BJP hopes to break new ground with Bharat Ratna awards

State awards often convey a message beyond the public contributions made by their recipients and the Modi government's pick of five of them, with three of four politicians in the list firmly......

Will contest 15 seats in alliance with BJP in UP: Nishad party

The Nirbal Indian Shoshit Hamara Aaam Dal, or Nishad party president Sanjay Nishad on Sunday said they will contest in 15 assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh as part of an alliance with the......

'Amit Shahji, Naddaji, all of us do the same work'

You may be an MP or an MLA; when we go to Bengal, we go as cadre.'Swarupa Dutt/Rediff.com speaks to BJP leaders deputed to go to West Bengal on election duty. IMAGE: Rajya Sabha MP Rupa Ganguly --......

US court terminates $100m lawsuit against Modi, Shah

A United States court has dismissed a USD 100-million lawsuit filed against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah after the litigants -- a separatist Kashmir Khalistan......

Brevity is the key to good ads

Finance Minister P Chidambaram presented the Union Budget for 2007-08 in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.Has he made life easier for those related to the advertising industry? What does it mean for the......

Sunny Deol, Bollywood's Knockout Man!

At many stages, it has appeared as though Sunny Deol's career was running out of steam, but each time he has risen Phoenix-like from the ashes.Dinesh Raheja gives us a closer look at the man on his......

The Path-Breaking '70s Actor You Didn't Know

Rehana Sultan was all set to be a path-breaker.The time was right.Hindi cinema had emerged from the 1960s musicals era.But somehow, leading film-makers of the time did not believe Rehana had that......

Why Karisma Kapoor Is A Golden Girl

Photograph: Kind courtesy Karisma Kapoor/Instagram Born with baby blue eyes and one of the most famous surnames in show business, Karisma Kapoor's desire to become a Bollywood actress may seem......

'Shocking Numbers For The BJP'

'The politics of divisiveness won't work.''The janta is too clever not to see through it.' IMAGE: Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee and Shatrughan Sinha, the TMC candidate from the Asanol......

Is India's TT dominance finally here?

Can see growth, especially in women's table tennis in India: Manika Batra on UTT IMAGE: Manika Batra and Sreeja Akula recently made history by becoming the first Indian table tennis players to......

World Jr Chess: Harshit Pawar shocks top seed USA's Mishra

IMAGE: Image used for representational purposes. Photograph: International Chess Federation/Instagram Playing the game of his life, India's Harshit Pawar shocked top seed and youngest ever......

No Army paratroopers for handing over pink ball to captains

IMAGE: The security clearance did not come a day ahead of the historic  Day/Night Test. Photograph: CAB/Twitter Security concerns meant the Cricket Association of Bengal cancelled its plan to......

3rd Test: Azhar, Shafiq hit tons as Pakistan take control of decider

IMAGE: Pakistan has the advantage with two days to go in Abu Dhabi. Photograph: ICC/Twitter Centuries by Azhar Ali and Asad Shafiq helped Pakistan overhaul New Zealand's total of 274 but a......

3rd Test: Williamson holds up Yasir as New Zealand limp to 229-7

A half-century from captain Kane Williamson and a patient knock from BJ Watling helped New Zealand prevent Pakistan's Yasir Shah from slicing through their batting order on day one of the third and......