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Hindus blamed for wrong policies of 'royal family': Modi slams Cong in RS

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the Congress in the Rajya Sabha accusing it of adopting a policy of 'family first' and appeasement, and said the Bharatiya......

First part of Budget Session ends with heated debates

The deportation of Indians from the United States, deaths in the Maha Kumbh stampede and the joint Parliamentary committee report on the Waqf bill were among the issues that led to heated exchanges......

Former PM Manmohan Singh, architect of India's economic reforms, dies at 92

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh, the architect of India's economic reforms and a consensus builder in the rough world of politics, died in New Delhi on Thursday night. IMAGE: File image of......

How Dr Manmohan Singh became India's 'reforms' man

He drew the roadmap of India's economic reform, unshackled it from the licence raj and pulled it back from the brink when even its gold reserve was pledged. IMAGE: Former Prime Minister Dr......

'They Wanted To Stop Us From Protesting Against Adani'

'All those who participated in the agitation were branded as anti-nationals.' IMAGE: Fishermen protest against the Adani group's port development project at Vizhinjam. All Photographs: Kind......

Mercedes Rules Luxury Cars Segment

For the first time in history, the luxury car market is poised to cross the sales mark of 50,000 units in 2024, with Mercedes leading the way IMAGE: The Mercedes-Benz Maybach S-Class. Photograph:......

'Had liberalisation not taken place, I may have gone back to the US'

An exclusive excerpt from Girish Kuber's The Tatas: How A Family Built A Business And A Nation. IMAGE: J R D Tata, left, with Ratan Tata. Photograph: Kind courtesy Gopal Shetty When you took......

'We are not going back to licence raj'

'I'm pitching India for the strengths we offer, including the English language, engineers, doctors, nurses, professionals, innovative talent of startups.' IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala......

India's maiden critical mineral auctions: Who are the participants?

India on Monday announced the results for the country’s first critical mineral auction. Photograph: Polina Devitt/Reuters Amid the tepid response from big players, the list of successful......

Return of the Licence Raj!

Are we creeping back to controls on corporate decision making? Three moves over the past eight months reinforce this notion, says Kanika Datta. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com There was a......

'I Have To Excel In Everything I Do'

'My two life mantras are prioritisation and compartmentalisation.''Prioritisation allows you to put one thing over the other and compartmentalisation to focus on one priority at a time.'......

Selfiee Trailer: Akshay vs Emraan!

Akshay and Emraan's first movie outing together seems a good family entertainer with loads of action, drama and comedy, Namrata Thakker tells us. Raj Mehta's Selfiee features Akshay Kumar and......

What Akshay Will Do For A Selfiee

Photograph: Kind courtesy Akshay Kumar/Instagram Akshay Kumar has given the world a sneak peek of his latest film, Selfiee. He writes, 'My mantra for today - Garmi, humidity aur faux fur...Sab......

Interested in stocks? Watch Scam 1992!

The insatiable greed for money and power is too large, too repugnant to thwart.And no one epitomised that better than Harshad Mehta, notes Dhruv Munjal. IMAGE: Pratik Gandhi is stunning as Harshad......

'I can never make a depressing film'

'I'm a guy who tries to find humour in every situation, no matter how difficult and serious, without offending anyone.' IMAGE: Varun Dhawan in JugJugg Jeeyo. With Good Newwz, a director was born......

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