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INDIA leaders vow to defeat BJP in 2024 polls

Opposition leaders on Friday called for the defeat of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, accusing the ruling party of stifling the voice of the Opposition. IMAGE: Leaders of......

Retd Army officer who led ops in Myanmar to handle Manipur violence

The Manipur government has appointed a retired decorated Army officer who was in charge of the operation to destroy militant camps in Myanmar eight years ago, as the senior superintendent of police......

The Gorgeous Lavender Fields Of Kashmir Valley

Kashmir has a mild climate during summers, which is ideal for growing Lavender plants. Lavender is harvested for its fragrant flowers and oil. Lavender cultivation employs around 5,000 farmers and......

MP: Another Congress MLA calls Hanuman a tribal

A Congress legislator from Madhya Pradesh has termed Lord Hanuman a tribal. IMAGE: A 54-feet-tall statue of Lord Hanuman at Shree Kashtabhanjan Dev Hanumanji Temple, Salangpur, in Gujarat's Botad.......

On BJP foundation day Modi warns workers against complacency in 2024

Setting his sights on a Bharatiya Janata Party win in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asked party workers not to be complacent as there is a view that "no one......

Dabur to acquire majority stake in Badshah Masala for Rs 587 crore

Fast-moving consumer goods major Dabur India is set to enter the branded spices and seasoning category. It has signed an agreement to acquire 51 per cent in Badshah Masala for a cash consideration......

Indian pharma cos get a shot in the arm in $12-bn Australian drug market

Indian drug firms get a shot in the arm in the $12 bn Australian drug market as the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), Australia agrees to accelerate the drug approval process in that country......

India's Green Shoots for the Planet

Modi's unexpected announcement of achieving net zero by 2070 may have neatly deflected the pressures on India to sign up to an ambitious pledge but it does nothing to dispel the ecological......

Beware Zohnerism!

Zohnerism drives our daily consumption of news and shaping our understanding of most issues, warns Sandeep Goyal. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com In 1997, a 14-year-old schoolboy,......

'We are in search of a Shiva to consume the poison from banking system'

'Should the government be in the business of running banks?''Particularly when it does not have the fiscal strength to continuously infuse capital into such banks?' Tamal Bandyopadhyay is a......

S P Balasubrahmanyam's TOP 75 Songs

Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire. S P Balasubrahmanyam passed away in his 75th year, and so we celebrate the singer with 75 of his top songs, in a multi-part......

He enriched the world with his magical voice

His songs were the anchor, the substratum, if you will, upon which life unfolded day after day, decade after decade -- across villages, towns, cities, and regions.Siva Sankar pays a tribute to S P......

Classic revisited: Amitabh Bachchan's underrated Saudagar

In this special series, we re-visit great Hindi film classics. Today, we look back at Amitabh Bachchan and Nutan's 1973 film Saudagar. Image: Nutan and Amitabh Bachchan in Saudagar. In 1973,......

Was Bombay Jayashri's Life of Pi song inspired?

There are remarkable similarities between Bombay Jayashri's Oscar-nominated song in Life of Pi and Irayimman Thampi's age-old composition. We make a case for the 200-year-old melody.Almost every......

'OSO changed my entire life'

Though she made her film debut down south, Deepika Padukone's Hindi debut opposite Shah Rukh Khan turned her into an overnight star. Since then, there has been no turning back for this sensational......

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