Credit card spends jumped 57 per cent year-on-year (YoY) in September, aided by the festive season. According to the latest Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data, in September, credit card spends totalled Rs 80,477.18 crore compared to Rs 77,981 crore in August, thereby registering a 3.2 per cent growth sequentially, despite the high base. In the corresponding period last year, credit card spend was to the tune of Rs 51,356.68 crore.
A fascinating excerpt from Arghya Sengupta, Jinaly Dani, Kevin James, and Pranay Modi's Hamn Ast: A Biography of Article 370.Instead came a recommendation from Parliament, acting under the imposition of President's Rule, purporting to convey the views of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. This clever act achieved Parliament's purpose optimally. But was it legitimate in law?
The sender of the SMS also said in his Hindi message that he was "sorry" for deciding to eliminate Tiwari under "extreme compulsion".
Sukanya Verma lists 25 unforgettable Dilip Kumar melodies to love and listen to.
Private equity player Everstone Capital has sold Modern Foods, which it had taken over in early 2016 from Hindustan Unilever, to Mexican baking major Grupo Bimbo for an undisclosed sum.
For all those auto enthusiasts who thought Mahindra have only been manufacturing Jeeps and trucks in the '90s, Timeless Mahindra offers plenty of interesting surprises, discovers Rajesh Kareka/Rediff.com.
According to the chargesheet, Shetty told the police that she did not know anything about the HotShots and Bollywood Fame apps, allegedly used by the accused for uploading and streaming obscene content.
'If you are mature and haven't done terrible things to each other, love doesn't have to go away.'
At the moment, there appears to be no alternative political narrative to the one lying buried under the debris of havoc caused on this front by the fallout of 'August 5, 2019', asserts Mohammad Sayeed Malik, the distinguished commentator on Kashmir affairs.
McDonald's has argued that the dispute with its Indian joint venture partner Vikram Bakshi should be referred to arbitration as per the clauses of their agreement.
Rediff reader Tejaswini tells us how her son Ojas kept himself engaged during the lockdown.
The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards are back for 2021 to show that all animals have a funny bone. Now in its seventh year, the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards has already received thousands of entries from around the world, catching some of wildlife's funniest moments on camera. This year, the competition organisers are releasing some of the shots that have already had them howling like hyenas, to inspire both professional and amateur photographers to enter their own images before June 30, 2021. We bring you some of our favourites.
The agency had summoned him in January too but he sought time, citing the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament, they said.
Sukanya Verma lists Chintu's memorable songs.
'We are not organising any large celebrations on New Year's Eve to avoid last-minute changes in guidelines.'
Subhash K Jha picks his favourite five Sushant performances.
Neeraj Pandey's Aiyaary is the sort of spy fantasy story that drunks narrate in bars, says Sreehari Nair.
A quintessential military commander, Gen Bipin Rawat possessed an uncanny understanding of geopolitical upheavals, calibrated a tri-services military doctrine to make India face myriad security challenges, and is largely credited with bringing down militancy in the Northeast and Jammu and Kashmir.
McDonald's problems couldn't have surfaced at a worse time. Cut-throat competition, rapid expansion and a slowdown in consumer spending in the wake of demonetisation have seriously dented the overall quick-service restaurant business.
Taruna Bakshi shares her recipes for Diwali.
Taruna Bakshi shares healthy and easy recipes for the festive season.
Admitted with intestine jutting out of the abdomen and pellets embedded all over the body, 34-year-old Mridul Bakshi, a victim of the Delhi high court blast, on Thursday succumbed to his injuries at a hospital, taking the toll in the September 7 terror attack to 14.
Reuters reported last week that several Russian national team boxers returning from London had posted online pictures or videos that appeared to show them flouting self-isolation rules imposed to slow the spread of the virus.
'Everywhere, people would ask me why I had left films. They wanted to see more of me.' 'Their words were music to my ears.'
It's a political gambit aimed at the BJP's Suvendu Adhikari who won the seat in 2016 as a TMC candidate, while also retroceding to the land movement that catapulted her to power.
Etiquette classes today cater to a wide audience of job seekers, front-desk execs, business heirs, romantics, students and even those with low self-esteem
Colonel P Bakshi, father of 22-year-old woman who has been booked for allegedly posting abusive comments on Chandigarh traffic police's Facebook page, hoped the matter will be resolved, maintaining that his daughter was anguished over police not taking concrete action following theft of her vehicle.
The Mumbai police has sent a letter to Yash Raj Films, seeking details of the contracts it had signed with him.
In these pandemic stricken, music bereft times, what can be more joyous than a playlist of golden melodies?
Akhilesh Yadav confirmed in a television interview that the press conference is on the alliance in Uttar Pradesh, while parrying questions on the Congress.
The decision was announced at a press meet by Additional Chief Secretary (Home) K P Bakshi.
The class 7 student was encouraged by his parents to pursue his passion.
Sushant finished off his innings in style by scoring high on his last theatrical release, Chichhore, a film that was ironically about suicide not being a solution.
Taruna Bakshi shares healthy winter recipes.
Joginder Tuteja looks at 10 film-makers who returned to direction after a long time.
'Laxmi was insistent that our homes should never have name-plates, because the name Laxmikant-Pyarelal should never be separated!'
The people of West Bengal have lost faith in the state police and therefore their demand for deployment of central forces, Nayak said.
Rajiv Kapoor was the true inheritor of his father Raj Kapoor's mantle, especially in the use of music and songs, feels Subhash K Jha.
Sukanya Verma salutes most beloved Rishi Kapoor melodies.
'You can be a great actress, incredibly good looking, have a huge body of work, have National awards... but until you make a mark in a Hindi project, people will not bother.'
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