Phase II: Touch And Go Seats

IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party senior leader Narendra Modi D holds a roadshow with Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav in support of the BJP candidate in Bhopal, April 24, 2024. Photograph:......

Rahul, Hema in fray as 88 seats go to polls in Phase 2

Voting for the second phase of Lok Sabha polls will be held on Friday for 88 seats in 13 states with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi seeking a second-straight term from Wayanad in Kerala. IMAGE:......

Rajiv abolished inheritance tax for Indira's wealth: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday stepped up his attack on the Congress and said he was standing as a wall between the people and the grand old party's plans to loot them. IMAGE: Prime......

4 Times When Modi's Hindu-Muslim Rhetoric Backfired

Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com does a deep dive into four elections when Narendra Modi resorted to anti-Muslim fervour and points out that Hindu-Muslim politics does not necessarily mean victory......

Good Q4, commentary perk up ICICI Lombard General Insurance stock

Investment yields could be around 8.1 per cent in FY25 rising to 8.5 per cent in FY26 Photograph: Courtesy, ICICI Lombard ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company reported financial improvement......

Long runway of growth for AMCs

Asset management companies are likely to report strong PAT growth in Q4FY24 on the back of AUM growth Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Although net inflows into equity mutual funds......

M&As pick up pace in Q1

The merger and acquisition (M&As) transactions have picked up pace in the March quarter of 2024 with  455 deals amounting to $25.6 billion deal value announced. Illustration: Uttam......

Zambia copper mine: Vedanta scouts for fundraise options

Anil Agarwal-owned Vedanta Resources (VRL), which has hired Standard Chartered Bank to raise funds for its Konkola copper mine assets, says it is engaging with several potential partners for both......

The Busiest Firang Actor In India

'There have been and will continue to be, so many captivating stories in colonial India.' 'Obviously, most of the white people were British, so if I am going to take on a role in a film set in one......

'My Life Was In Danger'

''I received many threatening calls and letters.''A fatwa was issued against me.' IMAGE: A young Salma Agha. Photograph: Kind courtesy Salma Agha/Instagram She became a household name in 1982,......

'Everybody rejected me'

'I have been trying to make a movie for seven years. I got a chance only now.' 'I have taken my script to every office from Dharma to Tips to Eros.' 'I have narrated my script to every actor......

'Govt wants to take away women's fundamental right'

'The government wants to ban surrogacy and take away women's fundamental right to do what she wants with her body.' IMAGE: Monika Panwar in Dukaan. Photograph: Kind courtesy......

Asian U-20 Athletics: Deepanshu wins gold in javelin

IMAGE: Gold medallist Deepanshu Sharma, right, with team-mate Rohan Yadav, who won the silver medal, in the men's javelin at the 21st Asian Under-20 Athletics Championships. Photograph: SAI......

Dhoni will continue to evolve: Hussey

  IMAGE: Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been in superb hitting form in IPL 2024, scoring at a strike rate of 255.88. Photograph: BCCI Having relinquished his captaincy duties at Chennai Super......

MVPI: Sunil Narine Is Way Ahead!

Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index of IPL 2024 after Game 37.   IMAGE: Kolkata Knight Riders' Sunil Narine in action during the IPL 2024 game......

Vinesh, Reetika, Anshu secure Paris Olympics quotas

IMAGE: Vinesh Phogat secured her third straight Olympic quota, having featured in Rio Games (2016) and in Tokyo (2020) earlier. Photograph: Vinesh Phogat/Instagram Making a strong comeback to......

Paris Olympics menu: More French, more local, less meat

IMAGE: Alexandre Bompard, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of French retailer Carrefour, and Tony Estanguet, president of the Organising Committee of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic......