It's party, not...: UP dy CM's fresh remark amid BJP rift buzz

Uttar Pradesh deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Monday asserted that it is the party "which contests the elections and wins it", and elections cannot be won "based on the strength of......

'Please Modiji': J-K girl seeks a 'a nice school'

Little Seerat Naaz is not happy that she has to sit on an unclean floor, along with friends, at her school and wants the holder of the country's most powerful office to do something about it. In a......

Modiji, Do You Have A Plan To Improve Education?

When was the last time we heard this government speaking of the disaster in primary education, rather than Ganga cruises and cheetahs?Less money -- Rs 88,000 crore -- was spent by the Union......

He can't ever think of a train without seeing those men lying there dead

'People who stay in their own homes don't understand.''The hope of going home, ghar jaane ki ummeed, once awakened, makes you greedy.''Lalsa hoti hai. Then you just have to go, come what may.'......

Stake sales by promoters, private equity investors 2.2 times of 2022

Stake sales by promoters and private equity/venture capital (PE/VC) investors this year are already exceeding twice those of last year. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com So far this calendar......

M&As likely to witness a strong comeback as PEs bet more cash in India

Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in India are expected to stay buoyant, seen over the last three-four years, despite a slowdown in the first seven months of the calendar year. Illustration: Uttam......

Blackstone, Baring in race to acquire up to 20% stake in Cipla

In one of the largest potential transactions this year, private-equity majors Blackstone and Baring have initiated talks with the Hamied family, the promoters of pharmaceutical firm Cipla, to......

E-com start-up Dukaan lays off 90% staff for AI bot

E-commerce startup Dukaan has replaced 90 per cent of its customer support team with an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, founder and CEO Suumit Shah informed on Tuesday. Illustration: Dominic......

Mission Majnu Review: I Spy Silly

If you want to make your enemy look like a threat, at least make them formidable, sighs Sukanya Verma. We've watched no love lost between India and Pakistan's diplomatic equation through......

Best And Worst of 2022

More than the pandemic it was mediocrity that kept audiences away from the theatres in 2022. Trade pundits and quick think piece experts can speculate all they like but what works at the box-office......

10 Life Lessons From Aamir Khan

If he had not become an actor, Aamir Khan could have made an excellent life coach. In his four-decade long career, the man has shared so many pearls of wisdom on screen that he ought to write a......

The BEST of Bappi Lahiri

Bappi Lahiri was more than a musician. He was an emotion. The oomph in his score was as seamless as its soul and melody. He didn't just create fine tunes; he took the listener on a journey.......