First INDIA vs NDA contest: Voting begins for bypolls

Voting for by-elections to seven assembly constituencies of six states, including Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Kerala, Tripura, West Bengal, and Jharkhand, started on Tuesday at 7 am. IMAGE: Voting......

Time For Sonia To Give Up Her Son Love

For the Congress' revival, the eclipse of the Gandhis is absolutely necessary, asserts Virendra Kapoor. IMAGE: Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi listens to her son Congress MP Rahul Gandhi......

Focus on hospitals as India braces for Covid third wave

The health system is trying to ensure that it isn't caught by surprise -- the way it was last time. So, hectic preparations are on, reports Sohini Das.  IMAGE: The paediatric intensive......

Hamara Bajaj Kindled Pride in Being Indian

In 1989 when Bajaj came out with their legendary and elegant Hamara Bajaj campaign, that looked more at apna India, rather than the scooter, and at all hues of scootered Indians, it drew millions......

Nirma's new clothes: The journey of detergent brand towards healthcare

How Hiren Patel, founder Karsanbhai’s son, is reinvigorating Nirma by administering a shot of pharma. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Nirma’s tryst with the pharmaceutical......

Nirma to tap into own funds, debt to buy Glenmark Life Sciences

Detergent to chemicals major Nirma Ltd is planning to tap into its own funds and raise debt to fund its Rs 5,652 crore acquisition of Glenmark Life Sciences. The firm has roped in BCG and KPMG to......

Glenmark to sell 75% in life sciences arm to Nirma for Rs 5,651.5 cr

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals on Thursday said it will sell a 75 per cent stake in its subsidiary Glenmark Life Sciences to Nirma Ltd for Rs 5,651.5 crore. Photograph: PTI Photo from the Rediff......

Nirma, 3 private equity firms in race to buy Glenmark Life Sciences

Ahmedabad-based Nirma group and leading private equity firms have joined the race to acquire BSE-listed Glenmark Life Sciences. Photograph: PTI Photo The acquisition by chemicals-to-cement major......

Mammootty Gets Off A Bus; Goes Down A Rabbit Hole

Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam is a masterpiece, and like most masterpieces of the cinema, it's a great act of folly, observes Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: Mammootty in Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam. In Nanpakal......

Who bumped off Payal Rohatgi?

Banjara Hills in Hyderabad is what Malabar Hills is to Mumbai -- a very rich locality. That is where Payal Rohatgi was born. She graduated as a Computer Engineer from Ahmedabad and would have......

Do these actors *look* like the people they're playing? VOTE!

Do these actors suit their parts? Vote! All hell broke loose last year when Priyanka Chopra played Mary Kom in a biopic, and while Chopra herself was the only good thing in that woeful film, her......

Barsoton, Jisa rewrite course records at Kolkata 25K Marathon

IMAGE: Bahrain’s Desi Jisa crosses the finish line in 1:21:04 seconds with a new course record to win the overall women’s title at the Tata Steel Kolkata 25K 2022. The seventh......