Why Politics Will Stay On The Boil

It's obvious to all that the Congress is overestimating its success and the BJP is underestimating people's message delivered through the ballot box, notes Sheela Bhatt. IMAGE: Prime Minister......

Is Modi Ki Vote Guarantee Finished?

Now, every state election -- first up, Maharashtra, Haryana and Jharkhand later this year, then Delhi in January and Bihar in September next year -- will be seen by his followers for evidence of......

Is Maharashtra A Lost Cause For Modi?

'There are legions of unemployed degree holders across rural and semi-urban belts in Maharashtra. Now, they aren't finding brides.''This issue has now snowballed into a social crisis. In 2014 and......

Biggest challenge for BJP, allies in Maharashtra assembly polls is...

‘The BJP alliance needs to handle the Maratha quota issue skilfully and address its root cause, which is agrarian distress. Then there is stalled industrialisation. If these issues are......

Govt doubles Mudra loan limit to Rs 20 lakh to promote entrepreneurship

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday announced the doubling of the upper limit of Mudra loans to Rs 20 lakh to promote entrepreneurship in the country. Photograph: PTI Photo from the......

Govt to undertake comprehensive review of Income Tax Act: FM

The government on Tuesday announced that it will undertake a comprehensive review of the Income Tax Act to make it easy to read. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Presenting the Union......

WazirX Breach: 'Recovering Stolen Crypto Is Hard'

'As a lot of them are converted to other tokens, and since crypto is dealt with internationally, it can go to any exchange in any country.' IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been posted only for......

'Banks must be prepared for providing UPI credit'

'A credit line on UPI is going to make banks think about credit fundamentally as they digitise the credit process entirely.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Phonepe Bengaluru-based Zeta, which provides......

How Manav Kaul Played A Sex Worker

'Puneet did his research and gave us a very basic idea on male prostitution. He said it is like any other job.' IMAGE: Tillotama Shome with Manav Kaul in Tribhuvan Mishra CA Topper. Photograph:......

'Mirzapur 3 Is So Conflicted'

'There's deep-seated revenge and at the same time, longing.' IMAGE: Vijay Varma in Mirzapur 3. Vijay Varma admits that he has arrived at a new level of recognition in the last couple of years. "It......

'I Managed To Make Some Successful Films'

IMAGE: Gulshan Rai at the silver jubilee function of his first production, Johny Mera Naam with Dev Anand, Vijay Anand, Hema Malini and music composers Kalyanji-Anandji. Photograph: Kind courtesy......

When Karan Johar Yelled, 'Are You Mad?'

'When Bad Newz was given to me to direct, the first thing I did was go back to my childhood.''It's an ode to Hindi cinema.' IMAGE: Tripti Dimri and Vicky Kaushal in Bad Newz. Anand Tiwari broke......

''Hockey Team Can Win Olympic Medal'

'Our consistency under pressure will be tested to the maximum at Paris.' IMAGE: Can the Indian men's hockey team win its second successive Olympic Games medal in Paris? Photograph: Hockey India......

A Century Of Inspiring Olympic Moments

IMAGE: US gymnast Simone Biles is the most decorated man or woman her sport has ever seen. Photograph: Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Sports/Reuters The Olympics have captured the world's imagination......

PIX: Spain rally to down Japan; US, Germany make solid start

Images from the opening day's action in the Olympics women's football tournament in Paris on Thursday. IMAGE: Aitana Bonmati celebrates scoring Spain's first goal in the Olympics women's football......

Paris Olympics: Djokovic-Nadal could meet in 2nd round

  IMAGE: Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal could have a potential showdown in the 2nd round at the Paris Olympic Games. Photograph: Julian Finney/Getty Images from the Rediff Archives  Top......

Pant or Samson? Who will keep wickets in Sri Lanka T20 series?

IMAGE: In terms of sheer numbers in T20 Internationals, there is not much to choose between the two wicketkeepers Rishabh Pant and Sanju Samson. Photograph: BCCI New India head coach Gautam......