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Venkaiah Naidu, Vyjayantimala, Chiranjeevi awarded Padma Vibhushan

Former Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, megastar Konidela Chiranjeevi, famous actor of yesteryears Vyjayantimala Bali are among personalities who have been honoured with Padma Vibhushan in the......

UP teacher who asked students to slap Muslim classmate booked

As outrage poured in from all quarters including political parties, Muzaffarnagar Police on Saturday booked the teacher accused of making communal comments and ordering her students to slap a......

Air India 'peeing' incident: Experts call for stricter punishment

Air India's handling of an incident in which an inebriated male flier allegedly urinated on a woman co-passenger suggests an urgent need for stricter rules to deal with unruly passengers, according......

BJP makes clean sweep in Varanasi, Gorakhpur; SP wins all seats in Azamgarh

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav saw their parties making a clean sweep in the assembly segments in their......

Hate speech accused defends Hindu rashtra demand

In a democratic set up, a demand for "Hindu rashtra" does not amount to promoting enmity between religious groups, an accused in a case of allegedly communal sloganeering at an event at Jantar......

High commodity prices hit India Inc's profits, margins

The inflation scare is the strongest among manufacturers of consumer goods such as automobiles, consumer durables, and FMCG. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com After the hit of the pandemic,......

Can corporate tax cuts boost growth?

'Tax cuts will have only marginal effects in the short run and significant positive effects in the medium term,' says Shankar Acharya, former chief economic adviser to the Government of......

New risks that threaten short-term debt schemes

Nearly three-fourths of the debt money, as of April 30, 2019, was invested in securities with duration of less than three years. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Mutual funds are facing a......

How effective will be PM's high-powered team in Paris meet?

India has suffered previously, especially from having small teams at the talks India’s team of negotiators for the United Nations Climate Change conference in Paris comprises officials drawn......

SIPs help your money grow, safely

Outlook Money answers readers' question on insurance and mutual funds. Which is the best ELSS in the market? How do I judge an ELSS's performance? -- Debarshi Dasgupta Among the better performing......

Kadak Singh Review: Requiem For The Moaner

To steer clear of sanctimonious newspaper stories all your life, and then be saddled with movies like Kadak Singh -- now there's a rotten bit of luck worth moaning about, sighs Sreehari Nair.......

Why Cheat India flops, Uri is a hit!

The hits and misses of the week. Vicky Kaushal's first solo release Uri: The Surgical Strike has become a hit in its second week. Emraan Hashmi wasn't as lucky, and his new release Why Cheat India......

PIX: Rakhi Sawant, Madhuri Dixit, Alia Bhatt get together!

The seventh Royal Stag Mirchi Music awards were held at the Yash Raj studio in Andheri, a western suburb of Mumbai, on Thursday, February 26. Quite a few film personalities made sure to attend.......

PIX: Himesh, Alka Yagnik at Mirchi Music Awards jury meet

The seventh Mirchi Music Awards jury meet was held at JW Marriott, Juhu, a western suburb of Mumbai. Quite a few singers and musicians turned up for the event: Himesh Reshammiya, looking......

PIX: Amitabh, Govinda, Ayushmann at Peace concert

When music composer Aadesh Srivastava organised a Sound Of Peace concert at Andheri Sports Complex, in suburban Mumbai, many of his friends from the film industry turned up in support. Amitabh......

Ranji Trophy: Lad, Patil rally Mumbai against champions Karnataka

Nikhil Patil (left) and Siddesh Lad during the course of their unfinished partnership of 175 for Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy match against defending champions Karnataka at the Wankhede stadium.......

Ranji round-up: Saha's unbeaten ton lifts Bengal from trouble

A round-up of the opening day's actions of the Ranji Trophy matches being played in different parts of the country. Not less than 48 hours after returning from the grueling tour to......

Ranji Trophy: Abhimanyu puts Bengal in command against TN

Youngster Abhimanyu Easwaran showed the way with a majestic 150 against Tamil Nadu to take bottom-placed Bengal in sight of their first outright win this season in the Ranji Trophy group A fixture......

Ranji round-up: Uthappa blasts century, Yuvraj fails with the bat

Hubli: Robin Uthappa's 16th first-class century helped Karnataka take a big first-innings lead of 263 to take the home side to a strong position on second day of their Ranji Trophy Group A match......

Ranji round-up: Mumbai avoid follow-on embarrassment vs Railways

Tail-ender Javed Khan, batting with a finger injury, saved Mumbai from following-on while chasing Railways' first innings score of 242 in the rain-truncated Ranji Trophy match, in Delhi, on......

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