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Vijay resumes campaign, accuses DMK of Rs 4,730 cr sand loot

Tamilaga Vettri Kazhgam chief Vijay on Sunday resumed his campaign for the 2026 Assembly election after a break of nearly 2 months and without directly naming the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam,......

He should create 'Ministry of Insults': Priyanka's dig at Modi

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday mocked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for frequently accusing opposition leaders of insulting the country and Bihar, saying he should set up a new......

SIR sets off reverse migration of 'illegal Bangladeshis' at Bengal border

Beside a pitch road that opens into a narrow, dusty mud bylane at the Hakimpur BSF border outpost in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas, a stretch has become an informal departure corridor for......

Will Cash Transfer Win Bihar For Modi?

If women voters are mobilised in big numbers to the voting booths on November 6 and 11 by the Nitish Kumar-led NDA, then it will be quite difficult for the Tejashwi Yadav-led Mahagathbandhan to......

They Fought To The Last Man For India

On November 18, 1962, 114 soldiers of the 13th Kumaon fought till the last man, and last bullet, in sub-zero temperatures, to beat back the huge Chinese army. We salute the Heroes of Rezang La.......

Govt: Boost AI Now or Lose IT Edge

'What the government is doing would be a drop in the ocean. It has to be matched by investments by industry.' Kindly note that this illustration generated using ChatGPT has only been posted for......

Tata Sons dividend income may have slipped in FY25

Tata Sons’ dividend from Tata group companies for last financial year is expected to show a decline of 3.5 per cent to Rs 36,514 crore from Rs 37,832 crore a year earlier. Photograph: Toby......

RBI, Always Watchful, Always Vigilant

The RBI has changed the way it approached supervision in the past. Having seen a couple of collapses in the NBFC sector and the near-collapse of a few banks, it is focusing on regular drills to......

Can Modiji Fix The Economy's Problems?

'If weak indicators persist, there is a risk that India could slip into a prolonged slowdown similar to the one experienced between 2014 and 2019,' warns Debashis Basu. IMAGE: Prime Minister......

India vs China: How leading brokerages are positioned across Asian equities

The recent stimulus measures announced by China have seen most analysts sit up and take notice. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Within the Asian region, brokerages have started tweaking......

Gandhi Starts With A Kiss In Toronto

The 50th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival is extra special for India. It will see the world premiere of Hansal Mehta's Gandhi, the first Indian series ever to be premiered at......

Controversy's Child Kamal Haasan

Kamal has a crisp pen when it comes to writing short and yet powerful film dialogues.But while speaking ex tempore -- and that has been his style -- he looks every bit a confused man, observes N......

Baby John Review: Stale Vibes

The temptation for larger-than-life superstardom is understandable but Varun Dhawan is still too much of a Baby to be a John, notes Sukanya Verma. You know a movie is on shaky grounds when you......

Girls Will Be Girls Review: Must Watch

This film should appear on every year-end 'Best of' list, recommends Mayur Sanap. In a landscape dominated by extravagant film franchises and flashy entertainers, experiencing a film like Girls......

Manorathangal Review: Anatomy of A Visionary Mindscape

Through Manorathangal, M T Vasudevan Nair makes himself available to a whole new generation of uninitiated viewers, who can familiarise themselves with his rich body of work and hope to learn a......

How Axar Mastered His Shot Selection

'I have felt in the past that if I think about the size of the boundary and don't hit towards those sides, they become predetermined shots and because of that we make mistakes.' IMAGE: Axar......

Verstappen Kickstarts New Red Bull Era In Style!

The win was Verstappen's first, in either a sprint or grand prix, since Imola in May and it was knife-edge all the way. IMAGE: Red Bull's Max Verstappen celebrates winning the Belgian Grand Prix......

F1: Piastri beats Norris in rain-hit Belgian Grand Prix

IMAGE: McLaren's Oscar Piastri celebrates after winning the Belgian Grand Prix at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot. Photograph: Yves Herman/Reuters Oscar Piastri passed McLaren teammate and......

Antalya shock: India's archers return without a medal

IMAGE: Simranjeet Kaur pushed Olympic champ An San to shoot-off. Photographs: World Archery/Instagram Indian archery endured a forgettable outing at Stage 3 of the World Cup in Antalya, Turkey on......

Captain Cool Iyer Ticks All The Right Boxes!

There is a Dhoni-like cool quotient, a Virat Kohli-like aggressive streak when the situation demands, and also a 'Bindaas Mumbaikar' in Shreyas Iyer just like his illustrious India teammate Rohit......