news dissemination/publicity channels, the pliant......
The Opposition's stand on the Ayodhya consecration is puzzling.Their only objection seems to be that the BJP has hijacked a religious event for political benefit.In saying this, the Opposition is......
...close to the 2024 general election. The BJP calling the Congress 'seasonal Hindu' is as laughable as the saffron party sparing itself the title of 'seasonal extreme Hindu.' How else should one......
A piece of slightly negative news can cause a serious setback, warns Debashis Basu. Photograph: Kind courtesy Geralt/Pixabay Isn't it puzzling that although economic and financial forecasts......
Apple’s decision to launch the eSIM-only iPhone 14 series in the US has American buyers puzzled. IMAGE: The new iPhone 14 Plus. Photograph: Carlos Barriaa/Reuters Surprisingly, it stumped......
From Twitter to Facebook to Spotify, everyone it seems is clambering aboard the social audio bandwagon. Neha Alawadhi reports. Image used for representational purpose only. Photograph: Kind......
'India is growing at the lowest rate in the last decade.''If it continues on that path, then the jobs and prosperity that has been promised by this government and on the basis of which it was voted......
'The BJP leadership and its agriculture minister must make up their mind on what kind of corrective measures will be needed for Indian agriculture at this point in time.' 'The sooner Mr Singh......
The film industry slowly recovered from the pandemic but faced other challenges in 2022. Still, it was not a stretch to pick 10 films for the customary year-ender, particularly when OTT comes into......
What was the need to fictionalise a series on real events that were far more horrific because they were real? asks Vaihayasi Pande Daniel. Why did one of the 26/11 terrorists, who died, come......
Sidharth Shukla takes over the show in Salman Khan's absence. Salman Khan does not visit the Bigg Boss house on Weekend Ka Vaar. Instead, we get to see the contestants facing the media in a press......
Gupt's greatest success lies in how attractive it remains despite the suspense becoming common knowledge, feels Sukanya Verma. Gupt's spoiler is the worst kept secret of all time. But it's also one......
Varun Gautam, Irrfan's friend from his Jaipur days, learned about Irrfan's illness when he received a phone call from Sutapa. This was sometime before Irrfan officially announced his illness.He......
IMAGE: Harry Brook is set to miss the India series due to personal reasons. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters Middle-order batter Dan Lawrence will replace Harry Brook in the England squad for the......
IMAGE: Apart from Jasprit Bumrah, who has been out of action for several months, a string of Indian bowlers have missed out on long periods due to injury. Photographs: BCCI Former India pacer......
The WWE says that India is its biggest market globally in terms of television viewership -- around 350 million unique viewers annually -- social media engagement and YouTube consumption, even......
IMAGE: Punjab Kings Co-owner Preity Zinta, right, with Jahnavi Mehta, whose parents Juhi Chawla and Jay Mehta co-own the Kolkata Knight Riders. Photograph: BCCI/IPL As many as 57 players......
Photograph: Kind courtesy Sakshi Dhoni/Instagram Ten years! It seems like just yesterday that Mahendra Singh Dhoni, then India's cricket captain -- wed the petite Sakshi Singh Rawat.......