A day in a UP village: Why the polls don't matter here

On a chilly January morning, Rediff.com's Sheela Bhatt and Sharat Pradhan traveled off National Highway 24 to probe rustic Indian minds on corruption, weeks ahead of the election in Uttar......

Exclusive: 'Rahul's charm is fading in UP'

Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav assesses the Priyanka effect, in an exclusive conversation with Rediff.com "Priyanka Gandhi is not Indira Gandhi," declares Samajwadi Party supremo......

Exclusive Interview/Mulayam Singh Yadav

Mulayam Singh Yadav, the old political warhorse, in an exclusive interview with Sharat Pradhan and Sheela Bhatt. Mulayam Singh Yadav turned 72 last November, recovered from an undisclosed......

2 blasts rock Varanasi; 20 dead

At least20 persons were killed andover 50injured whentwo blasts rocked Varanasi on Tuesday evening.According to the police, two blasts occurred almost simultaneously at about 6.30 pm. The first......