Guess Who Wished Advaniji Happy Birthday

Lal Kishenchand Advani turned 96 pn Wednesday and look who came to wish him.   IMAGE: The man who Advaniji once hailed as an excellent event manager wishes the BJP patriarch. All photographs:......

Karnataka HC sets aside lower court bar on Congress's Twitter handles

A division bench of the high court of Karnataka has set aside an order of a designated economic court that ordered blocking of @INCIndia and @BharatJodo Twitter handles calling it "punitive......

Rahul does not like backseat driving: Jairam Ramesh

Rahul Gandhi does not like backseat driving or asserting his authority and his greatest value going forward will be to play the role of an “ideological compass” for the Congress, senior......

Chinese-built Pak warship to dock in Sri Lanka as Bangladesh denies entry

Sri Lanka has allowed Pakistan's Chinese-built frigate warship PNS Taimur to make a port call in Colombo while on its way to join the Pakistan Navy in Colombo on August 15 after the Bangladesh......

Foreign e-com cos creating massive unemployment, alleges RIL

It is not difficult to indicate that foreign e-commerce marketplace entities engage in wide-scale capital dumping to sustain their indulgence in predatory pricing, RIL said in its complaint to......

Govt sitting on 150 PE/VC applications from China, Hong Kong

Since the Centre tightened the Press Note 3 norms in April last, as many as 150 private equity/venture capital investment applications from China and Hong Kong are pending with the government,......

PE/VC investments into India from China, Hong Kong fall 72% in CY20

The new PN3 norms and lack of clarity on what constitutes beneficial ownership are the primary reasons for the decline in investments from China and Hong Kong. Private equity/venture capital......

Govt refuses to budge on September 30 e-com deadline

The e-commerce companies believe the government is using this exercise to take an unauthorised look into their financials, shareholding and operations. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The......

Is Fahadh Faasil India's Finest Actor?

As Fahadh Faasil turns 39 on August 8, Subhash K Jha looks back at his favourite films featuring the brilliant actor.   Maheshinte Prathikaaram, 2016 Five years before Fahadh Faasil and......

Joji: The Mundane Disarranged by a Heart of Darkness

With Joji, Dileesh Pothan has found a way, once more, to use everything he has learnt to further push the boundaries of his art, observes Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: Fahadh Faasil in and as Joji. Greed......

Is Dileesh Pothan our finest film-maker?

'I might in the future step out of a Dileesh Pothan movie not completely satisfied, but content I'll be in the knowledge that our greatest living film-maker had failed striving to be something more......

Kencha is dull

The Kannada film Kencha directed by PN Sathyastarring Prajwal Devaraj reminds you of many films that were made in seventies. Sathya has a cliched story and also followed the narrative pattern of......

Neeraj to miss second event after sustaining muscle strain

IMAGE: Neeraj Chopra pulled out of the Paavo Nurmi Games due to a muscle strain. Photograph: Kenta Harada/Getty Images Recovering from a muscle strain he had sustained last month, superstar Indian......

100 million plus Indians watched World Cup!

The World Cup final was watched by 51.2 million viewers -- the highest reach for any FIFA World Cup match till date in India.Females contributed to 47 per cent of the tournament reach.Urvi Malvania......

Ace shooter Jitu Rai recommended for Khel Ratna

Asian Games gold medallist Jitu Rai has been recommended for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for his exploits in pistol shooting in the last two years although he couldn't win a......

Rajput wins silver in ISSF World Cup

Ace shooter Sanjeev Rajput clinched the silver medal in the men's 50-metre rifle 3 position event at the ISSF World Cup in Baku, Ajerbaijan, on Tuesday. The Indian marksman scored 456.9 to win the......

Manavjit in for Rajput in Indian shooting team for Rio Olympics

Trap shooter Manavjit Singh Sandhu got the nod ahead of Sanjeev Rajput as the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) announced its final shooting squad of 12 for the Rio Olympic Games in New......