Will Thiruvanathapuram Elect Tharoor A 4th Time?

24 hours before campaigning ends in Thiruvanathapuram, Archana Masih/Rediff.com discovers Shashi Tharoor and his BJP rival Rajeev Chandrasekhar are busy getting their message across to voters.......

Qwik Supply with RIL links donated Rs 385 cr to BJP, Rs 25 cr to Shiv Sena

Qwik Supply Chain Private Ltd, a little-known company with a registered address at Navi Mumbai's Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City and having links to Reliance Industries, gave Rs 395 crore to the......

Electoral bonds: SBI gets SC notice for not disclosing bond numbers

The Supreme Court on Friday pulled up the State Bank of India over non-disclosure of the numbers unique to each electoral bond that would help in matching donors with the recipient political party,......

Electoral bonds: Congress flags mismatch in donor, recipient files

Soon after the Election Commission released electoral bonds data, the Congress on Thursday said there was a discrepancy in the numbers of entries in donor and recipient files -- 18,871 against......

Sectors & stocks analysts are betting on post the state poll outcome

The S&P BSE Sensex and the Nifty50 have hit record highs amid the poll outcome-triggered bull frenzy at the bourses. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Most analysts feel that the indices......

Taxing The Rich To Please The Poor

Taxing the rich will fetch nothing; only votes, argues Debashis Basu. Photograph: Jim Young/Reuters Recently, Bloomberg reported India was preparing to overhaul its direct tax laws to help 'Prime......

The Top 10 Spy Thrillers On OTT

The West has had an advantage over Indian cinema and OTT when it comes to espionage thrillers -- the two World Wars and the Cold War were grist for the mill, and then the Middle East joined the......

Sunny Leone Makes Waves In Cannes

Photograph: Mike Coppola/Getty Images After a dazzling red carpet premiere, Sunny Leone attended a photocall for her new film Kennedy in Cannes.   Photograph: Mike Coppola/Getty Images 'I am......

AIFF president Chaubey accused of 'corruption'

IMAGE: All India Football Federation boss Kalyan Chaubey said he has gone through the allegations and will take legal action. Photograph: AIFF/X All India Football Federation's principal legal......

'Tough not having any Pakistan support in Ahmedabad'

'As you can imagine it was a tough, hostile environment in Ahmedabad. But we were expecting this, and to their credit our players never moaned or complained once.' IMAGE: A sea of blue at the......

Japanese shuttler's harrowing ordeal in India sparks outrage

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Nozomi Okuhara/Instagram Former world champion and Olympic medallist shuttler Nozomi Okuhara's harrowing experience upon landing in India was "unfortunate and won't......

Cummins' 'Sweetest Moment'...

  IMAGE: Virat Kohli bowled by Pat Cummins. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters   The deafening silence of 90,000 spectators at the Narendra D Modi stadium after Pat Cummins snuffed out the......

ICC World Cup final: PIX: It's a sea of blue at Motera

IMAGE: Flags in hand, fans heading towards the Narendra Modi Stadium for the ICC World Cup final between India and Australia in Ahmedabad on Sunday. Photograph: Kind courtesy Phil Long/X The buzz......