Jitin Prasada, BJP's Brahmin face in UP, returns to Centre

Jitin Prasada was once considered as among Rahul Gandhi's 'young Turks' and was a minister in successive Manmohan Singh governments but defected from the Congress to the BJP in 2021, where he has......

EC issues notice over Modi's 'mangalsutra' speech

Taking cognisance for the first time of a model code violation complaint against a prime minister, the Election Commission on Thursday issued a notice to Bharatiya Janata Party president J P Nadda......

Where Was Modi When We Needed Him Most?

'From April 25, 2021, Modi disappeared. He made no public appearance for 20 days.''The prime minister of India fled the field when his people needed the government most,' points out Aakar Patel.......

Cong releases 'black paper' on 'Modi govt's failures'

The Congress on Thursday released a 'black paper' to highlight the 'failures' of the Modi government and alleged that the last 10 years have been a period of 'injustice' and of 'discrimination'......

Who is Prasanta Pattanaik, Padma Shri?

Had he not been a student, admirer and follower of Amartya Sen, TCA Srinivasa-Raghavan feels it might have been a Padma Bhushan.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   The year was 1971.......

In his inimitable style, Rahul Bajaj ruffles FM's feathers

In a recent awards event, industrialist Rahul Bajaj said that India Inc was afraid of criticising the Narendra Modi government, The comment drew flak from Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharam who said......

How CM Modi showed us what PM Modi would be like

The expectation that Mr Modi would be a major reformer, capable of reinvigorating the Indian economy, were based on a complete misreading of both his actions and his performance as Gujarat chief......

D K Sarraf new ONGC chief, Moily proposal for Vasudeva cast aside

Rejecting Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily's proposal to give Sudhir Vasudeva a post-retirement extension, Dinesh K Sarraf was on Wednesday appointed the new head of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation,......

PIX: Amitabh Bachchan parties with Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 team

The weekend saw quite a few Diwali parties. Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 co-producer Anand Pandit had more than one reason to celebrate -- after all, his film has become a superhit! A look at the......