Banu Mushtaq inaugurates Mysuru Dasara festival amid row

The famous Mysuru Dasara festival commenced in the city and palaces on Monday with religious and traditional fervour, with International Booker Prize-winning writer Banu Mushtaq inaugurating the......

Caught smuggling 25kg gold, Afghan diplomat resigns

Zakia Wardak, the senior-most Afghan diplomat in India, has resigned from her position after reports emerged that she was caught at Mumbai airport last month for allegedly trying to smuggle 25 kg......

Why the rich give gold to temples

'Rich Indians don't give cash, they give gold. Why?''Because cash is spent by temples on prasad or doing some charitable work.''Gold remains intact with god,' says Aakar Patel. Next year will mark......

Sengol And The BJP's Election 2024 Plan

The BJP seems wanting to return to a 'Tamil Hindutva' agenda for elections in Tamil Nadu, explains N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi prostrates before the Sengol before its......

50 Indian items hit as US scraps duty-free privilege

With India being the largest beneficiary of the GSP, it has been hit the most by the latest decision of the Trump administration Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The US on Thursday revoked......

RBI officials quizzed over 20:80 gold import scheme

The four officials were asked questions related to the UPA government's '20:80' gold import scheme, which was cleared by Chidambaram on May 13, 2014, barely three days before the counting of votes......

HDFC Bank credit card to levy forex markup fee on use in India with overseas merchant

The bank has said rent payments will not earn reward points, and redemption of reward points on various cards have been capped in certain segments. IMAGE: Kindly note that this image has been......

Tata Neu in numbers: 120 mn customers, 2,500 offline stores, 80 mn downloads

The super app also offers a bouquet of financial offers like Unified Payments Interface, bill payments, loans and insurance. Tata Neu will also provide other services like fashion, gadgets,......

'When Lataji Called Me Mahalaxmi'

'If I'm proud to be single it's because Lata was so blissfully single.' IMAGE: Lata Mangeshkar with Rekha. Photograph: Prodip Guha/Getty Images/Rediff Archives The Super-Reclusive Rekha, who......

'People Think A Famous Mom Is A Gold Card'

'When you are someone's kid, you get easier access to the industry.''People will meet you, maybe even give you a first opportunity out of goodwill.''But at the end of the day, it's business.'......

5 Must Watch Titles From This Supergirl of Bollywood!

From the biggest brat of the family growing up against Assam’s idyllic farm life devouring books and movies to finding friendship for the ages while assisting Kaizad Gustad along with Zoya......

Squid Game 2 Review: The Blood Sports Rage On

Squid Game 2 is almost a rehash of the earlier season, discovers Deepa Gahlot. When Korean series Squid Game came out in 2021, it went on to become the most watched show on Netflix. Soon enough,......

Inspired by Sachin, fearless Sharafu is UAE's shining hope

'Everyone wants to be the best in the country. I would like to be someone the team can depend on to win games. That is what I want to be known for.' IMAGE: Alishan Sharafu, born in Kerala and......

Chess queen meets PM Modi

IMAGE: Koneru Humpy met the PM and described it as a ‘once-in-a-lifetime privilege.’ Photograph: Koneru Humpy/X Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday called Grandmaster Koneru Humpy......

Lovlina joins fight to keep boxing in Olympics

All the right moves must be made to keep boxing in LA 2028 programme: Lovlina Borgohain IMAGE: Boxing was not on the initial programme for the Los Angeles Olympics and a decision on its......

Pakistan Cricket Wants Arshad Nadeem To...

IMAGE: Gold medallist Arshad Nadeem, who now holds the Olympic record in the javelin throw event. Photograph: Stephanie Lecocq/Reuters   Pakistan's cricket team is looking to draw inspiration......

Should Women's Chess Be Abolished?

'Scrapping titles like WIM, WGM and a separate women's category will kill women's interest in chess.' IMAGE: Grandmaster R Vaishali, flanked by her brother and fellow Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa,......