Will Kerala Go North-East Way To BJP?

If Kerala wants to sustain its room for independent thinking and talk back to Delhi when needed, it should put its finances in order.Or -- if one takes the North East example -- Kerala's political......

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......

Mamata to fight Bengal polls from Nandigram

Mamata Banerjee on Monday declared she will contest the upcoming assembly election from Nandigram, as she took her battle for West Bengal to the home turf of political heavyweight Suvendu......

'To Kanti Bhatt, books played god'

Kanti Bhatt, respected Gujarati author and journalist, passed into the ages on August 4, 2019, at the age of 88. In tribute, we reproduce an article his wife Sheela Bhatt wrote about him 19 years......

Shareholders vote down Birla nominees to board of directors

Vindhya Telelinks, Universal Cables and Birla Cable shareholders go against family’s wishes. IMAGE: Harsh Vardhan Lodha. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com. The Birla camp failed to......

Economists tell Sitharaman to focus on reviving growth

At a pre-Budget meeting, the FM was asked to ensure that NBFCs come out of the liquidity crisis they are facing with the help of RBI. They also spoke about the futility of trying to achieve a 3 per......

PM plans pre-Budget balm for note ban pain

Senior bureaucrats say the government has planned a 'feel-good' Budget after the 'pain' of demonetisation.Arup Roychoudhury and Archis Mohan report.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The Narendra......

Govt, BJP to counter anti-demonetisation campaign

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley witll spearhead the campaign with BJP President Amit Shah as its chief strategist, reports Archis Mohan. Black money is not just wads of notes Concerned at a......

2023's Must Watch Web Series

The streaming platforms were replete with violent, profanity-laden gangster shows. But amidst the noise, there were some effective and thought-provoking shows too. Deepa Gahlot's list of her top 10......

10 OTT Shows That Make Us Nostalgic

Scoop reminded viewers of a time in the not-so-recent-past when Mumbai was in the grip of the underworld. The new Web series Guns And Gulaabs is set in the opium town of Gulaabganj sometime in the......

Cinema Marte Dum Tak Review: Movie Makers No One Knows

Vasan Bala's Cinema Marte Dum Tak shines the spotlight on Vinod Talwar, Dilip Gulati, Kishan Shah and J Neelam.All of them are articulate, witty, and expressive -- talking of their passion for......

When Bollywood made EVIL So Much FUN!

Every story needs a hero and a villain. But sometimes one antagonist is just not enough. Take Director Sujeeth's hugely hyped Saaho for instance. Releasing in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu, the Prabhas......