Is India Still A Democracy?

Today in 2024, the BJP jails its opponents during an election and still believes, or at least wants us to believe, that it is only following the rules of democracy, asserts Aakar Patel. IMAGE:......

Foreign Policy As A Poll Tool Can Be Harmful

It is time the political leaderships in this country arrived at a common ground over issues of foreign and security policy concerns. There has to be a greater communication between the government......

Doval moots interoperability among central police forces

National security advisor Ajit Doval on Friday suggested that various central armed police forces of the country should have "jointness" and interoperability among themselves like the ongoing plan......

CAA gets rolling as govt issues citizenship certificates

The first set of citizenship certificates under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act was issued Wednesday in New Delhi to 14 people, nearly two months after rules under the contentious law were notified......

Manufacturing activity eases for 2nd straight month in July

Manufacturing sector activities in India moderated for the second straight month in July as rates of expansion in output and new orders eased slightly, a monthly survey said on Tuesday.......

'We may be late to board the bus, but we have not missed the bus'

'India's manufacturing will take 10-15 years to catch up with China.' IMAGE: A textile factory in Andhra Pradesh. Photograph: Samuel Rajkumar/Reuters India's Manufacturing Moment - A Golden......

20-min pizza promise by Domino's gets stuck in traffic, kitchen

As promised, Domino’s 20-minute delivery started across 170 stores in Bengaluru on Tuesday. Photograph: Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters But, as the day progressed, some teething issues came to......

When R K Krishna Kumar Spoke To Rediff

R K Krishna Kumar, one of the stalwarts of the Tata group, passed away on Sunday, January 1, 2023, evening. A close lieutenant of then Tata Sons chairman Ratan Tata, he spoke to Rediff.com's......

Pippa Review: More Pipsqueak

More than the jingoism overkill, it's the tedious tone of telling stories of this genre that hurts Pippa, observes Sukanya Verma. Three siblings find their patriotic voice in 1971. But if you......

Kaala Review: Muddled Mess

The harum-scarum-ness of Kaala is astounding, exclaims Deepa Gahlot. There have been at least two recent Web shows that made money trails interesting: Scam 1992 and Scam 2003. Bejoy Nambiar picks......

The Top 10 Spy Thrillers On OTT

The West has had an advantage over Indian cinema and OTT when it comes to espionage thrillers -- the two World Wars and the Cold War were grist for the mill, and then the Middle East joined the......

IB 71 Review: Riveting Plot, Poor Execution

One-time watch for all those wear their patriotism up their sleeve, don't bother about checking the facts, and want to enjoy a dramatic mix of fact and fiction, notes Prasanna D Zore. Thirty......

Dinesh Karthik named RCB's batting coach, mentor

Photograph: Kind courtesy Royal Challengers Bengaluru/X Former India wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik, who announced his retirement from all forms of cricket last month, on Monday was appointed......

Indians dominate ICC U-19 Dream XI

Musheer Khan, Uday Saharan, Sachin Dhas, Saumy Pandey named in U19 World Cup Team of the Tournament IMAGE: Uday Saharan and Sachin Dhas put on a record partnership of 171 runs against South Africa......

Pick Your India Team For Afghanistan Game

IMAGE: Captain Rohit Sharma with Coach Rahul Dravid. Photograph: BCCI/X   After outplaying Australia in their opening match, India will aim for another commanding performance against......

PIX: Bangladesh crush Afghanistan to keep Asia Cup hopes alive

IMAGES from the Asia Cup match between Bangladesh and Afghanistan played in Lahore on Sunday SCORECARD IMAGE: Bangladesh bowlers struck at regular intervals to bowl out Afghanistan for 245 in......

How Jadeja confused the Aussie batters

Pitch isn't a rank turner, needed to use crease to confuse batters, says Ravindra Jadeja IMAGE: Ravindra Jadeja celebrates by kissing the ball after taking five wickets. Photograph: Robert......