Hooch Tragedy: Will TN Go Dry?

Rival governments in Tamil Nadu expend the most on social welfare schemes, especially targeting women and youth and children, but that money comes only by selling more liquor. There is always the......

Is Election Slipping Out Of Modi's Hands?

In nearly 100 seats, the BJP stands almost no chance of winning.In 200 seats, it is a direct fight between the BJP and the Congress where the BJP has an upper hand.In 243 seats, the BJP is pitted......

Even Oppn believes NDA will return to power: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the Bharatiya Janata Party used its majority in Lok Sabha for two consecutive terms to strengthen the country while the Congress used its decades-long......

AAP reacts to minister's exit: 'It's our agnipariskha'

The Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday claimed the resignation of Delhi minister Raaj Kumar Anand vindicated its stand that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's arrest was aimed at finishing the party.......

Did poverty and inequality spike during Covid?

Claims of a spike in poverty and inequality in India during the Covid-19 pandemic are patently false as such claims are based on uncomparable different surveys, according to a paper co-authored by......

How the wealth of India's richest can make a difference

A one-off tax on unrealized gains from 2017–2021 on just one billionaire, Gautam Adani, could have raised Rs 1.79 lakh crore, enough to employ more than five million Indian primary school......

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......

Ventilator shortage: 'Made in India' devices not picked up by govt

According to government data, the Centre procured only 35,179 ventilators out of the 50,000 originally ordered. As India battles the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, several state governments......

Aarya 3 Review: Too many subplots

Aarya Aakhri Vaar should have been slicker and more polished than the first, or at least ended with a louder bang, observes Deepa Gahlot. The first season of Aarya, adapted from the successful......

10 Songs That Make Us So Proud Of India

'It's amazing how many different kinds of patriotic songs we have in our country.' IMAGE: Shantanu Moitra makes music with singer Papon. Photograph: Kind courtesy Shantanu Moitra/Instagram From......

Mrs Chatterjee Vs Norway Review: Rani's Screechy Ode To Motherhood!

Instead of feeling her desperation, despair or extreme acts stemming from a mother's primal need to protect her brood, what comes through is hollow theatrics, feels Sukanya Verma. If feeding one's......

Jackie Shroff : I Am Not Joining BJP

'No politics for me.''I can't handle that at all.' IMAGE: Jackie Shroff with Singer and banker and singer Amruta Fadnavis Bharatiya Janata Party Party leader Devendra Fadnavis's wife, at the BJP's......

Stokes takes 'indefinite break' for mental wellbeing; to miss India Tests

IMAGE: Ben Stokes in action for Northern Superchargers during The Hundred match against Welsh Fire at Emerald Headingley Stadium in Leeds, on July 24, 2021. Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty Images......