Republic Day 2024: Main attractions of platinum celebrations

The 75th Republic Day celebrations at Kartavya Path on Friday showcased India's rich cultural diversity, military prowess, and 'Nari Shakti'. The parade began at 10.30 am with the arrival of Prime......

Less women MLAs elected in 4 states this time

The number of women MLAs in Chhattisgarh, Telangana, and Madhya Pradesh assemblies remains much below the one-third mark, as provided under the women's reservation bill passed by Parliament......

Rajasthan continues tradition, shows door to Cong, BJP back in saddle

The Bharatiya Janata Party wrested Rajasthan on Sunday, winning 115 seats out of the 199 where polling took place as the Congress failed to buck the state's three-decade revolving-door trend in......

Raj poll: Vasundhara Raje, her loyalists in BJP's 2nd list

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday named 83 more candidates for the Rajasthan assembly polls, including former chief minister Vasundhara Raje from her traditional Jhalrapatan seat. Fifty......

RBI eases targets for white-label ATM firms

The poor deployment of WLATMs has tripped what the central bank sought to achieve back in 2012. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has relaxed the deployment norms of automated teller machines (ATMs)......

Bonanza for farmers, govt announces pension scheme

Total burden on the exchequer will increase by Rs 12,000 crore to Rs 87,217.50 crore for the year 2019-20. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com In the first Cabinet meeting on Friday, the......

Gold jewellery demand set to boom post note-ban

Demand bounces back but uncertainty over GST rate for jewellery casts a shadow over future. India’s gold jewellery demand is likely to increase 17 per cent in 2017 on a bounce-back after......

Gold imports surge in November, but 70% lie unused

Dealers anticipated a sharp rise in jewellery demand this wedding season, but then came demonetisation.Dilip Kumar Jha/Business Standard reports. India's gold import in November was the highest in......

How Shriya Spent Her Weekend

The Mid-Day Showbiz Icons 2023 Awards saw a lot of dazzle on the red carpet. Let's take a look. Shriya Saran sure knows how to look red hot on the carpet. She's done it before.   Shriya has......

Fast X Racing To 100 Crores!

The Vin Diesel film had the best collections amongst all the movies in the running across the country. IMAGE: Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez in Fast X. Quite a few movies released last weekend:......

'This is not just a Kerala story, but a Global story'

'We should see to it that not even one woman gets radicalised.''We should not let even one young man become a jihadi.' IMAGE: Siddhi Idnani, Adah Sharma, Sonia Balani and Yogita Bihani in The......

The Kerala Story Earns Rs 35 Crore

IMAGE: Siddhi Idnani, Adah Sharma, Sonia Balani and Yogita Bihani in The Kerala Story/ The Kerala Story earned as much as Rs 35 crore* (Rs 350 million) at the box office in its opening weekend,......

Saba Karim's son detained after his car hits pedestrian

IMAGE: Picture used for representational purpose only. Photograph: Ravi Choudhary/PTI Photo A 24-year-old woman has been hospitalised with serious injuries after being hit by a car driven by......

India goalkeeper is now a labourer

'All I want to do is play football again.' A few years ago, she was the goalkeeper of the Indian women's football team. Today, Tanuja Bage lives hand to mouth, struggling to make ends meet. Unable......

Hockey India name 48 probables for women's national camp

IMAGE: India’s players celebrate a goa. Photograph: Hockey India Hockey India on Sunday named a 48-member core probables list for the national camp of the Indian women's team to begin at the......

India golf round-up: Bhullar off to flyer in Korea, lies 2nd after Day 1

IMAGE: Gaganjeet Bhullar. Photograph: Paul Kane/Getty Images Extending his good form, Gaganjeet Bhullar shot a 4-under 67 to position himself tied second at the end of the first round of the......