Telangana plant explosion toll rises to 36; FIR against factory mgmt

The toll in the explosion at the Sigachi Industries' pharma plant in Sangareddy district of Telangana rose to 36 and the state government will engage with the management of the firm to ensure that......

Unconstitutional: Roll back 4% Muslim quota in contracts, BJP asks Sidda

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday termed the Karnataka government's proposal to provide four percent reservation to Muslims in government contracts an "unconstitutional misadventure" and said it......

Modi Bluster Missing From Budget

With the reality of coalition politics staring the BJP in its face, this was inevitable, points out Ramesh Menon. IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman leaves for Parliament to present the......

33 first-timers among Modi's council of ministers

Thirty-three first-timers have found place in the third Modi government sworn in on Sunday and at least six of them hail from well-known political families. IMAGE: President Droupadi Murmu and......

Keki Mistry and Renu Karnad to join HDFC Bank board

The merger of HDFC with HDFC Bank created a banking behemoth with a market cap of $180 billion - the fourth largest  bank in the world. Manojit Saha reports. Photograph: Danish......

HDFC Bank gets six months to move HDFC clients to external benchmark

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has given HDFC Bank six months to migrate HDFC’s home loan customers to external benchmark linked lending rate (EBLR), top sources in the bank told Business......

Is It Time For 5 Regional RBIs?

Despite its admirable competence and proven track record, the RBI doesn't have the capacity to supervise an economy that's growing so fast and becoming larger by the year, points out T C A......

India Needs To Shift To Modern Economics

Old ideas contained in the heads of old economists still dominate.That's not good, asserts T C A Srinivasa Raghavan. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com   After watching or reading celebrity......

Singeetham Srinivasa Rao's gems before Christ

There's no stopping the drive and ambition of the veteran film-maker Singeetham Srinivasa Rao (inset) who has made film after successful film in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi in as......

'Dhanush's A Generous Co-Actor, Director'

'I'm in awe of how secure he is, as an actor, performer and director.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Sundeep Kishan /Instagram Telugu actor Sundeep Kishan didn't think twice before taking up Raayan.......

Vijay Sethupathi to do a silent film

'I have always believed that for an actor, silence speaks louder than words.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Vijay Sethupathi/Instagram Tamil movie star Vijay Sethupathi is giving one outstanding......

What are Siddhi, Nandita, Sumanth up to?

After the huge success of the 2013 Telugu horror-comedy Prema Katha Chitram, a sequel, Prema Katha Chitram 2, was launched. Directed by debutant Hari Kishan, it stars Sumanth Ashwin, Siddhi Idnani......

Telangana CID arrests HCA secretary from Pune

IMAGE: Upon receipt of reliable information, the Telangana CID team arrested Devaraj Ramchander, Secretary of HCA, in Pune and brought him to Hyderabad. Photograph: A Jagan Mohan Rao/X The......

Srinivasa Rao lifts silver

V Srinivasa Rao gave India its first medal in weightlifting when he won the silver in the men's 56 kg event at the first Afro-Asian Games on Saturday.All-African Games' champion Olupono Gbenga of......

Why Is Jaiswal Looking Tense?

IMAGE: Team India smiles for the shutterbugs, barring young Yashasvi Jaiswal who looks rather tense. Photographs: Kind courtesy BCCI The Indian team, currently in the Caribbean for their Windies......

Sprinter Jyothika eyes medal in 2028 Olympics

IMAGE: Jyothika Sri Dandi, right, secured 97 per cent in Class X while studying at the Montessori School at her home town. Photograph: Kind Courtesy AFI/X An academically-inclined child is a......

AP CM assures land for Sindhu to set up academy

IMAGE: World badminton champion PV Sindhu meets Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy in Amaravati on Friday. All Photographs: SnapsIndia Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jaganmohan......