'There Is No Modi Wave'

'I am shocked that the BJP makes so many commitments. What did they deliver as the NDA?' IMAGE: Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) candidate Supriya Sule speaks to the media while......

Can Doval change defence planning in India?

'Defence does not new 'planning commissions'; it needs an implementation commission.'Ajai Shukla reports. IMAGE: National Security Adviser Ajit Doval. Successive defence ministries have adopted the......

Premji,Montek and Brajesh among Padma awardees

Wipro Chairman Azim Premji, Planning Commission Deputy Chairperson Montek Singh Ahluwalia, former diplomat Brajesh Mishra and Telugu thespian A Nageshwara Rao were chosen for country's second......

India's economic situation could be worse than 1991: Kelkar

The Vijay Kelkar committee has cautioned that India's current account deficit (CAD) might rise to a record 4.3 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2012-13 if reforms to address this do......

Kelkar panel questions FY13 Budget maths

The Vijay Kelkar panel on fiscal consolidation has questioned the Budget numbers on subsidies and tax receipts for 2012-13, because of which it expects the fiscal deficit to cross six per cent of......

Tata, Nilekani, Kelkar join hands to help the poor

The venture is applying to the Reserve Bank of India for approvals.      Ratan Tata has teamed up with Vijay Kelkar and Nandan Nilekani to start a technology enabled financial......

Modi needs to listen to our economists

We have a government with an extremely weak economic team advising a PM who hardly pays attention to their thoughts, says Jayanta Roy. Photograph: Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   I......

Tamannaah-Vijay Attend Randeep-Lin's Reception

Randeep Hooda and Lin Laishram made a handsome couple at their wedding reception in Mumbai, where they invited their friends from the film industry. Their wedding ceremony was......

Manushi-Nushrratt Dress Up For Diwali

It's raining Diwali parties in Bollywood, and as film folk show off their glamorous outfits, they make sure not to repeat their fashion. We look at the arrivals at Actor-Producer Krishan Kumar's --......

Mrunal Stuns Pippa Screening

Pippa is a war film based on then Captain (later Brigadier) Balram Singh Mehta's experiences during the 1971 War. Ishaan Khatter plays Captain Balram Singh Mehta, Mrunal Thakur and Priyanshu......

What Shahid Finds 'Really Tough'

IMAGE: Shahid Kapoor. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com Shahid Kapoor packs in a lot of blood and gore in his new film, Bloody Daddy, directed by Ali Abbas Zafar (Tiger Zinda Hai,......