BJP stumbled and then stamped its authority in 2024

The BJP's vulnerabilities and as well as strengths were in full display in the year but what stood out is its ability to adapt its message and methods to the voices from the ground, underlining the......

Udhayanidhi Stalin And The Sound of Silence

Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin has reacted to Andhra Pradesh counterpart Pawan Kalyan's out-of-turn taunts with a one-liner, 'Let's wait', and thereby hangs a tale, explains N......

Modi wins historic 3rd term, but BJP misses majority mark

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Tuesday poised to form the government for a third consecutive term with the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance getting a majority in the Lok......

Chandrababu Naidu set to return to NDA fold

Senior Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader and Rajya Sabha MP K Ravindra Kumar claimed on Friday that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Jana Sena and his party have decided in principle to work......

The 'new' in Indian architecture

Is there an architectural style that you can identify as 'contemporary Indian'? Jagan Shah, architect and historian, feels there is and picks on 20 mid-career architects -- he calls them the 'new......

Modi @ 4: Housing for all project fails to meet target

Right now the challenge before the government is to double the speed of construction in order to complete the remaining 6.6 million houses before March 2019. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com......

India builds first 'smart' city as urban population swells

Engineers walk past a cooling system plant under construction inside Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT) at Gandhinagar, in Gujarat. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters India's push to......

Modi @3: Smart cities, slow progress

Lukewarm response from private investors and turf battles between government agencies have resulted in delaying Modi's ambitions. Sahil Makkar reports. IMAGE: Building a smart city in Gujarat.......

Why Is Sharvari So Happy?

When stars travel, they make lovely pictures on social media. Photograph: Kind courtesy Tiger Shroff/Instagram Tiger Shroff is shooting in London for the action thriller, Eagle. Directed......

Get Ready for Bollywood's COPS

Rohit Shetty's Sooryavanshi has set the stage for many more cop movies. Joginder Tuteja looks at coming films on the men in uniform.   John Abraham, Satyameva Jayate 2 John last donned the......

KGF 2 makes Rs 200 crore in JUST 5 DAYS!

It's raining records for the Hindi version of KGF: Chapter 2. After enjoying the biggest opening day (Rs 53.95 crore/Rs 539.5 million) and then the biggest first three days (Rs 143.64 crore/Rs......

Like Shruti Haasan's royal look?

Photographer G Venket Ram brought celebrated artist Raja Ravi Varma's paintings to life for his 2020 calendar. Eleven personalities, including actors and dancers, turned models for the lensman, and......

Clijsters's win marred by controversial finish

Belgian comeback queen Kim Clijsters knocked out Serena Williams in a wildly controversial finish on Saturday to advance to the final of the US Open and become the poster girl for working mothers.......