UP Dalits abandon BJP? Wins 8 of 17 SC seats, lowest in 3 polls

The Bharatiya Janata Party, which has been performing well on the Lok Sabha seats reserved for the Scheduled Castes in Uttar Pradesh in the last two general elections, has got a jolt in the latest......

BJP's Sanjay Seth wins 8th RS seat in UP with help from SP's MLAs

All eight Bharatiya Janata Party candidates emerged victorious in the Rajya Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday and the Opposition Samajwadi Party suffered a jolt with one of its three......

Mulayam, Ustad Zakir Hussain, SM Krishna get Padma Vibhushan

Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, former external affairs minister in the UPA government S M Krishna and tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain were among six luminaries selected......

'Lakhimpur Kheri will be BJP's Waterloo'

'If the minister does not resign, then it will be the darkest incident of Indian democracy where power prevailed over the people.' IMAGE: Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra......

'Sophisticated technology can make India a powerful country'

India Inc pledges $75 bn on Digital India launch "Jugaad technology must be filtered into sophisticated technology to make India a powerful country," Union Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad......

Petro-gate: Jubilant Energy's Subhash Chandra gets bail

Jubilant Energy's official Subhash Chandra was on Thursday granted conditional bail by a Delhi court. A charge-sheet against Chandra and 12 others was filed in the petroleum ministry documents leak......

TRAI to announce new measures to check call drop menace

To check the call drop menace, telecom regulator TRAI will soon put in place a new set of 'service quality benchmarks', non-adherence to which may lead to stricter penal action against the mobile......

Corporate espionage: Police keen to unearth deep-rooted nexus

Delhi Police on Wednesday told a court in New Delhi that documents recovered from the arrested persons in the corporate espionage case was being analysed to unearth a ‘deep-rooted......

Dev Anand given a tearful farewell in London

Actor Dev Anand, who ruled the hearts of millions of film enthusiasts for over six decades, was on Saturday bid a tearful adieu as his mortal remains were consigned to flames amid the tunes of some......

'I want to be like Aamir Khan'

What do you get when you put two lead stars of a film together ina room? A lot of jokes, that's what! Dino Morea and Koel Purie, the two stars of their new film Life Mein Kabhi Kabhigot chatty......

'I think I'm a mediocre director'

Director Madhur Bhandarkar enjoys a serious reputation among his masala brethren. Madhur caught up with rediff readers for a chat on Traffic Signal, Page 3 and his journey into filmmaking. Here's......

'Juhi, Ayesha, Konkona are the best'

We often have directors over for chats, but director Anurag Kashyap enjoyed his chat with rediff readers so much he wasn't ready to say goodbye -- the conversation went on well past the appointed......

How 1974 Ranji Trophy win shaped Karnataka cricket

'It was an inspiration for all of us. Right from our U15 and U17 tours, all we could hear was how Karnataka beat the mighty Bombay' Photograph: Kind courtesy GR Viswanath/Instagram Warm spells of......

Bihar cricket: Factionalism rears ugly head again

IMAGE: Bihar fielded two teams for their Ranji Trophy match. Photograph: Screengrab/X Factionalism is nothing new to Bihar cricket and the ugly infighting that has been running well over two......

'Ready to be hanged if proved I have threatened wrestlers'

'These wrestlers know me for years. If someone said to them, taking my name, they should have called me for clarification, instead of levelling baseless allegations against me.' IMAGE: Wrestlers......

Ranji round-up: Padikkal's ton gives Karnataka lead

A round-up of Wednesday's play in the Ranji Trophy matches across the country. IMAGE: Tamil Nadu's players celebrate after Sandeep Warrier claimed wicket of Saurashtra's Sheldon Jackson during Day......

BCCI invites applications for MSK Prasad and Gagan Khoda's replacements

IMAGE: The criteria to become a national selector rules out anyone who is above 60 years of age. Photograph: PTI The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), on Saturday, invited applications......