Jobs, women's safety and free speech: Debutant voters' wish list

First time voters say they expect political leaders to focus on "real issues". Young and restless, anxious and ambitious, first time voters in urban India are going into this election with a clear......

Why did India pay 350 mn euros for the Rafale?

The IAF has paid French aerospace firms Dassault and Thales about Euro 350 million for 'performance-based logistics'.This requires the vendors to ensure that 75 per cent of the Rafale fleet is......

A maniac with a gun, a life lost in vain

Robbed of prey as people fled, Omar Perez came marching back and shot bullet after bullet into Prudhvi Raj Kandepi's head, thus ensuring that a man he had never met before, known nothing of, would......

Why UP's new CM must improve life in the east

There is nothing the young Purvanchali wants more desperately than to escape to a place with less hopelessness, and some opportunity, discovers Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: A filthy toilet next to the......

The real story of Bihar's economic growth

The really disturbing numbers relate to inequality. Bihar's per capita income is a third of India's, and a fourth of Gujarat's, notes T N Ninan. Image: A flood-affected man with his bicycle moves......

'Mittal joining Goldman Sachs controversial'

The appointment of billionaire steel tycoon Lakhshmi Mittal to investment banking giant Goldman Sachs' board as an independent director could raise some questions, given his non-financial......

Billionaire inventors

"To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk." So said Thomas Edison, inventor of so many things we take for granted today and the archetypical American entrepreneur-inventor. Edison......

Planning in a market economy

Despite the introduction of market-based economic reforms, the elaborate planning exercise in the country has continued, though the basic objective of planning in a market economy is yet to be......

It's been 30 years since Flop Show!

Jaspal Bhatti's feel for the grime, the confusions, and the madness in our system was so complete that he could take on every kind of woman or man God ever gave to the institutions of India,......

'People don't know me and they don't care'

'I don't say no to Salman Khan. He is a very important part of my life. He is my in-case-of-emergency-please-contact person,' Nikhil Advani tells Patcy N/ Rediff.com Director Nikhil Advani may be......

Review: Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani disappoints

Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani is a good-looking film but lacks a good story, writes Raja Sen. When we can’t stand something a certain way, we’re instinctively prone to wishing it were......

Review: Paan Singh Tomar is compelling

The tragedy of Paan Singh Tomar and Irrfan Khan's execution of the role are both compelling, says Aseem Chhabra Towards the middle of Tigmanshu Dhulia's new film Paan Singh Tomar (PST), Irrfan......

2017 F1 season may split the men from the boys, reckons Hamilton

  IMAGE: Lewis Hamilton is clear favourite to reclaim the F1 title this season. Photograph: Dan Istitene/Getty Images Triple world champion Lewis Hamilton has warned that Formula One's new......

Rosberg wins dramatic F1 season-opener in Melbourne

- Nico Rosberg's 15th Formula One victory was also his fourth in succession after the German Mercedes driver won the final three races of last season. - Four-times world champion Sebastian Vettel......

Massa needs a repeat win in Bahrain

Ferrari's Felipe Massa needs to repeat last year's dominant victory in Bahrain on Sunday to silence his critics after a poor start to the Formula One season. While McLaren's Lewis Hamilton leads......

Chandhok storms to first GP2 win

India's Karun Chandhok capped off his recent strong run of form with his first victory in the GP2 series in the second race at the daunting Spa-Francochamps circuit in Belgium on Sunday. Starting......

Rosberg's son becomes youngest in F1 test

Finland's , the 17-year-old son of 1982 world champion Keke Rosberg, became the youngest driver ever to take part in Formula One testing on Tuesday, the BMW-Williams team said.He completed 38......