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Amritsar No Cakewalk For Taranjit Singh Sandhu

Barring 2004 and 2009 when Navjot Singh Sidhu won the Amritsar seat as a BJP MP and 1998 when Daya Singh Sodhi from BJP was elected as the MP, it has essentially a Congress bastion. IMAGE:......

'Sheikh Hasina is better than the others. But is that good enough?'

'Are we supposed to look the other way as Islamists go on a rampage against Hindus and the Hasina government pay lip service to secularism?' A revealing excerpt from Avishek Biswas and Deep......

7 attempt to murder cases filed against Maratha quota protestors in Beed

The Maharashtra police has so far registered 141 cases in connection with the violence during the Maratha quota agitations and arrested 168 persons, state Director General of Police Rajnish Seth......

73 killed in massive building fire in S. Africa's Johannesburg

At least 73 people were killed and 52 others injured after a massive fire broke out on Thursday in a multi-storey building occupied by migrants in the central business district here in South......

6 killed as helicopter crashes near Mt Everest in Nepal

All six people, including five members of a Mexican family, were killed in a fiery crash of a private commercial helicopter near Mount Everest in eastern Nepal on Tuesday, a senior airport official......

'The agenda is 'insurance for all by 2047''

'If you want it to grow well and serve the true needs of the economy, it needs a lot of freedom and flexibility, which comes in terms of the reform objective set by the regulator.' IMAGE: Shoppers......

Sitharaman bets big on infra spending to take highway to growth

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday unveiled a bigger, Rs 39.45 lakh crore Budget, with higher spending on highways to affordable housing with a view to fire up the key engines of the......

Shrinking screens: Is cable TV dying in India?

For years it has been evident that fibre and DTH would give tough competition to cable in India where regulatory overload has mutilated an already warped industry structure. OTT added fuel to the......

81% consumers back e-commerce rules, want clarity on services-based biz

These rules are currently in the draft stage and not final, but have ruffled feathers of several stakeholders. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com As many as 81 per cent people support having......

Soon you can buy insurance at petrol pumps, gas agencies

This will help expand the distribution channels, said Subhash Chandra Khuntia, chairman of the insurance regulatory and development authority of India. IMAGE: A petrol pump in Kolkata. Photograph:......

'Women have no way to express their pain and sorrows'

'When a woman gets married, she leaves her village, her friends and family.''In her new home, she will make friends, but they can never replace those she left behind.' IMAGE: Vinamrata Rai as......

Why language is so important for Netflix, Amazon Prime...

Netflix and Amazon Prime are raising their stakes in the game, commissioning original shows and going all out to acquire regional films for their libraries.Urvi Malvania reports. IMAGE: Raima Sen's......

Review: Newton isn't a movie of answers, but tough questions

While filled with startling insights and questions, and buoyed by terrific performances throughout, Newton suffers from a lack of end-to-end clarity.It is a near-great film, but one that for some......

Sydney Test: Players to pay tribute to Aus firefighters

IMAGE: The Australian Men's Test Cricket team and Glenn McGrath pose for a photograph wearing the 'Baggy Pink' in support of the McGrath Foundation at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney on......

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