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Odisha student battles for life after self-immolation, CM visits hospital

The health condition of a 20-year-old college student, who immolated herself over an alleged sexual harassment incident in Odisha's Balasore district, remained critical, with doctors at All India......

Meet the team probing the Air India crash

A five-member team, headed by 56-year-old Sanjay Kumar Singh, is probing the fatal crash of the Air India aircraft last month in Ahmedabad that killed 260 people. IMAGE: Wreckage of a Boeing 787......

Brahmos was instrumental in Operation Sindoor: Rajnath

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said that the Brahmos missile proved instrumental in Operation Sindoor and since then, more than a dozen countries have expressed interest in it. IMAGE: A......

Auto-driver thrashed on camera for 'insulting' Marathi

A video showing an autorickshaw driver being beaten up allegedly by Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray workers in Virar in Maharashtra's Palghar district for 'anti-Marathi' remarks has gone viral......

Feasts, farewells aboard ISS as Shuks, crew end 18-Day mission

After 18 days of intense science experiments at the International Space Station, it is time for farewells and feasts for Shubhanshu Shukla and three other astronauts of the Axiom-4 mission who are......

Factors that will guide the markets this week

In an event-heavy week, stock investors will track quarterly earnings of several bluechip firms, the likely outcome of ongoing India-US trade talks, and inflation data for market cues, analysts......

Shares of MIIs, brokerages decline as concerns rise over threat to volumes

Stocks of brokerages and market infrastructure institutions (MIIs) witnessed selling pressure after the Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (Sebi’s) crackdown on proprietary trading firm......

Wockhardt exits US generics biz, to focus on innovation

Mumbai-based pharma major Wockhardt, which is gearing up to launch its promising antibiotic candidate Zaynich soon, on Friday announced a shift in its United States (US) operations. IMAGE: Habil......

Delhi HC stays Rs 1,140 crore angel tax demand against Oyo

The Delhi high court on Friday stayed a Rs 1,140 crore angel tax demand raised by the Income Tax department from hospitality and hotel aggregator Oyo’s parent company Oravel Stays Private Limited......

India's net direct tax receipts down 1.3%, corporate taxes slip 3.7%

India’s net direct tax collections contracted 1.3 per cent to about Rs 5.63 trillion as of July 10, with corporate taxes dropping 3.7 per cent and non-corporate taxes recording a fractional 0.04......

What Ajay Devgn Finds 'Really Difficult'

IMAGE: Ajay Devgn and Mrunal Thakur at the Son of Sardaar 2 launch. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff Ajay Devgn can't be Singham all the time, so he returns to his goody avatar as the......

'Dhadak 2 Is Not A Routine Love Story'

IMAGE: Triptii Dimri and Siddhant Chaturvedi at the Dhadak 2 launch. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff Siddhant Chaturvedi and Triptii Dimri put forward their never-seen-before intense side......

Bold Moves Must For Silver Screen To Sparkle Again

More screens, more films, and longer windows will convert to more people watching, assuming they know a film is releasing, points out Vanita Kohli-Khandekar. R S Prasanna's Sitaare Zameen Par......

'Umpires need to come down strongly on players'

IMAGE: Ravindra Jadeja and Nitish Kumar Reddy during a drinks break in the third Test at Lord's. Photograph: Peter Cziborra/Reuters Former captain Nasser Hussain criticised the slow over rate in......

Shooting WC: Sheoran-Dhanda lose in qualifying

IMAGE: Lakshay Sheoran and Neeru Dhanda missed out on making the medal round in the trap mixed team event at the ISSF Lonato World Cup. Photograph: NRAI/X Lakshay Sheoran (22,19,25) and Neeru......

Marc Marquez reigns supreme to win German MotoGP

IMAGE: Ducati Lenovo's Marc Marquez celebrates winning the German Grand Prix on Sunday. Photograph: Lisi Niesner/Reuters Marc Marquez proved once again why he is known as the 'King of Sachsenring'......

IOA boss Usha forms panel to probe BFI election delays

IMAGE: IOA chief P T Usha has appointed a three-member panel to examine the 'current legal and administrative status of the BFI and assess the implications of the delay on the governance and......

PIX: Siraj puts India in control as England stumble

Images from Day 4 of the third Test between England and India at Lord's, in London, on Sunday. Scorecard IMAGE: Mohammed Siraj celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Ollie Pope on......

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