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From 53 in first polls, number of parties at over 2500

 Fifty-three political parties had contested the first Lok Sabha polls in 1951. The number of political parties today stands at over 2,500. Image used for representational purpose only. Photograph:......

Why Is It An Attack On India?

 India's Right-wing has sought to own our democracy by making itself appear the stuff of majority, and sometimes, a national ethos older than the Constitution on which our democracy is based, argues......

Why Russia Wants Ukraine

 Notwithstanding how the current impasse is solved, at some point in the future, Russia will realise that just as centuries ago it developed the paradigm of securing its heartland's safety through......

India's Future: Tier 2 Cities

 If India is to urbanise successfully, it has to focus on Tier 2 cities with a population of one-five million, observes T N Ninan. Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational......

Naveen Patnaik will be Odisha CM for Life

 Because he knows Odisha; and Odisha knows him, observes Aditi Phadnis. IMAGE: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, seated, with the Indian men's hockey team, which won India's first Olympic medal......

New Force Gurkha Conquers The Rough And Tough

 This, my friends, is the ultimate off-road champion, gloats Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com. For an off-road enthusiast like me, the ideal vehicle has always been a rugged 4x4. I always envisioned......

HDFC Bank shifts tack to focus on wholesale loans

 Defying trends, the country’s largest private sector lender, HDFC Bank, has shifted its asset mix significantly towards high-rated segments. Photograph: Shailesh Andrade/Reuters As a result,......

Middle Income Groups See An Uptrend In Income

 This is reflected in an improvement in their sentiments as well, explains Mahesh Vyas. Photograph: ANI Photo   Consumer sentiments have been rising steadily in India since June 2021. Between......

Bidding of BSNL land assets fails to garner interest

 The first ever auction of non-core assets through the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management’s (DIPAM) asset monetisation portal has failed to garner adequate response for land......

Economic Recovery can't be taken for granted

 The fall in urban sentiments in June is worrisome, observes Mahesh Vyas. IMAGE: Tourists flock to the Ridge in Shimla after further relaxations in lockdown restrictions, July 4, 2021. Photograph:......

Indian Heroes In Hollywood On OTT

 In the new Tom Harper film, Heart of Stone, Alia Bhatt plays a pivotal role alongside Gal Gadot. She is the latest in a small line of Bollywood stars who have made a dent in Hollywood. In the old......

2018's Top 10 Hindi Movies

 Sukanya Verma lists the 2018 films that impressed her. The power of good cinema is that it makes you look at the glass half-full. As I put together my list of all the wonderful Hindi movies I......

Uri teaser: BJP propaganda for 2019 poll

 Syed Firdaus Ashraf is unimpressed by the Uri trailer. Sarhad par tanav hai kya?Kuch pata karao chunav hai kya. Rahat Indori's verse rings true: When it's the season of war, elections are probably......

Daas Dev Review: A soap opera classic

 'Sudhir Mishra takes us into the dreams and fears of our politicians, into their self-deceiving pitches, and he shows us their demons and angels,' says Sreehari Nair. Now where did that come from?......

Getting to know the *real* Kangana

 Talented, rebellious, obsessive: Ranjita Ganesan and Dhruv Munjal find traces of the actor's different streaks in Mandi, Chandigarh and Mumbai. IMAGE: Kangana Ranaut receives the National Award......

Afghans furious: Test marred due to woeful facilities

 Poor drainage, woeful facilities in Greater Noida mar Day 1 of Afghanistan vs New Zealand Test Photograph: Kind courtesy Afghanistan Cricket Board/X Deplorable conditions at the Shaheed Vijay......

Paris Olympics: How India's athletes fared on Day 9

 IMAGE: India's players celebrate their thrilling shoot-out victory over Great Britain in the Olympics men's hockey quarter-finals on Sunday. Photograph: Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters The men's hockey......

Parul, Aldrin crash out of Paris Olympics

 Parul finishes 8th in 3000m steeplechase heat race, fails to qualify for final round Photograph: Kind courtesy IIS/X India's unimpressive show in the Paris Games athletics continued with national......

Paris Olympics: How India's athletes fared on Day 1

 Young shooter Manu Bhaker kept India on course for their first medal at the Paris Olympics after advancing to the 10m women's air pistol final.A look at how India's athletes fared on Day 1, on......

Preeti Pawar in women's boxing pre-quarter-finals

 IMAGE: Preeti Pawar (red) in action against Vietnam's Vo Thi Kim Anh in the women's 54kg first round bout at the Paris Olympics on Saturday Photograph: Peter Cziborra/Reuters India's Preeti Pawar......

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 The Bharatiya Janata Party was on Thursday poised for a landslide victory in Gujarat to retain...
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