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Jay Shah comes under Oppn fire over tricolour video

Video footage of BCCI secretary Jay Shah appearing to turn down an offer to wave the national flag after India beat Pakistan in a thrilling cricket match at the Asia Cup in Dubai on Sunday has......

Myth and Reality of Manipur is in Its Sport

Olympic Silver medalist Mirabai Chani's feat is a story of grit, dedication and desire, but it isn't unique. In Manipur, discovers Vaibhav Raghunandan. IMAGE: Mirabai Chanu Saikhom on the podium......

The sorry plight of Biharis

Left behind after election will be the Biharis with their stagnant conditions of poor education, poor health infrastructure, poverty, unemployment, divisions in society and the the aftermath of......

Can Narendra Modi's fort be ever breached?

'In India, a really popular and well-entrenched leader is not defeated by a rival.''Such a leader has to defeat himself,' observes Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi......

Development or caste: What will win Gorakhpur?

The BJP is banking on development. The opposition is raking up caste identities and the dangers of hyper-nationalism.But whoever wins, one thing is clear: Eastern UP is headed for a massive,......

IBC: A game changer

'By not only decriminalising routine business failures, but by ensuring that institutional lending and corporate rescue frameworks are strengthened via the IBC, the prime minister has ensured there......

US-China trade war: What India must do

'If we play our cards right, we may even benefit from the competition between the US and China as seen from increased investment from each of these countries into India.''The size of our market......

I could do to IT what Henry Ford did to cars: Rohan Murty

N R Narayana Murthy's son says entering Infosys was never part of his life’s ambitionA couple of years before he joined Infosys as executive assistant to his father, N R Narayana Murthy,......

Why Rohan Murty decided to join Infosys

When Rohan Murty joined Infosys Technologies in June last year, with father N R Narayana Murthy’s return as executive chief, the move triggered a lot of speculation, including whether it was......

Mumbai has a long way to go before...: Chidambaram

The event seemed too tempting to stay away from. Therefore, a national conference on 'Mumbai as an International Finance Centre,' jointly organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry and......

10 Films You Must Watch

Aseem Chhabra picks 10 movies that amazed him at the international film festival in El Gouna, Egypt. Last month as film people from around the world traveled to El Gouna, an Egyptian resort by the......

We Indians love binge-watching!

Indians may have come late to the binge-watching party a little later than the West, but we're making up for lost time, says Shuma Raha. New reports suggest that we are the fastest in the world......

Review: Brothers is so bad it should be disqualified

Brothers is loud, over-the-top and an exhausting watch, says Raja Sen. If the number of crucifixes in a film signify how pious it is, Brothers must have been shot in the Vatican. The characters --......

If a film's set in India, you'll spot a cow!

I don't know if it's sacred, but it's a cow alright. I call the game cow-spotting. These days, if it's a film set in India, sooner or later you'll find the cow. Cows holding up traffic are......

Chak De India: The Rediff Review

The prodigal Khan returns. Chak De! India is the basic, every-single-sports-movie story of a disgraced player, here called Kabir Khan, pulling together a team of misfits to do the impossible --......

Can India break All-England title jinx this year?

IMAGE: Saina Nehwal with PV Sindhu. Photograph: PTI He was the last to win the All England Championship for India and chief national coach Pullela Gopichand, on Monday, hoped that one of the three......

Super Sindhu sheds choker's tag in 2018

PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal continued to be Indian badminton's biggest stars in 2018. IMAGE: PV Sindhu dominated the headlines with silver medals in all major events before a World Tour Finals......

Lifter Mirabai wanted career in archery

'WADA testers come twice or thrice in two months but NADA comes very frequently. I am a clean athlete' IMAGE: Mirabai Chanu won gold medal in the women's weightlifting 48kg category at the Gold......

PMG sign rising India Under-19 star Rishab Pant

India's Under-19 World Cup star was bought by Delhi Daredevils for Rs 1.9 crore at last month’s Indian Premier League auction. India’s leading sports management company Professional......

5 key points that star boxer Amir Khan made during his India visit

‘Sport could be the answer that the world is looking for to end strife’ IMAGE: Boxer Amir Khan poses for photographers during a media day. Photograph: Dave Thompson/Getty Images The......

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