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Former Pak spy chief Faiz Hameed jailed for 14 years

Pakistan's former spy chief Faiz Hameed was on Thursday sentenced to 14 years in jail by a military court, which found him guilty on multiple charges, including violating the Official Secrets Act......

PK, who guided others to victory, meets defeat in debut battle

Before launching into the Bihar assembly elections, the celebrated former poll strategist Prashant Kishor had made two predictions, one about his Jan Suraaj Party and the other about the Janata......

Fadnavis, Shinde visit RSS HQ; Ajit Pawar, NCP skip again

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, his deputy Eknath Shinde and ruling BJP, Shiv Sena legislators visited RSS founder K B Hedgewar's memorial here on Sunday, while deputy CM Ajit Pawar......

No Covid vax link to youngsters' sudden deaths: AIIMS study

A comprehensive, one-year autopsy-based observational study conducted at AIIMS, Delhi, has found no evidence linking COVID-19 vaccination with sudden deaths among young adults, reaffirming the......

What If Sardar Patel Had Not Passed Away In 1950...

If Patel had lived a few years more, he may or may not have become prime minister. But for sure, his presence would have kept Nehru in check, points out Harishchandra. IMAGE: Sardar Vallabhbhai......

Factors that will guide the markets this week

Domestic PMI data, US Federal Reserve meeting minutes and the progress on India-US trade deal negotiations are likely to influence movement in the equity market in the week ahead, according to......

Gas Lamplighters To Panda Nannies: 8 Weird Jobs Around The World

We all know the classic careers. Engineers, doctors, architects, teachers, lawyers. Professions have evolved and some have gotten more niche. Veterinary acupuncturist. Dynamic Social Integrator.......

'BoB Is Well Placed To Manage Shift To ECL'

'Bank has a robust capital adequacy base. Along with balance sheet preparation, the bank is focusing on strengthening risk management for the new regime.' State-run lender Bank of Baroda will be......

Loan growth, profitability seen improving for public sector banks

The Indian banking sector could be due for a rise in profitability after several quarters of net interest margin (NIM) compression. Photograph: Ajay Verma/Reuters The Q2FY26 results suggest NIMs......

'Emirates NBD Is In RBL For 15-20 Years'

'It is not looking at valuation, but investment, growth and ultimately better profit for stakeholders.' Photograph: Mahipal Soni/Rediff UAE-based Emirates NBD PJSC has entered into an agreement......

Dev Anand Wanted To Make Hare Rama Hare Krishna Sequel

IMAGE: Dev Anand and Zeenat Aman in Hare Rama Hare Krishna Photograph: Rediff Archives Dev Anand had many dreams when death snatched him away from us. One of his biggest dreams was to do a......

Sunny Deol Gets Emotional At Border 2 Launch

IMAGE: Sunny Deol at the Border 2 launch event, December 16, 2025. Photograph: Panna Bandekar Despite suffering a personal tragedy weeks ago, when his father -- the legendary actor Dharmendra --......

'My 'Go To' Person In All Times Of Need'

'He was everything to me! And always has been through good times and bad.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Hema Malini/Instagram Hema Malini penned a touching note to her husband, the late Dharmendra,......

The Salil Chowdhury You Never Knew

'At a time when there was little awareness of world music, playing western tunes on eastern instruments like the flute and the dholak, blending vocal polyphony with Indian folk and contemporary......

Janhvi, Malaika, Dia, Mini Speak Out

After its UK edition, #WeTheWomen event returned to Mumbai for its eighth edition. The festival of Glamour Gravitas and Grassroots was held at the Bal Gandharva Rang Mandir in Bandra, northwest......

Jemimah guides India to comfortable win over Sri Lanka

IMAGE: Jemimah Rodrigues celebrates her half-century against Sri Lanka in the first T20I in Visakhapatnam on Sunday. Photograph: BCCI Women/X Jemimah Rodrigues executed her shots with great skill......

SMAT: Mhatre's hurricane ton guides Mumbai to easy win

Prithvi Shaw roars back to form with an explosive fifty; Venkatesh Iyer produces an all-round show. IMAGE: Ayush Mhatre smashed a 49-ball 100 including 8 fours and 7 sixes as Mumbai beat......

'Felt I had gone back 8-9 years...' Kuldeep hails Kohli

'Since the last 17 years, he has always been electrifying in the field, the batting, fielding, everything.' IMAGE: Virat Kohli smashed a brilliant 135 off 120 balls -- his 52nd ODI hundred, to......

Morocco kickstart AFCON campaign with hard-fought win

IMAGE: Morocco's Soufiane Rahimi in action during their opening game of the Africa Cup of Nations finals against Comoros. Photograph: Reuters Morocco eventually got the party underway but relief......

Joshna backs teen Anahat for Olympic medal

IMAGE: Joshna Chinappa and Anahat Singh were a part of India's squad, which made history by securing its first-ever Squash World Cup title by blanking Hong Kong in the final this week Photograph:......