History Unfolds At Rashtrapati Bhavan

With the strain and anxiety of the longest Lok Sabha polls now behind the leaders, governance, with consensus, is the next step. IMAGE: Narendra D Modi bows to the guests before he was sworn in as......

10 Reasons Why Modi Should Follow In Sonia's Footsteps

Politely decline to be prime minister, and hand the baton to someone else in the BJP -- like Sonia did to Manmohan Singh -- advises Krishna Prasad. IMAGE: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader......

'US Can't Take Indians As Guinea Pigs'

'Why should we disclose classified information. to satisfy those who doubt our Hydrogen Bomb capability?' IMAGE: Dr Anil Kakodkar, former chairman, Atomic Energy Commission, at the 'Machined to......

How To Prevent Terror On The High Seas

The world needs to wake up to this new dimension of war at sea and be prepared to face the 'unknown enemy' who have the advantage of attacking at their choice of location and time, cautions......

'Nobody's Asking Where Money Will Come For Freebies'

'The prime minister's comment on 'revdi culture' was welcome. But I am disappointed he did not follow up on that.' 'All political parties, including the BJP, have been guilty of this.' 'Now, Modi's......

'Markets Are Too Confident, Excited, Aggressive'

'The main worry is lots of new investors coming into the markets in order to make a quick buck/easy money.' 'Those things are happening again and have happened in the past as well.''All that has......

Why RBI Was Worried About Consumer Credit Growth

The banking regulator was uncomfortable with the runaway pace at which consumer credit was growing. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Tucked away in the 'Report on Trend and Progress of......

India to become upper middle-income country by 2031

Crisil Ratings on Wednesday projected India's GDP growth at 6.8 per cent in the next fiscal and said the country will become an upper middle-income nation by 2031 with the economy doubling to $7......

Scoop: Was Prince Andrew Really Guilty?

Scoop seems like they conclude he is, but Vaihayasi Pande Daniel recommends that you watch the film to find out for yourselves. IMAGE: Keeley Hawes, left, plays Amanda Thirsk, Prince Andrew's......

Sam Bahadur Is A Delight To Watch

For someone like me who studied Sam so intently, if a lump could form in the throat during the emotive scenes, I think the cast did a superb job, notes Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (retd).......

10 War Films You Can Watch On OTT

There have been relatively few war films made by Bollywood, perhaps because they are expensive and difficult to shoot. Also, invariably, there are accusations of inaccuracy, disrespect, jingoism,......

Kangana, Will You Paint A True Picture Of The Emergency?

Hope this film will teach Indians the value of their rights and the perils of exchanging those for 'economic development' or promises of a better future by a populist leader, notes Utkarsh Mishra.......

Olympics: Nikhat Zareen to go on solo trip after Paris heartbreak

'I will come back strong.' IMAGE: Nikhat Zareen bowed out of the Olympics after a heartbreaking 0-5 loss to China's Wu Yu on Thursday. Photograph: Isabel Infantes/Reuters Weary from a challenging......

Olympics, TT: China continue dominance

IMAGE: Yingsha Sun of China and Chuqin Wang of China in action with Szu-Yu Chen of Taiwan and Yun-Ju Lin of Taiwan in their Table Tennis Mixed Doubles quarterfinal at South Paris Arena 4, Paris,......

Check out F1's record 24-race calendar for 2024

IMAGE: Formula One will have a record 24 races in the season that starts in Bahrain on Saturday. Photograph: Carla Carniel/Reuters Formula One will have a record 24 races in the season that starts......

2036 Olympics: Coming Out Party For India

If Ahmedabad is India's preferred candidate, as seems likely, hosting Olympics 2036 should give it a leg up: A bigger airport, a better metro network, more hotels, flyovers and so on, observes T N......

Why India's archers are the team to beat at the Asian Games

IMAGE: The trio of Abhishek Verma, Ojas Deotale and Prathamesh Jawkar knocked out hosts Colombia to 236-228 for bronze at the third stage of the Archery World Cup, in Medellin, Colombia in June.......