'Leave aside the negative fallouts of phraseology like 'urban Naxals' and 'terrorists', both the BJP and the Congress have to re-discover themselves in the context of the 2024 election results,......
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday broke the record of his immediate predecessor Manmohan Singh by hoisting the national flag from the ramparts of the Red Fort for the 11th consecutive time.......
The BJP at 43 is a work in progress, with total ideological continuity and much substantive change in political method and style, observes Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party Supremo......
A total of 2,613 candidates are in the poll fray, as the withdrawal of candidatures for the May 10 assembly elections in Karnataka came to an end on Monday, election officials said. Image used for......
It is for the first time in the history of Independent India that not a single Muslim is part of the Union Cabinet. After Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi resigned as the Union minister of minority affairs......
The Modi government is notoriously honest about one fact: It does not listen to economists, observes Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Welcome sign rolled out for Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi in......
'The Modi government needs some big private sector trophies to affirm its anti-corruption credentials before the polls.''So on whose neck will the sword fall next?''To that extent, the outing of......
'The world wants India to succeed. It also worries now that India over-promises and under-delivers,' says Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi gestures at the World Economic Forum......
Rama Krishna Sangu, partner, Manohar Chowdhry & Associates, Chartered Accountants, and a member of the Indirect Tax Committee of ICAI, fielded readers’ questions on GST on Rediff Chat.......
Given the sluggish macroeconomic scenario, the markets are hoping for an alliance that could provide stability and move the reform process ahead. Elections are an important event for the country......
IMAGE: President Pranab Mukherjee presents the Padma Shri to cricketer Virat Kohli during Padma Awards 2017 function at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Thursday. Photograph: Kamal Kishore/PTI......
‘You need multiple recommendation letters from various quarters in the government’ IMAGE: Achanta Sharath Kamal of India. Photographs: Paul Gilham/Getty Images India's leading......
Dhruv Sitwalla pulled off a 4-2 upset victory over former World champion Geet Sethi to enter the men's semi-finals, while Maharashtra's Meenal Thakur claimed the women's crown in the National......