A bossy chief election commissioner TN Seshan proposed an immediate halt to the general election process when Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated on May 21, 1991 and put himself forward as home minister,......
'Badle ki bhavna (revengeful politics) was never seen in Maharashtra and Indian politics, but now we are witnessing all that today.' IMAGE: Sanjay Raut, the Shiv Sena MP, in his office in Mumbai,......
For the first time, Akhilesh is leading the Samajwadi Party almost single-handed into a major election, but he is not the only one running the show. Shikha Shalini reports. IMAGE: Samajwadi Party......
Archana Masih recalls that December evening 22 years ago when Atal Bihari Vajpayee logged into the Rediff Chat. It was Christmas Eve, on the eve of Atal Bihari Vajpayee's 72nd birthday. He had......
'Once you set up a tweet-storm of vilification, labelling individuals anti-nationals, traitors, blasphemous, and foreign agents, you are creating enough justification for somebody with a gun to......
IMAGE: Shah Rukh Khan in Kabhi Haan Kabhi Na. Actor-Writer-Director Tigmanshu Dhulia (known for films like Paan Singh Tomar, Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Returns, Haasil, Charas) shared an interesting......
'Since we are in the same party now, there has to be political camaraderie if nothing more.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Shekhar Suman Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar has given a new lease of career......