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Nehru hated Lord Somnath the most: BJP

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday launched a fresh attack on the Congress, alleging that while the Somnath temple was plundered by Mahmud of Ghazni and Alauddin Khilji in the past but in......

EC notice to Amartya Sen over voter list revision sparks political row

The Election Commission on Wednesday served a notice to Nobel laureate Amartya Sen in connection with the ongoing SIR of electoral rolls in West Bengal, seeking a hearing of the 92-year-old......

BJP woman worker alleges cops disrobed her during arrest in K'taka

A controversy has erupted in Karnataka following allegations that the police disrobed a Bharatiya Janata Party woman functionary while arresting her recently in Hubballi in connection with an......

Fresh SC hearing blames stray animals for road accidents

Flagging non-compliances of rules and directions by civic bodies, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said that people were dying not only due to dog bites alone in the country but also because of......

MCD clears 36,000 sq ft land in midnight op at Turkman Gate

More than 50 Delhi Municipal Corporation officials, accompanied by hundreds of police personnel, deployed 32 earth-moving machines and four hydraulic excavators to carry out a demolition drive on......

India's GDP estimated to grow at 7.4% in FY26

The Indian economy is likely to grow at 7.4 per cent in 2025-26, up from 6.5 per cent in the previous fiscal, mainly on account of better performance of manufacturing and services sectors, as per......

Budget 2026: Is Customs Amnesty Scheme On The Cards?

Total pending Customs arrears, including amounts under litigation, court stays and cases where the appeal period has not expired, stood at about Rs 1.36 trillion at the end of December 2024.......

RIL denies report on Russia oil purchase

Shares of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) tumbled on Tuesday, posting its biggest single-day decline in 19 months, amid controversy over its purchase of Russian oil and profit-booking after......

GST rate cuts spur credit growth in banking sector in Q3 FY26

Banking sector has witnessed healthy growth in advances in the third quarter of financial year 2026 (Q3FY26) against the same period last year, as the full impact of goods and service tax (GST)......

India Is Seeing Dip In Foreign Tourists

Foreign tourist arrivals in India dropped to 6.18 million during the April-September 2025 period against 7.06 million during the same period last year, which was a drop of 12.4 per cent. IMAGE:......

Solve the Ikkis Jigsaw Puzzle

Agastya Nanda wowed audiences with his intense performance in Sriram Raghavan's war epic, Ikkis. The film also showed his softer side, thanks to his sweet romance with Simar Bhatia. Now, it's time......

Temple Thanksgiving For Yami, Aditya Dhar

Photograph: Kind courtesy Maa Baglamukhi Mandir/Instagram The Dhars have a lot to be thankful for. Aditya Dhar's second directorial Dhurandhar is the blockbuster of blockbusters, the biggest......

The Greatest Thing Sreenivasan Did For Malayalam Cinema

Sreenivasan could so willingly be 'our little man' because in his heart of hearts he never felt trivial or inconsequential. And to the very end he stayed that way, the shrimp who knew he was a......

Dhurandhar: Biggest Indian Film Ever!

IMAGE: Ranveer Singh in Dhurandhar. Exactly a year after Pushpa 2 released in theatres, Dhurandhar has made history at the box office. Yes, both films released on the same day, December 5,......

Shalini Dances With Pulkit, Varun...

IMAGE: Pulkit Samrat, Shalini Pandey, Varun Sharma at the Rahu Ketu trailer launch event. Photograph: Hemantkumar Shivsharan/Rediff "Kaisa laga trailer?" Varun Sharma excitedly asked the audience......

Why T20 World Cup not a priority for Kiwis right now!

'The exciting thing is we got three ODIs against the world-class Indian team in Indian conditions in front of full crowds. So we'll be where our feet are. We'll control the now and we'll look......

Sindhu returns with convincing win at Malaysia Open

IMAGE: P V Sindhu had opted to withdraw from all BWF World Tour events in October last year to focus on recovering from a foot injury. Photograph: ANI Photo Returning from a prolonged injury......

'Mohan Baingan': Sports Min's Gaffe Triggers Fan Backlash

IMAGE: Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya during the ISL press conference on January 6, 2026. Photograph: ANI Photo Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya found himself in a major......

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi scripts history with 63-ball U-19 century vs SA

IMAGE: 14-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi became the youngest U-19 captain to score a century in Youth One-Day cricket. Photograph: BCCI/X Vaibhav Sooryavanshi continued his record-breaking run with......

Injury-riddled Asiad winner Jinson Johnson hangs up his spikes

IMAGE: The highlight of India's middle distance runner Jinson Johnson's career is the gold medal win in the men's 1500m event at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta. Photograph: PTI Photo from the......

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