If Modi Wants A Full Term...

It will be in Modi's interest to reinvent his party, read the writing on the wall that voters wrote, and move ahead. He has little choice now. The country is watching, asserts Ramesh Menon, author......

Full list: Modi's New Ministers And Their Portfolios

Narendra Modi was sworn in as prime minister on Sunday evening, heading a 72-member Union council of ministers. Here is the complete list of ministers in Modi 3.0 and their portfolios:  ......

Lawyers, MBAs, postgraduates among Modi's new cabinet

Among the 30 cabinet ministers in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 72-member council of ministers, six are lawyers, three are MBA degree holders and 10 post-graduates, making it an eclectic mix of......

Contests That Startled India

Lok Sabha constituencies that sprung a surprise in the 2024 polls IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational purposes.Girls with their faces and hands painted with......

Has Modi Done A Good Job On Exports?

Seven years after Modi took office, merchandise exports were lower in 2020-2021 than when he had taken over from Manmohan Singh, points out Aakar Patel. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com In......

Bonus stripping: Foreign portfolio investors from Mauritius feel the pinch

Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) who invest from Mauritius into Indian companies that dole out bonus debentures will get impacted by the tax avoidance provisions on bonus stripping.......

Budget: Concessional rate dumped, foreign dividends now under tax ambit

Concessional rate of tax on dividends received by Indian companies from foreign subsidiaries will be done away with from April 1, a change that may hamper global expansion of Indian companies and......

Why Amit Mitra is important to Mamata

No longer Bengal's finance minister, Amit Mitra, Mamata's principal chief advisor, will still advise and aid the 'chief minister and finance department on all matters relating to management of......

Up Close With Samantha

Janhvi's prayer... Tiger flaunts his muscles... Keerthy in Baby John mode... Photograph: Kind courtesy Samantha/Instagram Samantha's #NoFilter day.   Photograph: Kind courtesy Janhvi......

Why Did This Kerala Story Become A Huge Hit?

'Cinema or the sentiment of a people, disgusted by contemporary politics and wanting to feel whole by collectively recalling a moment of great difficulty that was also a cause for togetherness?',......

OTT This Week: Watch Jugjugg Jeeyo

You'll need extra eyes for the amount of OTT content available this week. Sukanya Verma invites you to take your pick.   Jugjugg JeeyoWhere to watch? Amazon Prime VideoLanguage: Hindi Anil......

What's Tripti Up To in Croatia?

Emraan is in Paris... Samir is in Maldives... Priyanka wishes Dr Chopra from LA... Please click on the images for a look at the stars.   IMAGE: Gorgeous Tripti Dimri shares a picture from......

The World Cup That Cheers

In cricket, we have something that we can share with our families, neighbours and indeed, the whole country. It is colour-blind, language-neutral, truly secular and transcends all regions, from......

Sachin, Sourav, Dhoni, Raina at Lord's

IMAGE: Sachin and Dr Anjali Tendulkar with BCCI President Sourav Ganguly, centre.Mr Tendulkar and Mr Ganguly, according to ESPNCricinfo partnered each other in 136 innings between 1996 and 2007,......

Remembering Dingko Singh

'He was not the hit and run kind of a boxer, but a very intelligent boxer.''His presence of mind in the ring brought him glory in many international tournaments.' IMAGE: Boxer Dingko Singh shows......