Modi, other prominent leaders pay tributes to Parkash Singh Badal

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday paid floral tributes to Parkash Singh Badal at the Shiromani Akali Dal office in Chandigarh as scores of people and political leaders assembled to pay......

CBI grills Kejriwal for 9 hrs; AAP leaders detained during protest

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was questioned for nearly nine hours by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday in the excise policy case, amid protests by his party as the Aam......

Chouhan cedes chair to deity's portrait in cabinet meet, draws ex-babus' ire

At a Madhya Pradesh cabinet meeting held in the temple town of Ujjain, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan ceded his seat to Lord Mahakal's portrait, an act some former bureaucrats said was......

Student's suicide sparks protests at Punjab varsity, Kerala professor booked

A first-year student of a private university here allegedly died by suicide while the police registered a case of abetment against a professor who used to teach the victim at an institute in......

Philanthropy by India's super rich falls by a third in FY22, says report

Ultra high networth individuals contributed Rs 4,230 crore as compared to Rs 11,821 crore in FY21. Surajeet Das Gupta reports. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Philanthropic contributions made......

PhonePe first Indian fintech player to allow UPI payments abroad

PhonePe said on Tuesday it has launched a service that will allow the fintech firm’s Indian users traveling abroad to pay foreign merchants using Unified Payments Interface (UPI).......

Bureau of Indian Standards to engage e-commerce players for self-regulation

The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) will engage stakeholders in the e-commerce space to establish standards with the objective of self-regulation, said its deputy director Parul Gupta at the......

40% of all vehicles sold will be electric by 2030

As much as 35 per cent to 40 per cent of all vehicles sold in the country across segments will be electric by 2030, up from a mere 2 per cent this year, says a Bain & Co report released today.......

Kaur Singh, the only Indian to fight Muhammad Ali, dies

IMAGE: Kaur Singh, who won the heavyweight boxing gold medal at the 1982 Asian Games, had fought a four-round exhibition match with the legendary Muhammad Ali in January 1980. Asian Games gold......

Mumbai finally win the elusive Mushtaq Ali Trophy

IMAGE: Mumbai's players celebrate with the trophy after winning the Mushtaq Ali Trophy final against Himachal Pradesh at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Saturday. Photograph: Mumbai Cricket Association......

Mushtaq Ali: Gill, Jaiswal shine as Mumbai, Punjab advance

IMAGE: Assam’s Riyan Parag led from the front. Photograph: BCCI Domestic/Twitter Mumbai, Punjab, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh and Bengal finished as toppers in their respective groups to......

IPL Auction: Shami, Iyer for Rs 2 cr

IMAGE: Mohammed Shami celebrates taking a wicket for the Punjab Kings during IPL 2021. Photograph: BCCI The top Indian players, including Mohammed Shami, Shikhar Dhawan, Ravichandran Ashwin and......

The billionaire, Bollywood and the future of Indian soccer

Ambani's holding group launched the Indian Super League, an elite competition of newly created teams, in 2014 with the aim of attracting investment and big global names, much like the Indian......