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'They know they have lost, so such desperate tactics'

'Please do not threaten us with street violence.''Do you have some humanity left in you?' IMAGE: Deepak Kesarkar, second from left, with Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray at an event in......

Thackeray govt will win trust vote: Sharad Pawar

Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar on Thursday said the fate of the Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra will be decided on the floor of the Legislative Assembly, and the Shiv......

Border features at Indian envoy's meeting with Chinese foreign minister

Indian Ambassador to China Pradeep Kumar Rawat met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi ahead of the BRICS summit and emphasised the 'criticality of maintenance of peace and tranquillity in the border......

From BJP Nemesis To Modi's 'Small Soldier'

Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com profiles the transformation of the Modi-Shah baiting Hardik Patel into saffron poster boy. IMAGE: Hardik Patel addresses a press conference after joining the......

'Some people think Modi is only appeasing the Patels'

'By the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, they moved back to the BJP almost totally and later their backing helped us win the local body elections.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi, flanked......

Sitharaman bets big on infra spending to take highway to growth

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday unveiled a bigger, Rs 39.45 lakh crore Budget, with higher spending on highways to affordable housing with a view to fire up the key engines of the......

Advertising titan, civic activist, actor, writer Gerson da Cunha is dead

Advertising industry veteran Gerson da Cunha, a multi-faceted personality passionate about civic activism in later years, died in Mumbai on Friday after a brief illness, a former colleague said.......

WEF defers Davos 2022 meet due to Omicron outbreak

The World Economic Forum on Monday said it has decided to defer its Annual Meeting 2022 in the Swiss Alpine ski resort town of Davos in the light of continued uncertainty over the Omicron outbreak.......

PSBs lost Rs 2.85 lakh cr due to loan default of 13 firms

Public sector banks have lost nearly Rs 2.85 lakh crore on account of loan dues of 13 corporates even as the banks are used to bail out ailing financial institutions such as Yes Bank and IL&FS,......

I-T Portal: Infosys Deserved Better

The tax portal problem is a goof-up by both sides, and making Infosys the only villain in the story is quite unfair, argues Shyamal Majumdar. IMAGE: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman......

The Dilemma Ali Fazal is Struggling With

'There is a part of me that says it is a great time to tell stories from my own land.''But then opportunities are coming my way from all over the world.''So one foot is here and one foot is in the......

He Transformed Ranveer into Kapil Dev

'You could not look like Ranveer Singh and act like Kapil Dev, so performing like Kapil Dev was double the challenge.' IMAGE: Rajiv Mehra at the '83 premiere. Photograph: Kind courtesy Rajiv......

'You've got to swallow your ego sometimes'

'The opposition would prefer me to panic and get out, just try to hang in there. I knew at some point I would get away. I trusted myself. Today, it came late in the innings.' IMAGE: Jos Buttler......

Soccer PICS: Depay rescues Barca; Inter thrash Genoa

Images from the soccer matches played across Europe on Saturday. IMAGE: FC Barcelona's Memphis Depay in action during their match against Athletic Bilbao in San Mames, Bilbao, Spain on Saturday.......

P T Usha's coach O M Nambiar passes away

IMAGE: Coach O M Nambiar with Indian athletics legend P T Usha. Photograph: Kind courtesy, P T Usha - Olympics.com Renowned athletics coach O M Nambiar, who nurtured India's athletics great P T......

Rahul issues stern warning to England on sledging

'If you go after one of our guys that means you are going after whole team.' IMAGE: India captain Virat Kohli speaks to England's Jos Buttler during Day 5 of the second Test against England at......

Captain Root backs his under-fire players ahead of 2nd Test

'COVID has had quite an effect on our consistency in backing up teams, whether that be workload through having to rotate players or through the conditions.' IMAGE: England's Jonny Bairstow......

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