Caught smuggling 25kg gold, Afghan diplomat resigns

Zakia Wardak, the senior-most Afghan diplomat in India, has resigned from her position after reports emerged that she was caught at Mumbai airport last month for allegedly trying to smuggle 25 kg......

BJP Hopes To Taste Success In Samajwadi Party Citadel Mainpuri

The BJP, which won the Samajwadi Party strongholds of Rampur and Azamgarh in 2022 bypolls, hopes to wrest Mainpuri too. IMAGE: Samajwadi Party MP Dimple Yadav, the SP candidate from Mainpuri,......

'They Wanted To Stop Us From Protesting Against Adani'

'All those who participated in the agitation were branded as anti-nationals.' IMAGE: Fishermen protest against the Adani group's port development project at Vizhinjam. All Photographs: Kind......

Can't stop a Rahul Gandhi...: SC's no to ban 'namesake' candidates

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea that sought a direction to the Election Commission (EC) to take urgent steps for an effective mechanism to solve the issue of "namesake"......

Markets wrong to hope worst of geopolitical crises over: Wood

Global financial markets are wrong in hoping that the worst is over in geopolitical crises such as the Iran-Israel conflict and the Russia-Ukraine war, wrote Christopher Wood, global head of equity......

Bourses eye index derivatives with new stock additions in limbo

Market players await new policy around F&O stock inclusion Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Stock exchanges are expanding the buffet of index derivatives even as the number of stocks permitted......

Fintechs Push For Easier KYC

'For smaller merchants, there should be a process that is digital and a minimum KYC journey should be allowed.' IMAGE: Vegetable vendors wait for customers at a market. Photograph: ANI Photo......

RBI says 97.76% of Rs 2000 currency notes returned

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday said 97.76 per cent of the Rs 2000 denomination banknotes have returned to the banking system, and only Rs 7,961 crore worth of the withdrawn notes are......

What's Coming Soon In Theatres?

With the Lok Sabha elections going on, May is rather quiet when it comes to theatre releases. This, even though summer is considered to be the most lucrative season for new movies since school and......

'I can feel Irrfan's presence'

''My respect for Irrfan has grown 100 times now when he is no longer with us.' IMAGE: Sutapa Sikdar with Irrfan. Photograph: Kind courtesy Babil Khan/Instagram On April 29, 2020, Irrfan Khan moved......

SRH looking to exploit batter-friendly Wankhede vs MI

Sunrisers Hyderabad are fourth in the 10-team IPL table with 12 points, below Rajasthan Royals (16), Kolkata Knight Riders (14) and Lucknow Super Giants (12). Five-time winners Mumbai Indians......

Ricky Ponting reveals son's secret IPL ritual

'A proper cricket tragic...': Ricky Ponting opens up on his son's love for the sport Photograph: BCCI Delhi Capitals (DC) head coach and Australian cricket legend Ricky Ponting opened up on his......

'Fearless batting': Why 300 is possible in T20s...

'With this Impact Player rule as well, it is allowing more freedom to batters. They're going out there and just going from ball one.' IMAGE: Sunrisers Hyderabad's young opener Abhishek Sharma......

India No. 1 in ODIs, T20Is; Australia top Test rankings

IMAGE: India may have lost the ODI World Cup final to Australia but have increased their lead over them from three to six points, leading the table with 122 points. Photograph: BCCI Australia, who......

RCB, GT face off in must win clash

IMAGE: RCB will host GT at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday. Photograph: BCCI From a maths perspective, Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Gujarat Titans can still reach the IPL......