Will Odisha Show Faith In Naveen Patnaik Again?

The 78-year-old Naveen is on the cusp of creating history. He must win the forthcoming assembly polls to become India's longest-serving chief minister, a record held by Sikkim's Pawan Kumar......

How Ram mandir is a true amalgamation of India

Marble from Rajasthan's Makrana, a three billion-year-old rock from Mysuru for the idol, polished teakwood from Maharashtra -- all corners of the country contributed to making Ayodhya's Ram temple......

Ram Temple And The Religion Vs Politics Debate

At a time when the BJP's stars are at the top on the eve of the Lok Sabha polls, the Puri-Joshimath Sankaracharyas may have kick-started a row whose efforts might be to divide Hindus, not in the......

How INDIA Can Counter Modi's Popularity

What the INDIA alliance needs is neither a counter to Modi's tall personality and undiminished charisma nor a counter-narrative to his Hindutva agenda, now centred on the Ayodhya temple......

MFs Expect Sebi To Tighten Norms Further

'Looking at the speed at which changes were made post the Franklin Templeton issue, we are awaiting more stricter norms in the months to come.' Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com   The Rs......

Realtors hope for sunny 2022 with better sales

India's real estate industry staged a rebound from 2020's downturn, with housing sales seen rising by over 50 per cent. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The performance, though short of......

ITC adopting disruptive business models as part of strategy reset

ITC has extensively reset its strategy and will explore opportunities to craft disruptive business models to set up structural drivers helmed by digital and sustainability for its next horizon of......

Biocon chief: Sebi's insider trading laws need an overhaul

Corporate leaders said since the law and evidence gathering is vague, it’s time for the government to set up a quasi-judicial body to adjud­icate on all these cases before any Sebi......

City of Dreams 2 review

The second season of City Of Dreams has more pulp, hardly any juice, feels Sreehari Nair. Season 1 of Nagesh Kukunoor's City of Dreams, for all its pulpiness, aspired to paint an epic vision of......

Bollywood's torture tactics!

Remember that old Ajit joke? 'Isse liquid oxygen mein daal do. Liquid isse jeene nahi dega. Oxygen isse marne nahi dega.' The idea of punishment is so exciting to film-makers, they have come up......

'Akshay Kumar made me cry!'

'My life was not all smiles.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Shivaleeka Oberoi/Instagram   Shivaleeka Oberoi's movie career started when she was 16, but it took many years to bag her first film.......

Why Juhi Chawla is waging war against cell phone radiation

'We have created an enemy we can't even see and that enemy is entertaining us while tightening the noose around our necks.''As the radiation increases, it will affect everything -- from your little......

Ranji Trophy: Akash Deep's five-for rocks Haryana

IMAGE: Skipper Himmat Singh (65*) and Vaibhav Rawal (68*) led the charge for Delhi as they took an innings lead against Mumbai. Photograph: BCCI Domestic/Twitter Pacer Akash Deep grabbed a......

Fugitive Zakir Naik not invited to FIFA WC by Qatar?

IMAGE: Zakir Naik is a wanted man in India and faces charges of spreading hate in the country as well as money laundering. Photograph: Files Amid uproar over an invitation to fugitive Zakir Naik......

Vijay Hazare: Ishant, Dhawan help Delhi drub Vidharba

IMAGE: Tilak Verma remained unbeaten to help Hyderabad win. Photograph: ANI Photo Rohit Rayudu and Tilak Varma slammed impressive centuries to set up Hyderabad's 17-run win over Himachal Pradesh......

India at CWG: Gymnast Patra eyes medal for better life

IMAGE: Artistic Gymnast Rakesh Patra. Photograph: GoFoundation/Twitter Included in India's Commonwealth Games gymnastics squad after going to court, Rakesh Patra is desperate for a medal not just......