'No basis in the claim that poverty is down to 5%'

'Without a poverty line, how are we to know whether poverty is the same, or it has come down or it has gone up?' IMAGE: A homeless girl asks for alms outside a coffee shop in Mumbai. Photograph:......

Can India Be A Developed Nation By 2047?

One hopes in his next term, Narendra Modi will take up the mission of inculcating respect for following rules in Indians as a mission.Therein lies the chance for India to become a developed......

Mahua's expulsion: Lok Sabha witnessed heated exchanges

The Lok Sabha witnessed a heated debate Friday on an Ethics Committee report recommending Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra's expulsion in the cash-for-query issue, with the Opposition demanding......

NDA Better For Economy Than INDIA In 2024

What is most troubling is that not a single party that is part of INDIA has talked about any kind of reform and economic sense, argues R Jagannathan. IMAGE: INDIA leaders address a journalists at......

Tata Harrier 2020: It can't get better than this!

Long have I waited for a car to replace the Tata Safari feel in driving, and this updated version of the Tata Harrier is just IT, exclaims Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com. The Harrier's strength is......

Why Yes Bank audit committee chief quit

Uttam Prakash Agarwal alleged that both Citax and Braich offers were incomplete and did not include firm commitment as to the price, size, timings, confirmation from the banks about availability of......

Deepika Shows Off Her Baby Bump

IMAGE: Deepika Padukone just can't stop glowing. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com "Just three months more," says mom-to-be Deepika Padukone in a witty reply when asked if she is still in......

Meet Mr And Mrs of Bollywood

Rajkummar Rao and Janhvi Kapoor play a pair of newlyweds supporting each other's dreams over their mutual love for cricket in Sharan Sharma's curious romance, Mr and Mrs Mahi. Besides its cheerful......

Ripley Review: Mind-Blowing!

The show takes its own pace to pick up, but then when you least expect, it grabs you by the throat, notes Aseem Chhabra. 'Does the world need another cinematic representation of the Ripley story?'......

Looking At 1999: 25 Years Ago In Bollywood...

1999 in Hindi movies marked the end of a vibrant young decade and a gentle promise of electrifying new things to come in the new millennium. Where madcap masala still reigned supreme, morally......

Stimac sacked after India's exit from WC qualifiers

IMAGE: Igor Stimac attends a press conference ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifying round. Photograph: AIFF Media The All India Football Federation sacked senior men's team Head Coach Igor......

Relay star wants to set an example for Indian athletes

'if my body is giving me company why should I stop the sport? Some foreign athletes run till 35 or 37. So I wanted to set an example for other athletes that age does not matter,' says MR......

Shocking! India's No. 1 tennis player at break-point!

'I don't have anything in savings. I am just breaking even. I can not say I live a very good life or where I say I don't need to work.' IMAGE: Sumit Nagal is not saving enough money for himself......

Wrestling Trials: Ad-hoc panel once again fails to set trials date

IMAGE: With the ad-hoc panels failure to still set a date, the wrestling fraternity is left confounded. Photograph: Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters Barely 10 days left for the extended deadline to......

Dhoni's Silent Struggle: Untold story of CSK's IPL win

'Till the final, he never complained about his knee to anybody' 'He told us immediately after the final is over he'll fly to Mumbai, have surgery and go back to Ranchi for rehab' IMAGE: MS Dhoni......