Pranab should've been PM, Manmohan Prez because...: Aiyar in new book

Veteran Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar, in his latest book, argues that Pranab Mukherjee should have been made Prime Minister in 2012 instead of Manmohan Singh, who was then recovering from......

Acknowledge uprising, Yunus's key advisor tells India

India should unequivocally recognise the July-August uprising, which toppled prime minister Sheikh Hasina's regime, to start bilateral ties afresh, a key aide of Bangladesh's interim government......

'I've Not Backstabbed Anybody'

'They are attacking my wife; they are attacking our 13-month-old daughter. They are saying that I do drugs.' 'I'm giving an open challenge to Mr Nawab Malik and Ms Sana Malik let's go to the labs......

Rajiv Gandhi: 'I Trust Prabhakaran'

As Prabhakaran was leaving his house, Rajiv Gandhi called his son Rahul and asked him to fetch his (Gandhi's) bulletproof jacket.He put the jacket on Prabhakaran's back and remarked with his usual......

We Missed Industrial Revolution

Is India headed there again? asks Ajit Balakrishnan Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   He was a stout, illiterate man, son of a butcher, struggling to earn enough to feed his 13......

Can Voda Idea play on the front foot in a market fast resembling a duopoly?

In August 2021, Nick Read, chief executive of Vodafone Plc at the time, did not mince his words while speaking about the India business in an earnings call. Photograph: Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters......

SEBI To Go Soft On Rumour Verification For Listed Cos

The rumour verification process would now be triggered by changes in price or 'material price movements', as the paper defines it. What this means is that companies would need to verify rumours......

'Growth during the second half should be good'

'With NPA under control, we should be able to post better profits.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Shriram Finance Ltd, the largest retail NBFC in India, posted 14 per cent rise in......

'Manthan Is My Most Influential Film'

'The censor board asked me for some strange cuts.''Otherwise, they would have given me an 'A' certificate.''One cut was where Girish Karnad was explaining artificial insemination in cattle.''These......

India Is All Set To Shine At Cannes

IMAGE: Kani Kusruti in All We Imagine as Light. With an entry in almost every major section of the 77th Cannes film festival, which kicks off on Tuesday, May 14. with French musician-filmmaker......

Swatantrya Veer Savarkar Review: Lost In Politics

With the kind of money and talent that has gone into making this movie, a really good biopic of a personality like Savarkar could be made. But this film is lost in polemics, as is the case with......

The Best Political Biopic? VOTE!

Atal Bihari Vajpayee's biopic Main Atal Hoon reveals the pitfalls of making films on political figures: The maker has to be careful not to offend any followers. It often results in bland......

Spin always plays a role in Adelaide, says curator

'The idea of leaving that extra bit of grass and that matty grass is for the spinner to be able to get purchase out of that mat and get it to bite, grip, and bounce.' IMAGE: Australia spinner......

Olympic boxing crisis deepens: India's fate uncertain

Boxing's future hangs in balance after Asian body votes in favour of IBA IMAGE: Picture used for representational purpose only. Photograph: Kind Courtesy BFI/X Boxing's already uncertain......

Vinesh Phogat: The Warrior Princess

IMAGE: IMAGE: Vinesh Phogat of India reacts after winning the match against Yusneylis Guzman Lopez of Cuba. Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters Months before her long-cherished dream of winning......

Can these wrestlers put India on podium at the Olympics?

Indian wrestlers have delivered a medal every single time at the Olympics since the 2008 Beijing Games. Success in four consecutive editions has enhanced the status of wrestling as a prime Olympic......

Bumrah is a genius: Rohit

IMAGE: Jasprit Bumrah celebrates after dismissing Pakistan's Mohammad Rizwan during the T20 World Cup match on Sunday. Photographs: BCCI/X Jasprit Bumrah's effort touched by genius confined......