Digital canvassing is expected to benefit from political money looking for alternative blow horns.
Didi embarks on her new mission: To unite the Opposition to take on Modi in the Lok Sabha elections of 2024, observes Payal Singh Mohanka.
Whatever the tragedy, it does not take Mumbai much time to get back on its feet, says Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com.
'We have liberals here, we have conservatives. We have wisdom here, we have silliness. We are a motley gathering of every kind of people... What we have failed in is governance. We need a different set of politicians. The country has to be changed by new people,' says Shazia Ilmi of the Aam Aadmi Party.
There was near unanimity among the guests at the Sibal dinner that the country is ready for a change, that the ruling party has lost popularity. However in the same breath speaker after speaker lamented that without Opposition unity Modi could as well win a third successive term, reveals Virendra Kapoor.
The scarcity value of the licences has attracted a motley crew of hopefuls, ranging from India's humble postal department to billionaires.
Director Susi Ganesh's maiden venture into Bollywood, Shortcut Romeo, seems like a slick, fast-pasted thriller on the surface. What lies beneath is a different story altogether.
Naseeruddin Shah, accomplished actor, speaks about his choice of films, his favourite actors and films and the future of the film industry.
The Bengal outcome can have a marginal impact on national politics. Whereas elections in UP next year might still change the course ahead of the parliamentary poll in 2024, observes Virendra Kapoor.
Remember the US withdrawal agreement was signed in February 2020. In the intervening period, a proper evacuation plan ought to have been in place. It was not. Consequently, tens of thousands of Afghans who had worked as interpreters, drivers, suppliers of goods and services, etc, face brutal retribution from the Taliban, Virendra Kapoor points out.
'Occupy Wall Street' protest is 10 days old today.
Against the backdrop of the Lok Sabha results, a much larger scale of desertion was anticipated from the TMC. 'It seems, people don't believe that the ship is sinking.'
Bittu Sahgal, Editor, Sanctuary Asia announced the 12th Sanctuary Wildlife Awards, 2011, in Mumbai. Here's the list of the awardees and why they were honoured.
Consultant, critic, fiction writer, columnist and theatre director and novelist Vijay Nair recounts his seven-day trekking experience to Sikkim.
Rediff.com's Prasanna D Zore and photographer Sanjay Sawant reach Ramlila Ground in Delhi to take stock of the preparedness ahead of Anna Hazare's indefinite fast against corruption at this historic venue.
At a dinner banquet last year at the Taj Mahal rooftop - after successfully concluding a merger between Aircel's towers and group company GTL Infrastructure - Tirodkar was hailed as sagacious, humble and hands-on by a motley bunch of suave bankers, analysts and media persons.
Kolkata challengers Prayag United registered a 2-1 victory over Sporting Clube de Goa on Thursday to set up a semi-final clash against seven-time champions East Bengal in the 33rd Federation Cup football tournament.
For the first time in seven years the prime minister finds himself at his most vulnerable, observes Virendra Kapoor.
The makers successfully recreate a poignant and touching tale about the bonds children forge among themselves.
Even Ravi Teja cannot save this masala movie.
Between that constant feeling of I've seen it all before and inability to balance comedy and darkness, Ludo wobbles towards its finish, sighs Sukanya Verma.
The idea is not to form a Bengali lobby group but simply to get to know each other better.
The LeT terror campaign is backed by the power and resources of a state. To compare this with the acts of a crowd of motley Hindu extremists is like equating chalk with cheese, says Colonel (retd) Anil Athale.
The deabate about who Bombay/Mumbai belonged to was taken up at the Outlook Magazine's 15th anniversary celebration in the city. analyses these divergent points of view.
A motley group of Indian entrepreneurs, an economics professor and a leading Indian Muslim leader and industrialist are among more than 250 from nearly 60 countries, who have descended on Washington, DC on the invitation of the White House to attend the two-day Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship hosted by President Barack Obama beginning today.
A group of 35-odd people from the Middle East are seeking a different kind of IT in India's information technology capital Bengaluru. They have come all the way to write a programme of 'Inner Transformation' -- for themselves and for the people back home.
Film Fabricator's Renigunta, directed by R Panneerselvam, tries very hard to ape the success of Subramaniyapuram, Nadodigal, et al but doesn't quite succeed.
Four good samaritans are doing their bit for Mother Earth and to combat global warming by re-planting saplings that grow on buildings and walls so that they don't die a premature death and grow into full-bodied trees.
Olympian Achanta Sharath Kamal's heroics went in vein as India went down to China 1-3 in the quarter-final to bow out of men's team event on the third day of the 19th Asian Table Tennis Championships in Lucknow on Wednesday.
Every political party loves to use the bait of loan waiver to woo the electorate. If their hearts bleed for the poor, they can always use the party funds to pay off the lenders, suggests Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Never before in the history of the Republic has an election in the state mattered so much as it does now, observes Virendra Kapoor.
Allan Jones is visually challenged since birth but he still turns up to take his designated seat whenever there is a Test match at the Basin Reverse.
Apple's next killer application for the iPhone could justify its price-tag among the harshest of critics. The iPhone has had something for every user, but to take social networking to the next level, the services of a Bangalore firm were needed.
Nikhil Laxman, in Colombo, analyses 15th SAARC summit's opening day
Starring Khushboo, Bharath, Kajal Aggarwal, Aishwarya and a motley crowd of villains and cops, Pazhani is a combination of filial love (read as sister sentiments in the new filmi language) reinforced by fisticuffs.
If there's even the slightest chance of a laugh, its dummy cast ensures the joke doesn't land, feels Sukanya Verma.
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