How the #DeepState works: Did the Congress 'steal' the 2004, 2009 polls?

Did we miss the DeepState's Brazil Model in action in India in 2004 and 2009, asks Rajeev Srinivasan. IMAGE: Brazil's then President Dilma Rousseff with Prime Minister Narendra Modi before the......

Survey says BJP to get absolute majority in Delhi polls

The Bharatiya Janata Party is projected to win 36 seats, the minimum number required to get an absolute majority in 70-member Delhi Assembly, and Aam Aadmi Party is likely to bag 29 seats,......

Karnataka Police on the lookout for gang running pornography racket

The Karnataka police are on the trail of a notorious Kerala based gang running a pornography racket. Police sources in Mangalore say that the gang is active in Karnataka and Goa. The modus operandi......

How India's 149 million new voters will make an impact

India's demographic dividend may not automatically give rise to tangible economic gains -- at least not with immediate effect -- but it is likely to have a big impact on the coming Lok Sabha......

From Samsung to Vivo, all major smartphone cos are keen on Bharat

As 4G internet completes coverage of the entire country, rural markets have become the primary generator of sales. Earlier this year, Manu Kumar Jain, vice-president (V-P), Xiaomi India, was......

Soon, you will be able to be 'Vokal' in 6 regional languages

TaxiForSure's Aprameya Radhakrishna's new venture, Vokal, is a peer-to-peer content generation platform that is a cross between Reddit and Quora. After having successfully built and sold......

Boom or bust: Can India defy global digital advertising trends?

Will the warning shots fired by giant advertisers Unilever and P&G break the dizzying speed of growth of digital? Viveat Susan Pinto finds out. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com ......

Smartphone sales growth slows to 14% in 2017

Trends like bundled offers and 4G-LTE feature phones could become mainstream in 2018 Once growing at a breakneck pace, smartphone sales slowed considerably in 2017 to 14 per cent, analyst firm......