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'Won't beg for seats', says Congress; Trinamool hits back

Fissures appear to have emerged in the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) as its two key allies, the Congress and the Trinamool Congress, on Thursday clashed over seat sharing......

Assembly Polls: What Google, Meta Are Up To

'There is a huge risk of misinformation and disinformation, and targeted campaigns that could potentially happen against candidates or to push certain narratives.' IMAGE: Congress leader Rahul......

Kolkata civic polls on Dec 19, to see another BJP-TMC face-off

The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) polls will be held on December 19, a notification issued by the State Election Commission (SEC) on Thursday said. IMAGE: Banners put up by the TMC and the......

India logs 10,197 new Covid infections; active cases decline

India's Covid tally rose to 3,44,66,598 on Wednesday with 10,197 fresh cases, while the active cases have declined to 1,28,555, the lowest in 527 days, according to the Union health ministry's......

Goddess Kali gets the final touch

An artist in Kolkata, October 25, 2021, gives the final touches to an idol of Goddess Kali ahead of the Kali Puja festival. Please click on the image for a better look at the latest in our Yeh Hai......

Looking at how best to sort out Cairn arbitration: Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday reiterated that an international arbitration ruling on India's sovereign right to taxation sets the wrong precedent, but said the government is......

Dark clouds over India's growth engines

Small and medium enterprises have been struggling to raise bank credit even as they have been powering India's manufacturing growth in recent years. A rather peculiar aspect of......

World stocks at three-week highs as Fed decision looms

World stocks inched to a three-week high and the dollar drifted lower on Thursday before the Federal Reserve announces whether it will raise U.S. interest rates for the first time in almost a......

China stems stocks rout, but market faces lengthy hangover

China bans big shareholders of listed firms from divesting Beijing's increasingly frantic attempts to stem a stock market rout were finally rewarded as Chinese shares bounced around 6 per cent on......

India in talks with JP Morgan, others to join bond indexes

India is talking with JP Morgan and others to gain entry to benchmark indexes for emerging market debt in hopes of attracting billions of dollars in investment and may ease some restrictions on......

Film-maker Tapan Sinha passes away

Dadasaheb Phalke award winner and noted film-maker Tapan Sinha died at a hospital in Kolkataon Thursday after a prolonged illness. Sinha, 84, was suffering from pneumonia and septicaemia, hospital......

'Everyone will like Hrithik'

Director Sanjay Gadhvi might have answered a lot of questions in our exhaustive interview, but that wasn't enough. The Dhoom:2 director faced the rediff readers in a chat on Monday, November 20,......

I'm already booked: Meghna Naidu

Meghna Naidu floored us in her Kaliyon ka chaman video.She may not have done films worth a mention, but there's no denying the girl's hot. And everyone wants more of her.When she chatted with......

I'm already booked: Meghana Naidu

Meghna Naidu floored us in her Kaliyon ka chaman video.She may not have done films worth a mention, but there's no denying the girl's hot. And everyone wants more of her.When she chatted with......

World Cup: Sri Lanka fined for slow over-rate

IMAGE: Sri Lanka, who lost their opener to South Africa, were fined for maintaining a slow overrate. Photograph: Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters Sri Lanka have been fined 10 per cent of their......

ODI World Cup: List of umpires; Menon, Dharmasena to officiate opener

IMAGE: ICC released the names of umpires set to officiate during the league stage of the ODI World Cup. Photograph: BCCI India's Nitin Menon and Sri Lanka's Kumar Dharmasena will officiate......

T20 WC PIX: India survive Bangladesh scare

IMAGES from the T20 World Cup match played between India and Bangladesh in Adelaide on Wednesday. Scorecard IMAGE: India are the Group 2 table topper with six points while Bangladesh are in......

IPL 2021: After CSK Won...

After a miserable IPL 2020 season, which saw Chennai Super Kings in 7th place on the IPL points table, CSK achieved a magical turnaround in IPL 2021 to be crowned champions after the final against......

Lord Thakur Celebrates A Wicket

If Bollywood choreographers ever run out of ideas, they could nick ideas from the merry dances with which fast bowlers celebrate wickets. Among all the pacers currently on view at IPL 2021, Shardul......

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