Ballots cast to elect India's new President amid cross-voting

Parliamentarians and legislators across the country voted on Monday to elect India's 15th president, choosing between opposition pick Yashwant Sinha and National Democratic Alliance nominee......

How Many Children do BJP MLAs in UP have?

Given the controversy over the Uttar Pradesh government's population control policy, Hemant Shivsaran/Rediff.com digs deep to find out how many children BJP legislators in UP have. IMAGE: Uttar......

IMA puts out names of 382 doctors martyred in war against Covid

Taking exception to Health Minister Harsh Vardhan not mentioning the death of healthcare workers due to Covid-19 in his statement in Parliament, the Indian Medical Association has published a list......

Check out winning candidates from each phase of polls

As the dust finally settles on the outcome of the Lok Sabha elections 2019 and Bharatiya Janata Party along with its NDA allies emerges as the clear winner, here is a list of who won in each of the......

Markets may do better, but only just: Analysts

So, what does 2016 have in store for the Indian markets? Will they be able to take a giant leap forward in the leap year, and what are the key risks? With a fall of around six per cent in calendar......

Markets end first trading session of 2016 on a tepid note

The S&P BSE Sensex closed at 26,190, up by 43 points and Nifty50 settled above 7,950 to end at 7,963, up by 17 points Markets ended the first day of the New Year on a tentative note as selling......

Markets make handsome gains on December F&O expiry

Markets scaled higher on the last day of December derivatives series due to strength in energy and index heavyweight shares such as HDFC and Infosys. The S&P BSE Sensex ended higher 158 points at......

Why brand Sensex still has the edge over Nifty

  NSE’s recent move to rebrand its indices with the prefix Nifty will help boost recall among investors When the Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensitive Index surged seven times between......

The White Tiger review

The White Tiger makes a stinging commentary on New India's half-baked vision, but Ramin Bahrani isn't telling a Slumdog fairy tale here, observes Sukanya Verma. Things are in a state of disarray......

Sanju: Sanskari version of Sanjay Dutt

'Rajkumar Hirani could have gone for the jugular but has chosen instead to play to the gallery,' says J Jagannath. IMAGE: Sonam Kapoor and Ranbir Kapoor in Sanju. I don't usually bother myself......

Ash keeps Vivek company

Vivek Oberoi (Company, Saathiya) is apparently planning to produce a film. Rumoured to be based on the novel Azizunbai,the film isa love story between a courtesan and a rebel.Oberoi plays the lead......

U-19 Final: India's young turks aim for World Cup glory

  IMAGE: India captain Uday Saharan's batting style resembles the 1980s and 90s' top-order accumulators. Photograph: ICC/X Few careers will get wings to soar while some will fade into oblivion......

Ranji round up: Captains Tiwary, Raina lead from the front

Manoj Tiwary and Sudip Chatterjee scored centuries to lead Bengal's spirited comeback against Mumbai, while Gujarat put themselves in line for full seven points after enforcing the follow-on......

Ranji round-up: Karnataka bowled out for 200 by Saurashtra on Day 1

Table toppers Karnataka suffered a batting collapse as they were bowled out for 200 by Saurashtra on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Group B cricket match in Patiala on Tuesday. Electing to......

Ranji Trophy round-up: Sehwag, Yadav tons take Haryana to 319/8

Virender Sehwag celebrated his international retirement with a scintillating ton for Haryana as Jayant Yadav also joined the century-makers' list to help the side post 319 for eight on a dramatic......

Mumbai pacers Thakur, Sandhu dismiss Punjab cheaply

IMAGE: Shardul Thakur, right, celebrates with his Mumbai team mates after taking a wicket during the Ranji Trophy match against Punjab at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai. Photograph: PTI Hosts......