Owaisi says India will have hijab-clad PM; BJP cites Iran

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi has said a hijab-clad woman would one day become India's prime minister as the country's Constitution accords equal status to people......

Thank you Maharashtra, says Modi after civic poll win

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday thanked the people of Maharashtra for blessing the National Democratic Alliance's agenda of pro-people governance after the results of the municipal......

Accused is entitled to...: Ex-CJI on Umar Khalid's bail

Former chief justice of India D Y Chandrachud on Sunday said bail before conviction should be a matter of right, but asserted that it is a court's duty to examine a case in depth where national......

10-year-old girl freed from bonded labour in Palghar

The police in Maharashtra's Palghar district have registered a case against a woman for allegedly forcing a 10-year-old tribal girl into bonded domestic labour, an official said on Thursday. Image......

Pricing to remain key in corporate bond mkt this year

A neutral monetary policy stance, heavy government borrowing, and issuers adjusting to a higher-for-longer yield environment have set the stage for a largely stable corporate bond market in 2026.......

Corporate lending may rebound as loan-bond rate gap narrows

Bank lending to companies is expected to go up in the coming quarters because the difference in interest rates between corporate bonds and bank loans has narrowed. Illustration: Dominic......

Public NBFCs eye Rs 24K cr via bonds

Ahead of the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) monetary policy review in the first week of December, major public sector non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) — the National Bank for......

Rate Cut effect: PFC, Sidbi plan to raise Rs 11,000 crore from bond market

Activity in the corporate bond market is set to gain momentum following a 25-bp policy repo rate cut by the rate-setting panel of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Illustration: Dominic......

Shalini Dances With Pulkit, Varun...

IMAGE: Pulkit Samrat, Shalini Pandey, Varun Sharma at the Rahu Ketu trailer launch event. Photograph: Hemantkumar Shivsharan/Rediff "Kaisa laga trailer?" Varun Sharma excitedly asked the audience......

'You Inspired Millions To Reach For The Sky'

'My lasting memory of you is your absolute humility in the face of hardships as well as success.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Prashant Tamang/Instagram The sudden death of Prashant Tamang at 43 has......

Why Dhurandhar Is Unsettling

Dhurandhar does not ask audiences to cheer blindly, notes Kumar Abhishek. It asks them to see how power operates in grey zones, and at moral cost. IMAGE: Ranveer Singh in Dhurandhar. Cinema has......

The Night Manager 2 Review: Wildly Entertaining

The Night Manager, Season 2 is a comfortably paced, tension holding series, with a couple of solid twists, observes Deepa Gahlot. Only in a British series could two adversaries sit across a table......

Did Yashasvi Jaiswal Slap Dhruv Jurel?

IMAGE: Yashasvi Jaiswal with Dhruv Jurel after India's practice session in Indore on Saturday. Photograph: Screengrab via X Yashavsi Jaiswal seemed to have lost his cool after he was constantly......

Olympic champ Cizeron hits back at partner's claims

IMAGE: France's Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron celebrate winning the Ice Dance with their medals. Photograph: Juan Medina/Reuters Olympic ice dance champion Guillaume Cizeron of......

Soha's Touching Tribute To Tiger Pataudi

IMAGE: Soha Ali Khan stands beside her father Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi's portrait at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Monday, January 5, 2026. Photograph: Kind courtesy Soha Ali Khan/Facebook  ......

World Chess title in Chennai? Vishy Anand fuels big talk

IMAGE: Dommaraju Gukesh with Rameshbabu Praggnanandha. Photograph: Lennart Ootes/FIDE International Chess Federation (FIDE) vice president and Indian great Viswanathan Anand believes that this......

Childhood Friends Clash: Arjun Gets Shaw Out

IMAGE: Prithvi Shaw, who now turns out for Maharashtra after moving on from Mumbai, endured a brief stay of 1 off 5 balls, off Arjun Tendulkar's bowling. Photograph: Kind courtesy Prithvi......