Periyar statue found smeared with saffron colour

A statue of social reformer E V Ramasami 'Periyar' was found daubed with saffron hued paint at Coimbatore on Friday and a youth belonging to a fringe pro-Hindu outfit has surrendered......

Judges went by account of Guru Nanak's Ayodhya darshan

The visit of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev, whose 550th birth anniversary celebrations are underway, to Ayodhya for a darshan of the Janambhoomi of Lord Ram in 1510-11 AD, supports the faith and......

Wales: Sacred bull killed

Sacred bull Shambo, who had attracted international attention since his diagnosis with tuberculosis and an intense campaign by Hindu groups to save him from slaughter, was put down with a lethal......

Shambo the bull saved from slaughter

A judge in Britain's Cardiff has saved a 'Hindu' bull that the Welsh Assembly had condemned to slaughter. The decision to slaughter six-year-old Shambo, who had tested positive for bovine TB, was......

Share sales at listed firms gather pace in March

Listed companies have seen equity deals worth Rs 23,500 crore in March. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com March has been a blockbuster month for IPOs. However, listed firms too aren’t......

Over 70% IPOs delivered gains on listing day in FY21

The listing day gain-to-loss ratio for FY21 was 71 per cent, the highest since FY17, when it was 85 per cent.Sundar Sethuraman and Samie Modak report. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com  ......

IPOs find the going great as new issues get lapped up

The dozen firms to have listed following their IPOs have seen an average listing day gain of 49 per cent. IPO applicants have made money on all the deals, barring two, which saw modest declines on......

With Zomato's offering, fresh fundraising via IPOs set to hit 14-year high

Given the changing business landscape, technology companies are now dominating the fresh fund-raise. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Fresh capital raised by companies by way of initial......