BJP's second candidate list for Telangana after Dassehra: Kishan Reddy

The Bharatiya Janata Party which has announced its first list of 52 candidates for the November 30 assembly polls in Telangana, will release the "second list" after the Dussehra festival, state BJP......

Sidda says Rs 60,000 cr needed a year to implement 5 poll guarantees

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday said a total of Rs 59,000 crore to Rs 60,000 crore is required annually, for the implementation of Congress' five poll 'guarantees'. IMAGE:......

Sidda launches free bus ride for women, scheme to cost govt Rs 4K cr per year

Women in Karnataka can travel for free on government-run buses in the state from Sunday, with the administration rolling out the first of the five poll guarantees of the ruling Congress -- "Shakti"......

'We love you too': New York Crowd Tells Rahul

'A democracy cannot mean the rule of just two people,' said one audience member, who recalled that he too had chanted 'Modi, Modi' when the PM had visited the USA.Many of those gathered admitted to......

Why ICICI Bank chose Girish Chaturvedi as its chairman

The ICICI board is looking to the retired petroleum secretary to provide 'maturity and sagacity'.Jyoti Mukul reports.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com His former colleagues in the powerful......

Markets extend gains for the fourth straight day

The S&P BSE Sensex ended 80 points up at 23,789 while the Nifty50 closed at 7,235, up 24 points.   Extending their gains for the fourth consecutive session, benchmark indices ended the......

KG Basin issue: Court's notice to RIL, others

Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday issued notices to Reliance Industries Ltd, the Central Bureau of Investigation, Andhra Pradesh government, Centre and the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons on......

RIL to investors: No improvement in govt decision-making

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has told analysts there has been "no significant improvement in ground-level decision making" which has impacted the business environment. The country's largest......

PIX: Karishma, Surbhi, Rakshanda at Pearl's party

Happy birthday Pearl! Naagin 3 actor Pearl V Puri celebrated his birthday along with the cast from his series. Naagin 3 stars Anita Hassanandani, Karishma Tanna, Rakshanda Khan and Surbhi Jyoti......

PIX: Nia Sharma, Tina Dutta, Surbhi Jyoti get calendar-friendly

A host of television celebrities made their presence felt at the launch of Telly Calendar's fifth edition, which was shot at Taiwan this year. The starry event was held on December 22 at Villa 69......

Review: Lakshmi is a shocking eye-opener

Lakshmi is the kind of story that we don’t want to hear, which is exactly why we must hear it, writes Paloma Sharma. Chinna Reddy is a violent man. As a pimp, it is his job to keep his......

When Indian skippers and selectors crossed swords...

IMAGE: The team management comprising skipper Virat Kohli are peeved with the national selectors, led by chairman Chetan Sharma, over Bengal opener Abhimanyu Easwaran's contentious selection.......

Sports Shorts: Six-member team for Gymnastics Worlds

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday IMAGE: Image used for representational purposes. Photograph: Marc Lebryk-USA TODAY Sports/Reuters A six-member Indian team, including......

Sports Shorts: India's juniors continue gold rush at Shooting World Cup

Vijayveer Sidhu, 16, shot a gold in the 25m standard pistol event for junior men after combining with Rajkanwar Singh Sandhu and Adarsh Singh to claim the team gold at the ISSF World Championships.......

India@ Asiad: Gymnastics campaign ends without medal; boxer Manoj advances

Dipa finishes 5th in beam final IMAGE: India’s Dipa Karmakar. Photograph: Andrew Winning/Reuters India's campaign in the Asian Games gymnastics ended, on Friday, without a medal after......

East Zone send South packing

Two balls in the post-lunch session. That is precisely what East Zone needed to wrap a convincing 68-run victory over South Zone in the Duleep Trophy Group A match at the Wankhede stadium in......