HIGHLIGHTS: President Mukherjee's address to Parliament

President Pranab Mukherjee addressed a joint session of Parliament ahead of the budget session which began on Tuesday.  Read the full text of President Pranab Mukherjee's speech HERE......

When our newsmakers became movie stars

As 2016 winds down and we start to look forward to the coming year, some personalities and events struck the right chord whilst others triggered debates, controversies and set rumour mills......

PM warns those pushing children to create unrest in Kashmir

Modi said unity and love are the basic mantras for addressing the Kashmir problem. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that ‘ekta’ (unity) and ‘mamata’ (love) are......

Time for Modi to grow up

'The BJP has not moved on since its 2014 victory. There is nothing new to offer. There is far too much negativity about the other side and far too little about what has been achieved by its......

How to raise India's poor tax to GDP ratio

A combination of reduced cash intensity, a focused strategy of tax administration and GST is the way to go, say Sakshi Gupta, Tanvi Garg and Abheek Barua. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com.......

Mallika Sherawat is back!

The actress makes her streaming debut in Booo: Sabki Phategi. Wherever Bollywood celebs go, the cameras follow. Promotions, events, parties... Bollyfolk get snapped everywhere. So what were they......

PIX: Vidya, Sonam, Lisa attend Femina awards

Some of the most glamorous ladies from Bollywood turned up at the Loreal Femina Women's Awards held at JW Marriott in Juhu, a western Mumbai suburb, on March 19. While Vidya Balan went au naturale......

Bigg Boss 5 gets a new housemate

There will be yet another entry in Bigg Boss Season 5.MTV veejay Siddharth Bhardwaj will be seen in tomorrow's telecast.For those who don't know him,he shot to fame after winning MTV Splitsvilla......

Ali: Don't need to get married for publicity

Sara Khan's boyfriend Ali Merchant entered Bigg Boss because he claimed he could not cope up the closeness between Sara and Ashmit Patel. Within a day of his stay, he proposed to his girlfriend of......

Wrestlers write to PM Modi, IOA: 'Biased, unjustified, against right of equality'

IMAGE: The exemption will benefit the protesting wrestlers. Photograph: Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters Several women wrestlers, including medal winners from Commonwealth Games and Asian Championship,......

Wrestlers' meeting with sports minister Thakur inconclusive

IMAGE: India's top wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Ravi Dahiya, Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat refused to back down from their demand that the government immediately disband the Wrestling Federation of......

Deeply concerned, disturbed by wrestling fiasco: PT Usha

‘I also have full faith in the Government of India, who I am sure will take the correct step in the right direction in this regard. However, as the IOA President, I sincerely hope the......

Wrestlers unhappy with govt's assurances, ready to lodge FIR against WFI boss

Demand disbanding of WFI  IMAGE: Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik and other Indian wrestlers take part in a protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, India, January 19, 2023. The wrestlers are......

Babita Phogat meets wrestlers with 'message' from govt

IMAGE: Former wrestler and BJP leader Babita Phogat speaks to protesting wrestlers at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Thursday. Photograph: ANI Photos Three-time CWG medallist and BJP leader Babita......