LS poll: Lalu's 2 daughters among 22 RJD candidates

The Rashtriya Janata Dal has formally announced its candidates for all but one of the 23 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar, where the party is contesting as a constituent of the opposition......

'Shoma Sen should have been released in October 2018'

'Shoma didn't have the luxury of time. She was already suffering from so many ailments.' IMAGE: Professor Shoma Sen. Professor Shoma Sen, among the first to be arrested in the Elgar Parishad case,......

Why does Naveen Patnaik prefer turncoats as LS candidates?

In the lead-up to the Lok Sabha and assembly polls in Odisha, there's a flurry of party-switching among leaders, with the ruling Biju Janata Dal nominating around 30 percent turncoats as......

BJP's 5th list: Kangana Ranaut fielded, Varun Gandhi dropped

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday named 111 more Lok Sabha poll candidates, dropping Union ministers Ashwini Kumar Choubey and V K Singh, and MP Varun Gandhi, while fielding actors Kangana......

How gold is being imported under the guise of platinum

Thanks to an ambiguous law on the import of platinum alloys, some bullion importers are making big profits. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com A handful of them are importing refined gold......

Invesco agrees to Zee-Sony deal; not to seek Goenka's ouster

Investment firm Invesco Developing Markets Fund, the largest shareholder in Zee Entertainment Enterprises, on Thursday said it will support the Zee-Sony merger deal and has decided not to pursue......

No gold rush: Safe-haven asset feels the March heat

Gold is usually seen as a safe-haven when stocks are falling or when inflation is rising. Photograph: Leonhard Foeger/Reuters With prices of the yellow metal hovering near record highs, people are......

Family Says Goodbye to Raju Srivastav

IMAGE: Raju Srivastav's mortal remains were carried in an ambulance for cremation at Nigambodh Ghat in New Delhi. Photograph: Atul Yadav/PTI Photo Raju Srivastav was cremated on September 22 in......

Gulveer breaks 16-year-old National record in 10000m

IMAGE: Gulveer Singh clocked 27.41.81 to better Surendra Singh's national mark set in 2008 by over 20 seconds. Photograph: SAI Media/X Asian Games bronze medallist athlete Gulveer Singh shattered......

Asian Games: Kartik wins silver; Gulveer bags bronze

IMAGE: Kartik Kumar and Gulveer Singh won silver and bronze respectively in the men’s 10000m race. Photograph: Tingshu Wang/Reuters Indian long-distance runners Kartik Kumar and......

Prithvi Shaw Attacked For Denying Selfie

Photograph: Kind courtesy Prithvi Shaw/Twitter The car of a friend of cricketer Prithvi Shaw was attacked by a group of people after the batter denied them a selfie at a five-star hotel in Mumbai......

Manu Bhaker and Shiva Narwal win mixed team pistol title

Photograph: Manu Bhaker/Twitter The Haryana duo of Manu Bhaker and Shiva Narwal won the 10m air pistol mixed team title at the 20th Kumar Surendra Singh Memorial Shooting competition in Bhopal on......

Coach Bhave decodes the rise of CSK pacer Mukesh

  IMAGE: CSK pacer Mukesh Choudhary celebrates the wicket of Royal Challengers Bangalore's Virat Kohli. Photograph: BCCI When a lanky Mukesh Choudhary, all of 16 back in the day, bowled for......