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'Nehru did vote chori', Shah defends SIR; Oppn walks out

A combative Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday hit out at the opposition in the Lok Sabha for its campaign against Special Intensive Revision (SIR), saying the issue has been raked up as it......

Goa nightclub owners booked Thailand tickets as fire raged

Saurabh Luthra and Gaurav Luthra, the main accused and owners of the Goa nightclub where a massive blaze claimed 25 lives, booked tickets to Thailand within an hour of learning about the fire at......

DGCA to deploy staff inside IndiGo headquarters

Aviation watchdog Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) will station its personnel at IndiGo's headquarters as it steps up oversight on India's largest airline, which continues to cancel......

Thousands of H-1B visa interviews deferred for social media review

Pre-scheduled interviews of thousands of H-1B visa applicants slated for later this month in India have been abruptly postponed by several months apparently to scrutinise their social media posts......

Goa nightclub fire: Owners denied interim relief

Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra, owners of Goa's Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub that caught fire killing at least 25 people, on Wednesday failed to get interim relief from a Delhi court which fixed their......

US court reverses $1 bn damages against Byju

A US bankruptcy court has reversed a $1 billion damages ruling against Byju Raveendran, according to a statement from the founders of Think and Learn Pvt Ltd - the parent firm of ed-tech platform......

GST 2.0 boosts petrol-diesel car sales over EVs

While GST on ICE vehicles was brought down significantly, for electric cars it remained at 5 per cent. Photograph: Bhawika Chhabra/Reuters The goods and services tax (GST) reforms clearly tilted......

Sensex down 275 points on fag-end selling

Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty declined for the third straight day on Wednesday to close at a nearly month's low, dragged by a last-hour selloff in consumer durables, private banks and IT......

Loan growth, profitability seen improving for public sector banks

The Indian banking sector could be due for a rise in profitability after several quarters of net interest margin (NIM) compression. Photograph: Ajay Verma/Reuters The Q2FY26 results suggest NIMs......

When Satya Met Modi...

Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella met Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the second time this year. Satya's visit was focused on India's AI roadmap, backed by a $17.5 billion commitment for......

Dev Anand Wanted To Make Hare Rama Hare Krishna Sequel

IMAGE: Dev Anand and Zeenat Aman in Hare Rama Hare Krishna Photograph: Rediff Archives Dev Anand had many dreams when death snatched him away from us. One of his biggest dreams was to do a......

JioHotStar Is Investing 4K Cr In South!

The platform has seen a growth of 70% in watch time for South content, which is more than the national average.The South has outperformed the rest of India in subscription depth, retention and......

Music In 2 Minutes: The Husnlal Bhagatram Story

Music director duos are a unique Bollywood feature, and many have become iconic. In this special series, Dinesh Raheja explores prominent music duos, and their dynamics. Also Read:The......

Does Tamannaah Look Like Jayashree? VOTE

IMAGE: Tamannaah Bhatia. Photograph: Kind courtesy Camera Take Films/Instagram Tamannaah Bhatia is set to portray actress Jayashree in the upcoming biopic on legendary filmmaker V Shantaram,......

'I Didn't Want To Do Bigg Boss, But...'

IMAGE: Mohanlal, Nagarjuna and Vijay Sethupathi. Photograph: Rajul Hegde for Rediff JioStar's SouthUnbound event served as the launchpad for several new original projects on the streaming......

BCCI Contracts: Will Kohli, Rohit Retain A-Plus Grade?

IMAGE: Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are currently placed in the A+ category of BCCI's central contracts along with Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja. Photograph: ICC/X A revision of contracts......

Sreejesh lauds lion-hearted boys after comeback win

'For me, down 0-2 and then coming out and winning 4-2 in the last quarter is the best thing to have happened in the Junior World Cup.' IMAGE: India registered a dramatic 4–2 victory over......

PIX: Prez Murmu hosts medal-winning women boxers

IMAGE: President Droupadi Murmu felicitated the women boxers who won medals at the 2025 World Boxing Championships in Liverpool. Photographs: Kind Courtesy President of India/X President Droupadi......

IPL hopes brighten for Chinnaswamy!

IMAGE: Eleven people were killed in a stampede outside the M Chinnaswamy Stadium during RCB's IPL title celebrations in June. Photograph: ANI Photo Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar......

'I don't love...' Mandhana reveals what motivates her

'As a kid, the madness for batting was always there. No one understood it, but in my mind, I always wanted to be called a world champion.' IMAGE: Smriti Mandhana will be back to competitive......