17th Lok Sabha to meet for final session, interim budget on Feb 1

The Budget Session of Parliament, the last of the present Lok Sabha, begins on Wednesday with President Droupadi Murmu addressing a joint sitting of the Lower and Upper Houses, and the government......

The Divine Journey Of Lord Jagannath

The Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra attracts devotees not only from India, but from across the world. It is believed that the Rath Yatra is the only occasion when Jagannath, Lord of the Universe, emerges......

State bypolls: Cong wins 3, BJP and ally 2; TMC loses

The ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam-led Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA) on Thursday retained the Erode East bypoll segment in the western Tamil Nadu town with an emphatic win against the K......

BJP loses Kasba seat in Maharashtra to Congress

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday failed to retain Kasba Peth assembly seat, its stronghold in Maharashtra's Pune district, as Congress candidate Ravindra Dhangekar defeated the saffron......

'Concept of MRP is not present in GST'

Appearing on Rediff Chat, G Srikanth, partner in GSV Associates, Chartered Accountants, Chennai, and member of the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants, answered readers' queries on the......

Eye on Jio, Airtel gobbles up Telenor for free

Bharti to spend Rs 1,600 cr for spectrum payout over 10 yrs; Telenor to service its own debt. In what will lead to yet another multinational exit in the telecom space, Bharti Airtel on Thursday......

Biggest spectrum auction to begin on September 29

This is the first time airwaves in 700 Mhz band will be put up for auction The government is looking at raising as much as Rs 5.63 lakh crore from the auction of mobile phone airwaves in the......

Telcos' hopes on cheaper 700-Mhz spectrum dashed

Telecom Commission approves high base price of Rs 11,485 cr per Mhz for 700-Mhz frequency; no decision taken on proposed standard spectrum usage charges of 4.5% In a big blow to major mobile......

The ULTIMATE Lata Mangeshkar playlist

Nightingale of India. Greatest Indian Singer ever. Goddess Saraswati incarnate. Hyperbole becomes Lata Mangeshkar. No amount of praise is lavish enough to describe the supremacy of her voice as it......

The actor who stole the show in Sacred Games

'Katekar kya hai? Wardi ke neeche ek insaan hai.''System me pissa hua aadmi hai.' IMAGE: Jitendra Joshi as Constable Katekar in Sacred Games We never get to know his first name in Sacred Games,......

Review: Ventilator is a refreshing family drama

Ventilator is a simple Marathi family film which you can enjoy this weekend with your parents, uncles, aunties, cousins..., writes Hemant Waje. Marathi film Ventilator, which marks the acting......

Box Office: Wazir is average

A look at the week's hits and misses. Wazir did average business at the box office while the other release Chauranga was a flop. Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the latest box office......

Sachin Tendulkar unveils his autobiography Playing it My Way

Sachin Tendulkar at the launch of his autobiography in Mumbai. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com Sachin Tendulkar's much-awaited autobiography, Playing It My Way, was launched......

More opposition to Pak women cricketers playing in India

A day after Bajrang Dal asserted it was opposed to participation of Pakistani women cricketers in the World Cup, BJP student wing, ABVP, on Saturday, threatened to dig up pitches ahead of the......

Ranji Trophy: Baroda tighten grip over Maharashtra

Skipper Irfan Pathan led from the front with a four-wicket haul as Baroda dismissed Maharashtra for 207 in their second innings on the third day of their Ranji Trophy Super League Group B match in......

Rohit Sharma's unbeaten 309 hoists Mumbai

A magnificent 309 not out by Rohit Sharma helped Mumbai post a mammoth 648 for 6 declared on the second day of their final Group A match against Gujarat in Mumbai on Wednesday. Rohit, unbeaten on......

101 cricketers sever ties with ICL

Former internationals Rohan Gavaskar, Deep Dasgupta and Hemang Badani are among 101 cricketers who have severed links with the rebel Indian Cricket League and applied to the Board of Control for......