Does Maha poll rout signal end for Sharad Pawar's politics?

Sharad Pawar had led the Nationalist Congress Party faction to an emphatic win in Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra, however, five months later the 83-year-old suffered one of the worst setbacks......

Munambam: The Politics Of Waqf Land

The specter of how the Munambam issue was exploited during the November by-elections is proof of the price Kerala is paying for its emergent politics.Controversies become the stuff of slow-burn and......

Why Cong is campaigning against own candidate in this Raj LS seat

A peculiar poll battle is on the cards in the tribal-dominated Banswara-Dungarpur Lok Sabha constituency in Rajasthan where the Congress is appealing to the people not to vote for its candidate.......

Nitish begged for forgiveness before Lalu, Rabri: Tejashwi

Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav on Friday claimed that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had 'begged for forgiveness for past betrayals' before his parents, party supremo Lalu Prasad and......

No double standards by Cong on Insurance Bill: Rahul Gandhi

The Insurance Bill was deferred for consideration for the time being after a meeting Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday rejected Bharatiya Janata Party's charge that the party is doing......

Don't be flippant about Indian symbols & icons: Das to Amazon

Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das on Sunday asked Amazon to desist from being flippant about Indian symbols and icons, cautioning it that “indifference will be at your own......

Investors get tax relief on investment gains

Once the income has been classified as either business income or capital gains, be consistent. In a move that is likely to reduce litigations between investors and the income-tax department, the......

Why Delhi does not need another airport

Experts are divided on whether or not to build a new international airport at Jewar in Greater Noida. Image: Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi. Photograph: Courtesy,......

Tubelight Review: Salman tries to be cute, too hard

If Tubelight had a real story and wasn't just flip-flopping between monotonous episodes of fluky coincidences treated like divine intervention and cursory battle scenes devoid of danger, urgency or......

Raag Desh Review: Intelligent and brilliant!

Raag Desh is one of the best films of the year, Sreehari Nair raves.  Tigmanshu Dhulia’s Raag Desh gives us the best Subhas Chandra Bose we have seen at the movies. A brew of......

Why Meghna Gulzar made Talvar

'Taking a side could be a fallacy to do. Because you don't have all the answers. So how do you take one particular side?' Meghna Gulzar asks Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff.com IMAGE: Konkona......