How Do Turncoats Fare In Elections?

The share of candidates who were successful among the BJP was 56.5% in 2019. It was 5% for the Congress. IMAGE: Bahujan Samaj Party MP Ritesh Pandey joins the Bharatiya Janata Party. Photograph:......

PIX: Famous faces at polling booths in Telangana

As Telangana voters queued up to exercise their franchise in the assembly polls on Thursday, they were pleasantly surprised by finding some of the well-known actors and politicians around them.......

K'taka portfolios: Siddaramaiah keeps finance, Shivakumar gets irrigation

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has allocated portfolios to ministers in his Cabinet, keeping the Finance department with himself while assigning the Irrigation and Bengaluru City Development......

Meet the 24 newly inducted ministers in Siddaramaiah's expanded cabinet

Within a week of assuming power, the Congress government in Karnataka has expanded its cabinet on Saturday, filling all posts. IMAGE: Karnataka Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot with state CM......

'The bullet train can be Modi's legacy'

'The politician in him saw to it that the foundation stone was laid in Ahmedabad in the run-up to the assembly election in Gujarat in 2017.''But the statesman in him also wants it to be his......

'This Budget is like a meal you get in a Udupi hotel'

'One thing is sure: After this Budget, no Ambani-Adani tag will be attached to the government.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Parliament House on the first day of the Budget session in......

Tough times are opportunities to learn, says Yash Birla

Yashovardhan Birla, chairman of the Yash Birla Group, had a lively interaction with rediff.com readers when he hosted an exclusive chat on Tuesday. A tragic twist of fate handed Birla a vast......

'Budget 2013 seems directionless and confused'

Rediff.com columnist M R Venkatesh is a qualified chartered accountant.He is an expert on business concerns relating to economic policies, international trade and business strategies.M R Venkatesh......

The Powerful Short Film Winning Hearts

'Rapists do have families.''I wanted to see how a father or mother would deal with it.''They go through shame as well and get discriminated from the rest of the village.''Why don't we show it that......

How Netflix Finally Got It Right In India

Its success script: Investing more in local content ecosystem; growing its partnership footprint. IMAGE: Netflix's Guns And Gulabs, directed by Raj and DK, starring Rajkummar Rao, Dulquer Salmaan,......

Big Releases, Coming Up This April

A whole bunch of films and Web series are releasing this month. April is a big month at the box office as Salman Khan's Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan and Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan: Part 2 get......

Bhumi, Kriti Party With Aamir

It's a party weekend, and Bollywood got the memo! Netflix hosted a get-together for its stars in Mumbai, and they turned up looking fashionable and gorgeous. Bhumi Pednekar's mesh top may not have......

ISL: Bengaluru down East Bengal; Chennaiyin win

IMAGE: Bengaluru FC's players celebrate after Vinith Venkatesh scored the goal against East Bengal. Photograph: Indian Super League Bengaluru FC's academy graduate Vinith Venkatesh scored the......

How 1974 Ranji Trophy win shaped Karnataka cricket

'It was an inspiration for all of us. Right from our U15 and U17 tours, all we could hear was how Karnataka beat the mighty Bombay' Photograph: Kind courtesy GR Viswanath/Instagram Warm spells of......

IPL 2024: How The 10 Teams Stack Up!

IMAGE: Delhi Capitals Captain Rishabh Pant -- the first active player at an IPL players auction -- holds up the paddle to make a bid during the IPL 2024 auction in Dubai on Tuesday, December 19,......

Ranji Trophy: Tiwary's triple ton puts Bengal on top

A round-up of all the Ranji Trophy matches played on Monday. IMAGE: Bengal's Manoj Tiwary celebrates after scoring 300 against Hyderabad on Day 2 day of their Ranji Trophy match, at Kalyani, West......

KPL fixing scandal: Honey trap angle emerges

IMAGE: Image used for representational purposes. Photograph: Rediff Archives A special investigation team has been formed to go deeper into the match-fixing scandal that has rocked the......