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What Delhi duties does Modi plan for Shivraj Singh?

Madhya Pradesh's longest-serving chief minister and Bharatiya Janata Party stalwart Shivraj Singh Chouhan is likely to play an important role in national politics with Prime Minister Narendra Modi......

Why Are Voters Not Turning Up To Vote?

Is the unusually and unbearably scorching Sun and the general laxity, bordering on laziness, among voters, responsible, asks N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Voters line up outside a polling station at......

You want administration to be paralysed: HC to Kejriwal over textbook crisis

The Delhi high court on Friday pulled up the city government over the issue of non-supply of books to the children studying in MCD schools, saying the continuation of Arvind Kejriwal as the chief......

Efforts to weaken India's progress must be stopped: Justice Datta on EVM row

Supreme Court judge Dipankar Datta on Friday said there seems to be a concerted effort to discredit, diminish and weaken India's progress on every possible frontier and any such attempt has to be......

The Star Gazer Stars At TIME Gala

At this year's TIME ball in New York City on Thursday, April 25, you would have run into a Coimbatore-born American scientist, looking lovely in Sabyasachi Mukherjee designer finery, who would most......

Crude realisation: Oil's slick grip threatens corporate margins, profits

Corporate margins and profits in India remain vulnerable to changes in crude oil prices in the international market. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Historical quarterly data from listed......

MFs own larger slice of small and midcap stocks

Retail investors now own a larger share of smallcap companies than they did a year ago, thanks to their conviction in mutual fund (MF) schemes focused on this segment. Illustration: Uttam......

Street Signs: DMart's stock surge, tepid GMP, IPO lull, and more

Shares of Avenue Supermarts (DMart) have rallied 15 per cent in the past month, even as the benchmark National Stock Exchange Nifty has remained flat. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters The......

The RBI Way Of Firefighting

Why is the RBI harsh on Paytm Payments Bank?Why did it give Rana Kapoor of Yes Bank Ltd such a long rope?Often, it's a long investigation process, but the RBI doesn't discuss this openly since that......

Wealth managers advise clients to reduce their exposure to smallcaps

The froth in the small and midcap (SMID) space is limited to a few pockets, but regulatory scrutiny could lead to sustained volatility, observe India’s top-drawer wealth managers.......

Ranneeti: Balakot And Beyond Review: India Shines Again

Ranneeti: Balakot And Beyond veers between intriguing and boring, observes Deepa Gahlot. Had Ranneeti: Balakot And Beyond been a film running in a theatre, some of the Pak-bashing dialogue would......

How Saira Banu, Dilip Kumar Celebrated Eid

'The air would be filled with the aroma of biryani and kheer getting ready in the kitchen, and the visitors would overflow from the lobby and drawing room into the garden.' Photograph: Kind......

'Women don't have to only sing and dance'

'When you are new, you don't know how the industry works.''But when you know where you are headed, the possibilities of being conned or facing unpleasant instances is reduced.' Photograph: Kind......

Swatantrya Veer Savarkar Review: Lost In Politics

With the kind of money and talent that has gone into making this movie, a really good biopic of a personality like Savarkar could be made. But this film is lost in polemics, as is the case with......

Showtime Review: Nothing Khaas About It

Showtime is watchable but never engrossing, notes Sukanya Verma. One of the most condescending remarks reserved for film critics by film-makers remains those who cannot make movies, write about......

Paris 2024 Olympics torch lit in ancient Olympia

IMAGE: Greek actress Mary Mina, playing the role of High Priestess, carries the flame during the Olympic Flame lighting ceremony for the Paris 2024 Olympics. Photograph: Alkis......

New kid on the block! Tanvi hopes to emulate P V Sindhu

'I want to become like Sindhu didi, she is my inspiration.' IMAGE: Tanvi Sharma and P V Sindhu celebrate winning the Badminton Asia Team Championships 2024 in February. Photograph: Tanvi......

'Rahul will be rewarded with a T20 World Cup slot if...'

IMAGE: LSG coach Justin Langer believes if skipper KL Rahul does well in the IPL, he will be assured of a place in India's T20 World Cup squad. Photograph: BCCI If KL Rahul leads Lucknow Super......

How IPL transformed Test matches and ODIs...

IMAGE: The captains of the franchises with the IPL trophy. Photograph: BCCI/X The Indian Premier League has not only played an important role in talent identification over the years but has......

Pujara reveals how R Ashwin has 'survived for a long time'

IMAGE: R Ashwin is set to play his 100th Test when India take on England in the fifth Test in Dharamsala. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters A sharp mind with a penchant for trying out new......

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