Barring 2004 and 2009 when Navjot Singh Sidhu won the Amritsar seat as a BJP MP and 1998 when Daya Singh Sodhi from BJP was elected as the MP, it has essentially a Congress bastion. IMAGE:......
What should be made out of the Madras high court order involving non-Hindus' entry into Hindu temples, when many non-Hindus are among the hundreds of thousands that have been worshipping at these......
President Droupadi Murmu and her French counterpart Emanuel Macron arrived on the Kartavya Path in New Delhi for 75th Republic Day celebrations in a traditional buggy, which made a comeback after......
Of course, since it was in power, the Congress was responsible for the unlocking of the gates. But who in the Congress? The Congress chief minister of UP, or the Congress president and prime......
'She showed courage at every turn in her political career.' IMAGE: 'The fascination for Indira Gandhi continues because from a gungi gudia she became a powerful leader who got the better of her......
T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan recalls a tussle between the government and RBI when Rajiv Gandhi was prime minister and how it was resolved. IMAGE: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Reserve Bank of......
Everything about Rashtrapati Bhawan has been pretty much the same since it was built in 1931, but the presidential palace's new occupant next week will find that the office is the custodian of......
UNION BUDGET When was India's 1st Budget presented?On July 8, 2004, Finance Minister P Chidambaram will present the Union Budget for fiscal 2004-05. Take the Rediff Business Quiz and find out how......
Finance Ministers of India1. Who was the first finance minister of independent India?Take the Rediff Biz Quiz and find out how much you know about India's finance ministers since Independence.1.Who......
With an eye on future business with India, Qatar rolled out the red carpet for visiting Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani when its ruler Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani made him the guest of......
Special Chabbis is one of the finest films of the year so far, writes Sukanya Verma.Old is gold AND exciting. In his latest offering Special Chabbis -- based on true heist incidents --......
Haresh Pandya recounts one of the biggest upsets in One-day cricket Captain Kapil Dev holds aloft the trophy after India won the World Cup. Photograph: Dave Cannon/Allsport On June 25, 1983, India......
The Supreme Court needs to step in and order an independent inquiry into the whole IPL scandal, conflicts of interest between office-holders of the BCCI, team-owners of the IPL and even members and......