4000 VIT students protest poor food, water quality, set fire to campus

Students at VIT in Madhya Pradesh's Sehore district staged a violent protest, vandalising and setting fire to the college campus and vehicles over the alleged "poor" quality of food and water,......

3K personnel deployed as Kabir's mosque plan heightens Dec 6 heat in Bengal

West Bengal braces for a politically fraught Saturday as suspended Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir pushes ahead with the foundation-laying ceremony for a 'Babri Masjid-style' mosque in......

Saudi clerics to attend TMC rebel Kabir's Murshidabad 'Babri' mosque event

The venue for suspended Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir's foundation-stone ceremony for a Babri Masjid-style' mosque at Beldanga in West Bengal's Murshidabad on December 6 turned into a......

Lucky Us! Our Flight Was Delayed, But Took Off

Stranded at an airport because of flight delays/cancellations? Do tell us your travel story; mail us at newsdesk@rediff.co.in with your name, where you were traveling to, and what happened to your......

How insurers stand to gain from GST rate cut

The exemption of individual life and health insurance premiums from the Goods and Services Tax (GST) enables the insurance industry to make products affordable and attractive, said Ajay Seth,......

'GST 2.0 Great Opportunity For Insurance Biz To Make Products Affordable'

'The government is putting insurance in the same category as food, which is essential for life.''Now this is an opportunity for the sector to focus on the consumer.' Photograph: Kind courtesy LIC......

Pace of volume recovery key to gains for Hindustan Unilever

Hindustan Unilever Ltd’s (HUL’s) second quarter 2025-26 (Q2FY26) consolidated revenue rose 2 per cent to Rs 16,250 crore, with low or flat volume growth. Demand remained stable but goods and......

USFDA's new draft biosimilar rules to benefit Indian biotech cos

The US Food and Drug Administration’s (USFDA)’s new draft guidelines aimed at speeding up and reducing the cost of developing biosimilars — lower-priced, near-replicas of complex biologic......

Two India trips for Messi? Here's what we know

IMAGE: The organisers had already unveiled the itinerary on August 15, and Messi's statement on Thursday marked the first time the football icon himself confirmed the visit. Photograph: Sam......

Security Concerns May Scrap India's Bangladesh Tour

IMAGE: India are scheduled to tour Bangladesh for a white-ball series in August. Photograph: Screengrab/X India's upcoming white-ball tour of Bangladesh is likely to be postponed as the BCCI is......

Superfans And Cricketers' Secret Passions

Every summer, Sudhir Gautam makes a pilgrimage to Sachin Tendulkar's Mumbai home, carrying a box of Muzaffarpur litchis from his home town in Bihar, a gesture sweeter than the fruit itself. IMAGE:......