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Sheikh Hasina's Biggest Blunder

'The dominance of her party also meant that the institutions became lopsided -- whether it was the bureaucracy or the courts or the military.''She centralised power to the extent that you would see......

Will Rahul Shoot And Scoot Again?

That he hasn't done so yet, has continued to be active on the political street, in public debate and on social media, signals an important change. It will give his party hope. Maybe the achievement......

Will Budget Cause Trouble For Modi?

'Union Budgets are often used as political instruments and that was the intention of this government too.''But while the exercise has settled two fronts, it has left open several others and this......

Rashtrapati Bhavan's Durbar Hall, Ashok Hall will now be called...

Venues for different ceremonial functions, Rashtrapati Bhavan's iconic 'Durbar Hall' and 'Ashok Hall' were on Thursday renamed 'Ganatantra Mandap' and 'Ashok Mandap', respectively. IMAGE: Durbar......

Americans Must Depend On Hope And Prayer

The two major parties offer the United States choices that are basically unacceptable and the bench strength, such as it is, is not entirely capable of winning popular acclaim, notes Shreekant......

Why Promoters Are Cutting Stake In Companies

'This trend will continue as long as the bull run continues.' IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational purposes. Photograph: Kind courtesy Joseph Mucira and......

Stock Picks: 10 Value Bets For Rich Payoffs

10 non-bank and non-finance stocks from the BSE500 Index universe that offer an optimal blend of low valuation, reasonably robust revenue and earnings growth in recent quarters, a strong balance......

Former Barclays banker Ashok Vaswani to head Kotak Mahindra Bank

Ashok Vaswani, a banker with more than three-and-half decades experience in building and scaling up businesses across consumer and corporate banking and payments, will be the next managing director......

Tata Motors to set up separate sales network for EVs

Tata Motors plans to set up separate sales network for its electric passenger vehicles in current fiscal year as it looks to give differentiated experience to the buyers opting for the......

'Salman Was Chupchap'

IMAGE: Salman Khan with Javed Akhtar and Salim Khan. Photograph: Kind courtesy Salman Khan/Instagram It was a day with a difference for screenwriters Salim-Javed who transformed Hindi cinema in......

'You Can't Understand Human Beings...'

'...without looking into yourself.''What matters most is human relationships and the human mind.' IMAGE: Roshan Mathew and Darshana Rajendran in Paradise. A film-maker, who chooses to make a......

'Bombay Has An Intoxicating Personality'

'It's such a mishmash of wonderful things, so many different cultures, subsections of society and weird histories.' IMAGE: Boys with their faces painted in silver during Holi celebrations in......

Mouni Raises Temperature In Spain!

Kartik promotes Chandu Champion in Ahmedabad... Samantha meditates...Sid preps... Photograph: Kind courtesy Mouni Roy/Instagram Mouni Roy looks gorgeous as she explores the Mediterranean island of......

Bolly Tips: Don't Wear These Shoes In The Rain!

Monsoon is coming! Time to slip into those colourful clogs, cutesy silicone bellies or rubber gumboots. But *remember* as romantic and refreshing rains are, it's that season of the year when......

PICS: Leander, Amritraj inducted into Hall of Fame

IMAGE: Indian tennis legend Leander Paes receives the International Tennis Hall of Fame medal from daughter Aiyana Paes on Saturday, July 20. Photograph: Kind courtesy Indian Tennis Daily/X Indian......

Gavaskar Turns 75! Wish The Legend

‘Wishing Sunil Gavaskar, the man who paved the way for Team India's batting revolution, a very happy birthday’ Photograph: Kind Courtesy Sunil Gavaskar/Instagram As Sunil Gavaskar......

Paris Olympics: Gagan Narang to be India's Chef de Mission

IMAGE: Gagan Narang had won a bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics. Photograph: Lars Baron/Getty Images from the Rediff Archives London Olympics bronze medallist shooter Gagan Narang on......

The World Cup That Cheers

In cricket, we have something that we can share with our families, neighbours and indeed, the whole country. It is colour-blind, language-neutral, truly secular and transcends all regions, from......

T20 WC: Legends retire, USA shock Pak, Afghans make history

IMAGE: Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Photograph: ICC/X The curtains on arguably the most exhilarating of all T20 World Cups were drawn with India's magnificent triumph over South Africa in a......

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