How Dropped Candidates Keep Busy

Cricket climate change to medical practice, dropped candidates have their non-political life sorted. IMAGE: Gautam Gambhir, the former Kolkata Knight Riders skipper, is back as the team's mentor.......

'Nobody in the government has the right to dictate what I should do'

'Even the President does not have the power to overrule the ECI.' A revealing excerpt from T N Seshan's Through the Broken Glass: An Autobiography. IMAGE: Then chief election commissioner T N......

The sad decline of Mumbai's BEST bus service

Once one of the best bus services in the country, the Bombay Electric Supply & Transport company has regressed into a loss-making, lumbering giant that clearly is not interested in serving the......

Mr Antony, what's your agenda for India's defence?

The steady drip of rain continued to bathe us that October afternoon as we lingered on to catch a glimpse of the candidate. Our excitement brimmed over as we espied him emerging in a roofless jeep......

LIC to offer critical illness cover for existing p

Policy holders of Life Insurance Corporation can now add a critical illness clause to their existing covers.This follows the corporation withdrawing the last of the high assured return plans-......

Critical illness covers come of age

One in every 333 Indians suffers from heart stroke. Four million stroke victims continue to survive. Twenty per cent of the population can develop cancer, and at least 50 per cent of them will......

This critical illness policy is good, but...

Diabetes is one of the most common health problems in our country, with approximately 12-13 per cent of our adult population being affected by it. While coping with diabetes is painful enough in......

How your health insurance policy may soon change for the better

Irdai to allow 12 minor changes including expansion of critical illness and day care procedure lists, premium payment in instalments, change sum assured, etc. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com......

Tangled makes record DVD sales

One of 2010's biggest hits, Tangled, which has grossed about $560 million worldwide is now turning out to be a huge hit on DVD and Blu-ray. It has sold over $80 million worth DVDs and Blu-ray......

David Warner silences critics with impressive IPL knock

IMAGE: David Warner, Delhi's best batter this season, smashed 57 off 41 with the target being reached with four balls to spare. Photograph: BCCI Delhi Capitals skipper David Warner fired back......

Was asked to quit and drive auto after unsuccessful 2019 IPL: Siraj

The 27-year-old has since come a long way and is one of the three players retained by the franchise that is still eying its first ever title in the lucrative league.   IMAGE: Mohammed Siraj's......

Sports Shorts: Jayaram runner-up at Vietnam; Lorenzo wins Austrian GP

IMAGE: Second consecutive runner-up finish for Ajay Jayaram. Photograph: Russell Cheyne/Reuters Ajay Jayaram had to be content with a runner-up finish at the Vietnam Open after losing to Shesar......

Why the hell was Harsha Bhogle axed?!

'The BCCI is -- and always has been, across successive dispensations -- allergic to criticism.''It has used the 'control' it enshrines in its name to destroy anyone who has dared to point fingers......