2024: The Year Of Shift In Politics

Much drama is likely to continue in the coming year within the Sangh Parivar as well as involving the Opposition parties and, of course, the BJP's allies, predicts Modi biographer Nilanjan......

What Maharashtra Win Means For Modi

'Undeniably, Modi's position has stabilised and he has staged a comeback of sorts from the weeks after the Lok Sabha results.' 'Coalition partners are likely to be more tolerant of Modi... The......

40 Years Later, Can The Wounds Ever Heal?

As a consequence of prominence given to the brutality during those few days, a very important aspect of that episode got almost glossed over. This was the intervention by a very significant section......

Bengal junior doctors continue indefinite hunger strike

Agitating junior doctors demanding justice for the deceased woman medic of the Kar Medical College and Hospital and workplace safety continued their hunger strike until death on Sunday in the......

Budget 2022: Insurers want investment limit of 80C hiked

Insurance companies are seeking a separate deduction limit of Rs 1 lakh for insurance premium payment under Section 80C of the Income Tax Act in the upcoming Union Budget to bring in more people......

Air India sale: Govt signs share purchase agreement with Tata Sons

The government on Monday signed the share purchase agreement with Tata Sons for the sale of national carrier Air India for Rs 18,000 crore. Earlier this month, the government had accepted an offer......

Rao-Manmohan reforms are outdated

'Those who are talking of adopting the Narasimha Rao-Manmohan Singh policy must understand now that what was a reform then is no longer a reform now,' argues Sukumar Mukhopadhyay who was associated......

NCLAT to hear Dutch court administrator in Jet case

Jet is facing insolvency proceedings in the Netherlands as well where it was declared bankrupt after it failed to pay two European creditors. The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on......

National Awards: Alia-Kriti Share Best Actress Win

Photographs: Kind courtesy Alia Bhatt/ Kriti Sanon/Instagram R Madhavan's Rocketry: The Nambi Effect won the National Award for Best Feature Film while Alia Bhatt and Kriti Sanon shared the Best......

'Bodies lay strewn in Jallianwala Bagh for weeks'

'A lot of what you see on screen, particularly the night of the massacre, is pretty close to what really happened as it is based on survivor stories.' IMAGE: Vicky Kaushal in Sardar Udham.......

Review: A 'Lost' Opportunity

Between its cryptic, confused politics and lacklustre film-making, Lost is a germ of an idea waiting to be found, notes Sukanya Verma. Quashing the voice of dissent and minorities through......

Is the Modi Sarkar RATTLED by the Power of Cinema?

'What is being proposed today is completely draconian.'Payal Singh Mohanka on the I&B ministry's plan to amend the Cinematograph Act. All Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The year was......

World Jr Chess: Harshit Pawar shocks top seed USA's Mishra

IMAGE: Image used for representational purposes. Photograph: International Chess Federation/Instagram Playing the game of his life, India's Harshit Pawar shocked top seed and youngest ever......