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'A Faulty EVM Can Be Manipulated'

'The fraud is the electronic voting machine is being manipulated by humans, and not counting the votes that is shown on VVPAT.' IMAGE: Electoral officers during a training programme on......

Numbers Don't Add Up For BJP In Tamil Nadu

Indications are that the DMK combine will win more seats than the AIADMK and BJP, but is facing a tough fight in about half a dozen from the rest, predicts N Sathiya Moorthy of the electoral......

Champai Soren: Puppet Or Puppeteer?

Pressure from the Soren clan is only one of the challenges Champai Soren faces as he readies himself to helm the predominantly tribal state. IMAGE: Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren at the......

Tablet wrapped in a red pouch, FM presents 3rd paperless Budget

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday again took a digital tablet wrapped in a traditional 'bahi-khata' style pouch as she headed for Parliament to present the interim Budget......

We Danced Slowly; We Didn't Want A Heart Attack

Half a century after he left school, A Ganesh Nadar attends a school reunion. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com In August they announced the school reunion. I had passed out of the......

The RBI Way Of Firefighting

Why is the RBI harsh on Paytm Payments Bank?Why did it give Rana Kapoor of Yes Bank Ltd such a long rope?Often, it's a long investigation process, but the RBI doesn't discuss this openly since that......

RBI bars IIFL Finance from disbursing gold loans

The Reserve Bank on Monday barred IIFL Finance Ltd from disbursing gold loans, with immediate effect following multiple supervisory concerns, including serious deviations in assaying and certifying......

Q3 sees startups turn a profitable corner

The third quarter (Q3) of 2023–24 (FY24) has proven to be pivotal, witnessing some startups turning profitable and others enhancing their performance as their businesses finally begin to......

'Private capex will depend on demand and supply situation'

'The private sector will look to the Budget to check whether there are any headwinds or tailwinds.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com R Shankar Raman, the chief financial officer and......

Tablet in a red pouch, FM presents 3rd paperless Budget

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday again took a digital tablet wrapped in a traditional 'bahi-khata' style pouch as she headed for Parliament to present the interim Budget......

Alia, Ananya, Sonakshi Watch Heeramandi

Everyone in Bollywood seemed to have the same entry in their busy dairy schedules on April 24: Attend the grand screening of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's epic Web series, Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar.......

Bollywood's Most Mesmerising Tawaif? VOTE!

Dazzling, dancing and decked to the hilt, courtesans in Hindi films are a breathtaking mix of shiny fantasy and flirtatious poetry to behold. Under those resplendent adas and thumkas though, often......

Murder Mubarak Review: Poor Man's Agatha Christie

Despite director Homi Adajania’s ease around quirky ensembles and macabre touches, Murder Mubarak fails to draw the viewer into its shallow world of the vain and wealthy, feels......

What Taare Zameen Par's Darsheel Has Been Up To

'People don't know I've turned 27. They think I'm still nine.' IMAGE: Darsheel Safary and Aamir Khan in Taare Zameen Par and a soft drink ad. Photograph: Kind courtesy Darsheel Safary/Instagram......

Looking At 1999: 25 Years Ago In Bollywood...

1999 in Hindi movies marked the end of a vibrant young decade and a gentle promise of electrifying new things to come in the new millennium. Where madcap masala still reigned supreme, morally......

New kid on the block! Tanvi hopes to emulate P V Sindhu

'I want to become like Sindhu didi, she is my inspiration.' IMAGE: Tanvi Sharma and P V Sindhu celebrate winning the Badminton Asia Team Championships 2024 in February. Photograph: Tanvi......

Neeraj Chopra finds it 'hard to believe' that Pakistan's Nadeem is struggling to get a new javelin

IMAGE: Neeraj Chopra said it was hard to believe that a top player like Arshad Nadeem was struggling to get a new javelin. Photograph: Darren Whiteside/Reuters Star Indian athlete Neeraj Chopra......

Ram Baboo breaches Paris Games qualification mark

IMAGE: Ram Baboo is the seventh Indian male walker to breach the qualification mark. Photograph: Tingshu Wang/Reuters India's Ram Baboo on Saturday achieved the Paris Olympics men's 20km race......

Hammer thrower Rachna Kumari banned for 12 years

Photograph: Kind Courtesy SAI AFI Top Indian hammer thrower Rachna Kumari was on Tuesday banned for 12 years for failing multiple dope tests by the international federation's Athletics Integrity......

Tejaswin bags gold in Belgium; sets sight on Paris Olympics

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Tejaswin Shankar/Instagram National record holder in high jump Tejaswin Shankar won the top prize in the International High Jump Gala Elmos 2024 athletics meet in......

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