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Memes the weapon of choice as election wars go digital

From attacking political opponents to raising awareness among the electorate, colourful memes, including many drawing humorous elements from popular Bollywood films, have flooded social media as......

Polling officials trek 18 km through dense forest for elderly tribal's vote

It was an 18-kilometer trek through the dense forest filled with wild animals for a team of nine polling officials, comprising three women, on Wednesday to record the vote of a bedridden citizen at......

'Great hatred for word M': Owaisi on BJP's manifesto

Alleging that the Bharatiya Janata Party has hatred towards minorities, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi said the saffron party even refused to mention the word......

'Modi is most popular PM, still he had to change his 101 MPs'

'He had to change them because he recognises that even with his popularity....could lead to a problem. So, democracy has this way of offering corrections and telling the ruling party or the prime......

TMC lodges complaint with EC against Bengal guv

The Trinamool Congress on Thursday filed a complaint with the Election Commission against West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose for allegedly interfering in the ensuing Lok Sabha polls in the state.......

FPIs from Mauritius to face greater scrutiny after tax treaty revision

Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) from Mauritius may face higher scrutiny after the amendment in the India-Mauritius tax treaty introduced a principle purpose test (PPT) to prevent treaty abuse by......

World Bank president Ajay Banga in TIME's 100 most influential people list

World Bank president Ajay Banga is among the Indians who have made it to the prestigious Times's list of 100 most influential people in the world released on Wednesday. Photograph: Eduardo......

Ahead of FPO, Vodafone Idea garners Rs 5,400 cr from anchor investors

Just ahead of its mega FPO opening to public investors, Vodafone Idea (VIL) has announced closure of its anchor book allocation, raising about Rs 5,400 crore from marquee global as well as domestic......

How will the markets fare this week

Geopolitical events, macroeconomic data and quarterly earnings of corporates would guide the stock market in a holiday-shortened week ahead, analysts said. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com......

Markets tank 1%, Sensex ends down 793 points

Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty plunged by 1 per cent on Friday as investors booked profits after a recent record-breaking rally amid weak trends from Asian markets. Photograph: Danish......

BDCM or Maidaan? Who Scored Higher At Box Office?

IMAGE: Akshay Kumar, Manushi Chhillar, Alaya F and Tiger Shroff in Bade Miyan Chote Miyan. Huge expectations were riding on last week's Eid releases, Bade Miyan Chote Miyan and Maidaan. After all,......

Crew Sees Competition From Godzilla!

IMAGE: Tabu, Kareena Kapoor and Kriti Sanon in Crew. After being in theatres for 10 days, Crew and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire have similar box office collections. While former has netted......

Maidaan, Bade Miyan Chote Miyan Release Postponed!

IMAGE: Ajay Devgn in Maidaan. The great Wednesday clash between the year's big releases have been postponed by a day. Ali Abbas Zafar’s Bade Miyan Chote Miyan and Amit Sharma’s......

T20 World Cup: Australian Law appointed US head coach

Photograph: Peter Cziborra/Reuters Former Australia batsman Stuart Law has been appointed head coach of the US men's team ahead of their home T20 World Cup in June. The 55-year-old will begin his......

IPL 2024: In-form CSK start favourites against LSG

IMAGE: Champions CSK are coming into the match against LSG on the back of two successive victories. Photograph: BCCI Lucknow Super Giants will be aiming to get back to winning ways on their home......

Burden of captaincy affecting Shubman Gill's batting?

IMAGE: In his seven innings so far in IPL 2024, Shubman Gill has perished for below 20 in three innings, while twice he has fallen in the 30s. Photograph: BCCI Delhi Capitals bowling coach James......

Pant boosts T20 World Cup hopes with keeping masterclass

IMAGE: Rishabh Pant stumps Gujarat Titans' Shahrukh Khan during the IPL 2024 match on Wednesday. Photograph: BCCI Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant produced a wicketkeeping masterclass in......

DC Vs GT: Who Batted Best? Vote!

IMAGE: Delhi Capitals chased down the target with 67 balls to left. Photographs: BCCI T20 is a batter's game, the pundits declared after Monday and Tuesday's high scoring matches. Delhi Capitals's......

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