Big jolt to Congress as 26 leaders join BJP ahead of HP polls

Days ahead of the assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh, several Congress leaders and members of the state including Dharampal Thakur Khand, former general secretary of the Pradesh Congress......

UP polls: Only four out of 21 turncoats make it to legislature

A majority of the turncoats failed to win their seats in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, which saw the Bharatiya Janata Party sweeping to power for the second consecutive term. IMAGE: BJP......

How Many Children do BJP MLAs in UP have?

Given the controversy over the Uttar Pradesh government's population control policy, Hemant Shivsaran/Rediff.com digs deep to find out how many children BJP legislators in UP have. IMAGE: Uttar......

Chidambaram, Sibal among 41 elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha

P Chidambaram and Rajeev Shukla of the Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party's Sumitra Valmiki and Kavita Patidar, former Congress leader Kapil Sibal, Rashtriya Janata Dal's Misa Bharti and Jayant......

2G case: Anil Ambani summoned as prosecution witness for July 26

Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group chairman Anil Ambani was on Monday summoned for July 26 by a Delhi court to depose as a prosecution witness in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case. CBI on......

Review: Airlift is taut, tense, terrific!

'Oh what a beauty Akshay's performance is. Old-school gallantry, contemporary tone, his measured delivery is the soul of and saviour in Airlift,' says Sukanya Verma. What will he do? It's seldom a......

This lawyer is all set to take aim on his Asian Games debut

The upcoming Asian Games will be Abhishek Verma's first brush with international shooting, but the thought and the task that awaits him do not unnerve this lawyer-cum-marksman. Optimistically......

Sports Shorts: Prannoy, Kashyap win; Harikrishna holds Navara

Prannoy, Kashyap win; Jayaram loses in New Zealand Open IMAGE: H S Prannoy reacts. Photograph: Twitter. Newly-crowned US Open winner H S Prannoy and Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap......