Biz tycoons LN Mittal, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw among electoral bond buyers

Corporate donations worth thousands of crores to political parties through now-scrapped electoral bonds may have hit the headlines, but there were also 132 such bonds of just Rs 1,000 each bought......

EC reveals electoral bond donors, but not who gave which party

From the who's who of the corporate world to low-profile businesses -- the Election Commission on Thursday put out the entire list of entities that have purchased electoral bonds for making......

Trinamool leaders detained for hours during dharna in Delhi

Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee and several other party leaders were detained on Tuesday night as they held a dharna at the Union Rural Development Ministry office in New......

Karnataka Felicitates President Murmu

On her first visit to any state in the Indian Union after being sworn in as President of the Republic, Rashtrapati Droupadi Murmu was felicitated in Bengaluru by some of that city's luminaries.......

Tech IPO Boom With Easing Headwinds

'The success of one or two IPOs does not dictate whether the upcoming IPOs will be successful or not, but it certainly indicates that the markets and investors are enthusiastic about startup IPOs.'......

Analysts see bond yields hitting 7.5% in near-term; how should you invest?

Bond markets, global as well as domestic, are likely headed towards hard times over the next three to six months, as higher vegetable prices, rising fuel costs, and improved wages may keep......

New manufacturing projects decline in June 2023, shows CMIE data

New investment projects announced in the manufacturing sector declined in the three months ended June 2023. Photograph: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters The value of new projects was lower than in the......

Women Leaders: A Way To IPO Success?

Indian society may be more advanced than we think it is, notes Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   As soon as I saw the title of the research paper 'How do markets......

Bad Boy Billionaires Review

The Bad Boy Billionaires series has a lot in common: The three billionaires' hefty ambition, dangerous arrogance and untrammeled power, observes Dhruv Munjal. Perhaps it was only fitting that a......

Watch! Glimpses from DeepVeer's Bengaluru reception

The garden city's celebs wish the newly-weds. IMAGE: Deepika and Ranveer at their wedding reception in Bengaluru. Photograph: Stringer/Reuters Newlyweds Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone hosted......

'Lacking red-ball exposure, India banking on Mazumdar's experience'

IMAGE: Heading into their one-off Test against England, Smriti Mandhana said the team is banking on head coach Amol Muzumdar. Photograph: BCCI With the Indian women's team lacking enough red-ball......

Harmanpreet admits faults as India concede T20 Series

We failed to read the ball well: Harmanpreet Kaur Photograph: Kind Courtesy BCCI Women/X India's abysmal batting prompted skipper Harmanpreet Kaur to acknowledge the team's failure in 'reading the......

'Rohit has that magical touch in him'

'His style of captaincy is a bit different from others; he talks very politely and in a very lovable way with his players.' IMAGE: Rohit Sharma's distinctive approach includes cordial and......

Mumbai to face MP in Ranji Trophy final

  Domestic giants Mumbai completed formalities to make the Ranji Trophy final by virtue of first innings lead on the final day of their last-four match against Uttar Pradesh, in Bengaluru on......

Ranji Semis: Jaiswal, Jaffer tons derail UP; MP in commond

Mumbai lead by 662 runs Photograph: Yashasvi Jaiswal/Twitter A dominant Mumbai rode on impressive hundreds from Yashasvi Jaiswal and Armaan Jaffer to put Uttar Pradesh on the back-foot by taking......