NDA 11,000 Votes Short In Presidential Poll

That's a deficit the NDA will have to make up with the help of 'friendly' alliance partners, the very groupings the PM has said are 'family-run', reports Aditi Phadnis. IMAGE: President Ram Nath......

India faces no threat from the Ram temple

'Now that the Ram mandir is done, we need to move on. And grapple with COVID-19, a sputtering economy, a belligerent China...''The temple may win a few more elections for the BJP, but by itself it......

Times Square bomber Shahzad gets life imprisonment

Pakistani-American terrorist Faisal Shahzad, who pleaded guilty to plotting the botched Times Square bombing this May, was sentenced to life on 10 counts of terrorism and weapons charges.......

'Each man had purely political goals, and they both achieved them'

'The biggest takeaway is that the US-India relationship, which has sputtered a bit in recent months, enjoyed a big boost.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi and US President Donald J Trump at......

Punjab's growth engines sputter

The Punjab government blames the slow growth on tax concessions in neighboring Himachal Pradesh and Haryana's proximity to Delhi. Punjab's agriculture and industry are stagnating. The 5.32 per cent......

The Machine That Saved Tanishq

Stories are legion about the Karatmeter's use at that time.Hundreds of people standing in queue for testing, customers breaking down after discovering the actual purity of their jewellery and then......

GDP growth sputters to 4.5%, weakest in over 6 years

The slowdown in Q2 FY20 was largely due to a sharp dip in the manufacturing sector and agriculture output. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com India's GDP growth hit an over six-year low of......

Car sales end year with a sputter

Despite record discounts and introduction of new models, tepid sales continued to remain a concern for most manufacturers in the domestic automobile industry, with seven of them together posting a......

New rock guitar god is Indian shishya

It was an ad in the Village Voice. Derek Trucks Band, live at the Nokia Theatre, said the Manhattan free newspaper. The name rang a bell; I had heard a live recording at a friend's place. $40,......

Simmba Review: Little to roar about

Sukanya Verma wishes film-makers would stop using rape as a plot point to execute reckless ideas of justice.Especially when it has little to do with social sentiments but more to flaunt its leading......

Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors review

Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors, is not a great show, but an efficient one, notes Sreehari Nair. By the end of the second season of Criminal Justice, Kirti Kulhari subverts what can now be......

Independence Day: Resurgence review: Done to death vision!

One sees a lot more of the aliens in this edition though not necessarily in a good way, wites Sukanya Verma. When Bill Pullman famously predicted, 'We're going to live on' in his climatic speech as......

Move over Fast & Furious-Brad Pitt's 'F1' dominates

IMAGE: Brad Pitt, Lewis Hamilton and Damson Idris attend the premiere for the film ‘F1 The Movie’ in New York City. Photograph: Kylie Cooper/Reuters Apple's high-octane racing film "F1: The......

Did Venky Outshine SKY?

In stark contrast to the high-scoring affairs dominating IPL 2024, the Kolkata Knight Riders secured a dramatic victory over Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede stadium. This wasn't just a win, it was a......

PIX: All roads lead to Hangzhou for Asian Games Opening Ceremony

Organisers hope a high-tech opening ceremony on Saturday will help drum up excitement for the Games. The Asian Games Opening Ceremony kicks off at 1600 IST. IMAGE: India's flag bearers Lovlina......

PIX: China goes all out for Asian Games

IMAGE: A general view inside the stadium as people perform during the Opening Ceremony. Photograph: Marko Djurica/Reuters Chinese President Xi Jinping opened the COVID-19 delayed 19th Asian Games......

'Asian Games is a cash-burning project'

With economic problems and job cuts, Hangzhou locals and people in other parts of China are not very pleased about hosting the Asian Games. IMAGE: Police officers walk on a street following the......