Key contests to watch for, from Rae Bareli to Thiruvananthapuram

All eyes will be on the Lok Sabha election results on Tuesday with a number of high-profile electoral battles, starring veterans and debutants, formidable opponents and unlikely contestants.......

ED presents Hemant Soren's WhatsApp chats in court

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday produced WhatsApp chat records between former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren and a close associate where information related to transfer and......

CBI calls former Mumbai top cop Rakesh Maria 'unrelied witness'

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has submitted a list of 23 witnesses it would not be examining against former media executive Indrani Mukerjea and other accused in connection with the......

Saturday wraps up longest LS polls since 1951-52; Modi among contestants

Fifty-seven seats across seven states and the Union territory of Chandigarh will go to polls in the seventh and final phase of Lok Sabha elections on Saturday that include Varanasi, from where......

Agarwal leads race for pension regulator's job

IDBI Bank chairman and managing director Yogesh Agarwal has emerged the frontrunner for the post of the chairman of the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority. The finance ministry has......

Good news for MSMEs, courtesy FinMin

The Finance Ministry and the Reserve Bank will issue directions to the banks to step up credit for micro, small and medium enterprises. A task force formed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on......

Govt wants 10% of banks' priority credit to SMEs

The government has plans to increase the credit flow to micro-entreprises in the country by making 10 per cent of the total priority sector lending of banks mandatory to such firms, a senior......

Privatisation of PSBs gets bankers' thumbs up

Exuding confidence in sustaining the tempo of credit growth, public sector bankers said on Wednesday that consolidation in the public sector bank (PSB) space has given them a robust base to scale.......

'I Came To Films To Earn Rs 3 Lakh'

'Dharmendra, Shashi Kapoor and I were inseparable while we struggled together.''When a disillusioned Dharmendra was packing his bags to return home, I prevailed upon him to give himself two months.......

SRK, Ranbir... Vote Best Valentine!

These six male megastars have formed popular pairs with two starkly different leading ladies. Dinesh Raheja compares and contrasts the chemistry between the onscreen couples, and asks you, dear......

The Genius Behind Bollywood's Beautiful Words

As a uniquely multi-hyphenated writer-director-lyricist-author, Gulzar has built a reputation across multiple spheres of film-making and literary creative endeavours.Dinesh Raheja salutes the......

Spotted: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in France

Reader Dinesh Kumar met Aishwarya Rai Bachchan at the Cannes Film Festival in...

National Games: Uttarakhand hockey teams knocked out

  IMAGE: Manipur thrashed Uttarakhand 5-2 in their pool match at the hockey event at the National Games in Dehradun on Saturday. Photograph: Kind courtesy Hocke India/X Manipur and Madhya......

Ad-hoc panel names 13-member wrestling team: Why will India go unrepresented in five categories?

IMAGE: Bajrang Punia, one of the prominent faces of the wrestlers’ protest, is also set to miss the event. Photograph: Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters India will go unrepresented in five......

Champs Bengaluru FC held in Durand Cup opener

IMAGE: Players of Indian Air Force FT and Bengaluru FC vie for the ball. Photograph: Kind courtesy Bengaluru FC/Twitter Defending champions Bengaluru FC failed to break the Indian Air Force FT's......

IPL 2021: Players retained and released ahead of mini auctions

Full list of players across franchises, retained and released ahead of the IPL-14 mini aucion. Chennai Super Kings: Retained: MS Dhoni, Imran Tahir, Lungi Ngidi, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu,......

Mumbai Indians start favourites against inconsistent KKR

IMAGE: Trent Boult along with Jasprit Bumrah has been the leading wicket takers for Mumbai Indians. Photograph: BCCI An explosive batting line-up and a lethal-at-death bowling attack will give......