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How Dropped Candidates Keep Busy

Cricket climate change to medical practice, dropped candidates have their non-political life sorted. IMAGE: Gautam Gambhir, the former Kolkata Knight Riders skipper, is back as the team's mentor.......

Meet The Youngest Dalit Lady Candidate

'If people don't see you, they might be hesitant, but once they see you, they are confident that this is the person they will vote for,' says political debutant Shambhavi Choudhury, 25, alumnus of......

'Indian crews are very good'

'Indians are basically liked because they are educated, they are intelligent.' IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational purposes. Photograph: Reuters Captain Peter......

Anxiety Behind Modi's Banswara Speech?

In the coming days, unless Modi tones down the communal spiel, it will be clear that anxiety continues to drive his mind and clouds his judgment, observes Modi biographer Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay.......

Muizzu's pro-China party secures 'super majority' in parliamentary polls

Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu's party won 71 seats and secured a 'super majority' in parliamentary elections, preliminary results suggested on Monday, a victory seen as a strong endorsement of......

Predictions of normal monsoon boost prospects for domestic agrochem firms

With a normal monsoon predicted in India this year by private weather forecasting agency Skymet and the India Meteorological Department (IMD), prospects for domestic agrochemical or agri-input......

Quality Control Orders: What does this mean for domestic industry?

India believes developed countries and China use quality control orders as a trade barrier, and seeks to play catch-up Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com From toys, footwear and furniture to......

New orders point to further gains for Hindustan Aeronautics stock

HAL is the primary supplier of India's military aircraft, helicopters, engines, avionics and accessories and the main provider of maintenance for defence aerospace Photograph: Abhishek N.......

MPC refuses to drop its guard on inflation

Most members of the Reserve Bank of India’s monetary policy committee (MPC) decided to stick to the course on bringing retail inflation to the target of 4 per cent while voting for......

'ITC aspires to double its business in five years'

'While every year presents new challenges, it also provides opportunities for better growth and performance.' Photograph: Kind courtesy ITC/Instagram ITC emerged as the country's largest company......

Bollywood's Most Mesmerising Tawaif? VOTE!

Dazzling, dancing and decked to the hilt, courtesans in Hindi films are a breathtaking mix of shiny fantasy and flirtatious poetry to behold. Under those resplendent adas and thumkas though, often......

The Busiest Firang Actor In India

'There have been and will continue to be, so many captivating stories in colonial India.' 'Obviously, most of the white people were British, so if I am going to take on a role in a film set in one......

Ranveer-Kriti's Day Out In Varanasi

Ranveer Singh, Kriti Sanon and Manish Malhotra visited the Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi to offer prayers over the weekend. Dressed in traditional attire, they visited the Dashashwamedh ghat......

'India Is The No.1 Country Outside The US...'

'India has the largest slate of local original content outside the US.' IMAGE: Shweta Tripathi, Pankaj Tripathi, Ali Fazal, Rasika Dugal, Divyendu, Harshita Gaur and Amit Sial in Mirzapur 2.......

Crew Sees Competition From Godzilla!

IMAGE: Tabu, Kareena Kapoor and Kriti Sanon in Crew. After being in theatres for 10 days, Crew and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire have similar box office collections. While former has netted......

Ranvir, Ekta smash records for gold in Asian U20 Championships

IMAGE: Pavana Nagaraj won gold in women long jump with a distance of 6.32m at Asian U20 Athletics Championship in Dubai. Photographs: AFI/X Ranvir Singh and Ekta Dey clinched men's and......

Nehra, not Hardik, built GT legacy? Gill's admission

IMAGE: Shubman Gill with Ashish Nehra. Photograph: BCCI There is no bigger honour than representing India in the T20 World Cup but as Gujarat Titans' skipper, Shubman Gill feels that he will......

Chess whiz Gukesh reveals his inspiration: Find out who

MS Dhoni and Novak Djokovic's pressure-soaking ability attracts chess sensation D Gukesh IMAGE: Chess grandmaster Gukesh D arrives in Chennai after winning the FIDE Candidates 2024, on......

IPL: Can Starc reignite KKR's bowling against Punjab?

IMAGE: KKR pacer Mitchell Starc's underwhelming performance with the ball is the worst among the specialist bowlers in IPL 2024. Photograph: BCCI Mitchell Starc will be desperate to justify his......

Indian badminton star reveals 'chronic' health battle

HS Prannoy finding his way back after chronic stomach disorder returns to trouble him Photograph: Kind Courtesy H S Prannoy/Instagram Seasoned Indian shuttler H S Prannoy has revealed that he has......

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