In 2019, Fadnavis promised to mentor Aaditya as next CM: Uddhav

Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray leader Uddhav Thackeray has claimed the then chief minister Devendra Fadnavis told him in 2019 that he would groom his son Aaditya Thackeray as the next CM of......

'When Modi chants Ram, Ram, the youth chant kaam kaam'

'Who are these people on the streets?''They are youth and students who were hoodwinked, bluffed by Modi for the last seven years, with a promise of 2 crore jobs every year.''And Mamata sings the......

CBI rejecting riot victims' FIRs could hit Gehlot government in polls

Two years after the Gopalgarh riots rocked Rajasthan, the case has again hit headlines after the Central Bureau of Investigation, which is probing the case, closed 14 of the 19 First Information......

These are the first-time ministers in Modi Sarkar 2.0

As many as 20 ministers of the 58 who took oath on Friday will assume the ministerial role for the first time. IMAGE: BJP president Amit Shah is the most notable inclusion in the second Modi......

How the Communists killed Bengal's industry

West Bengal's longest serving chief minister Jyoti Basu once told an industrialist that capitalists were class enemies and he should expect no sympathy.Ishita Ayan Dutt tracks the political......

How to mix business and friendship

One luxury of being your own boss is choosing the people you work with. Just ask the folks at Google, Yahoo! and Boston Scientific. These are but a few large companies launched by friends who took......

Great adventure hobbies, at a price

If the word Mumbai conjures up images of sardine-packed local trains and constant traffic jams, try adding paragliders, aero modellers, horse riders and sailors to the picture. Though it's hard to......

Towards a sensible land policy

The Rs 100,000 car project of the Tatas in Singur in West Bengal has raised much controversy about the use of prime agricultural land for industrial projects. The extension of that approach to the......

What's Missing In Angry Young Men

Angry Young Men misses some important elements of the Salim-Javed story, including an understanding of the duo's creative process.In fact, the two men do not even appear together in the same space......

HORROR! HORROR! HORROR On OTT!

Deadly dolls, skeletons in the closet, haunted homes, this is just a warm-up on what to expect on OTT. Sukanya Verma gives us her OTT recommendations for the week.   M3GANWhere to watch? Rent......

10 Must Watch Ram Gopal Varma Movies on OTT

Ram Gopal Varma's last few films were so cringingly bad that a new generation of film-goers might not even remember that he was once admired as a maverick, who marched to the music of his own drum,......

Mohanlal teams up with Sidharth Bharathan

A lowdown on the Malayalam film industry.   Actor-filmmaker Sidharth Bharathan, who is recuperating following a serious car accident, is reportedly working on a project with Mohanlal in the......

There Will Surely Never Be Another Bishan Singh Bedi

One of cricket's greatest players passed into the ages on Monday.Rediff.com salutes the legend. IMAGE: Bedi in action, August 2, 1971. Photograph: Dennis Oulds/Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty......

'There was no one like Bishan paaji'

'I have seen Bishan paaji get worked up when he felt the game was losing its character because of some individual.' IMAGE: Bishan Singh Bedi in action, August 2, 1971. Photograph: Dennis......

Former cricketers to get benefit payment at IPL play-offs

Sixty-five former cricketers, including the legendary Sunil Gavaskar, have been invited by the Board of Control for Cricket in India for the IPL play-offs, during which they will be handed cheques......

Maybe India needs this Dream XI!

So India lost its first World Twenty20 game on Tuesday night.Maybe, we fielded the wrong team :)Haresh Pandya picks 11 India greats who never played the shortest format, but can take on any team in......

Premature to call Pathan an all-rounder: Durrani

A dashing player who could change the course of a match by a couple of bewildering turners and some meaty hits, Salim Durrani feels it is premature to call Irfan Pathan a genuine all-rounder, even......