Has BJP Lost Its Grip Over North India?

Political observers lauded the SP's choices in fielding several non-Yadav and Scheduled Caste candidates, the party's alliance with the Congress, and Rahul Gandhi's campaign around the danger to......

BJP 1st list: Bansuri Swaraj makes poll debut; Bidhuri, Lekhi dropped

Bansuri Swaraj, the daughter of former Union minister Sushma Swaraj, will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha polls from the New Delhi seat and incumbent MP Manoj Tiwari from Northeast Delhi as the......

BSP Beyond Behenji

How Bahujan Samaj Party, which turns 40 in 2024, is bracing for a new era. IMAGE: Bahujan Samaj Party President Mayawati arrives to address a press conference on her 68th birthday in Lucknow,......

'Whom was the BJP trying to please then?'

'When Fadnavis takes our help, it was sabka saath.''But when we support his rival, the latter is branded as appeasing Muslims.' IMAGE: Faizee Thakur offers support to Uddhav Thackeray. Devendra......

'Jobs Have To Be Created Everywhere'

'I found it unbelievable that L&T said 45,000 jobs were waiting to be filled because of unavailability of suitable skillsets.' 'So, when the Opposition sweepingly says there are no jobs, I'm......

Shaktikanta Das: RBI Governor Who Walks The Talk

'Das is friendly, but he finally does what he does. The quality of engagement is very good.' IMAGE: Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das addresses the media during a press conference......

'Amazon In India For Next 100 Years'

'For all of us at Amazon, it is 'Bharat first'.''We are keeping the Indian customer at the centre of what we are doing.' Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   In an office at the World......

How The Pandemic Affected Puja

The estimated size of the Durga Puja economy could be about Rs 2.75 trillion in 2021 had there been no pandemic, points out Atanu Biswas. IMAGE: A restricted access Durga Puja pandal. Photograph:......

AFC backs FIFA's biennial World Cup feasibility study

  IMAGE: The AFC said it welcomed FIFA’s plan to conduct a feasibility study into staging the World Cup every two years. Photograph: Reuters The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) said......

Football: Police ban on Juventus fans for Lukaku abuse

IMAGE: Lukaku will play in the return leg on Wednesday after his one-match ban was overturned by the president of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) as a measure to fight racism. Photograph:......

Warner re-elected, unopposed, as CONCACAF prez

Trinidadian Jack Warner was re-elected unanimously as president of CONCACAF, the confederation for North and Central America and Caribbean soccer, at its congress on Tuesday. Warner, who was......

Copa chiefs want homophobic chants to stop but will take no action

Centenary Copa America officials say homophobic chanting at international matches "must stop" but they have opted not to take action against offending teams. "The Confederation of North, Central......

Former FIFA vice-president Warner gets life ban

Former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner has been banned for life from all football-related activity, the adjudicatory chamber of the Ethics Committee of the sport's world governing body announced on......