Voting underway in 21 states in Phase 1 of Lok Sabha polls

Voting was underway on Friday in 102 Lok Sabha seats spread across 21 states and Union territories in the first of the seven phases of the world's largest electoral exercise, with Prime Minister......

Fate of 8 Union ministers in balance as 102 seats go to polls

The 2024 Lok Sabha polls kicks off on Friday with voting for 102 seats spread across 21 states and Union Territories in the first of the seven phases of the world's largest electoral exercise as......

Missiles Fired At 17,000 Feet In Sikkim

The Trishakti Corps Infantry and Mechanised Infantry Battalion conducted a training exercise for its Anti Tank Guided Missile at a super-high altitude of 17,000 feet in Sikkim on Thursday, April......

Rate cards for LS election expenditure fixed, here is the list

Candidates in Punjab's Jalandhar can spend Rs 15 for a cup of tea and the same price for a samosa they offer to people during public meetings and campaign trails in the Lok Sabha elections. IMAGE:......

India asks for $55-million funding in first call with Pandemic Fund

In a significant development, India is believed to have placed a funding request of around $55 million in its first call with the Pandemic Fund of the World Bank, sources said. Illustration:......

When R K Krishna Kumar Spoke To Rediff

R K Krishna Kumar, one of the stalwarts of the Tata group, passed away on Sunday, January 1, 2023, evening. A close lieutenant of then Tata Sons chairman Ratan Tata, he spoke to Rediff.com's......

Monsoon rains 37% below normal in first week of June

It’s still early days, but the southwest monsoon has been nearly 37 per cent ‘below normal’ in the first seven days (June 1-7) of this month. Photograph: Cathal......

Is Darjeeling Tea Losing its Fizz?

Scanty rainfall, last year's lockdown, growing competition from Nepal and the disaster of the 2017 Gorkhaland agitation are steadily weakening exports and sales of Darjeeling tea. IMAGE: A worker......

Pujara, Rahane eye big runs as youngsters embark on fresh journey

IMAGE: India veterans Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara will be eager to get big runs in the upcoming Ranji Trophy season. Photograph: Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters Bright dreams of a new......

Vijay Hazare Trophy: Pujara's fifty in vain as Mumbai edge out Saurashtra

IMAGE: Cheteshwar Pujara struck a half-century, but in a losing cause. Photograph: Peter Cziborra/Reuters A day after their Test careers met with a dead end, veteran batters Cheteshwar......

Deodhar Trophy: North secures big win; Agarwal leads South to victory

Abhimanyu Easwaran's hundred headlines East's 8-wicket win IMAGE: Abhimanyu Easwaran’s century powered East Zone a eight-wicket win over North East Zone. Photograph: BCCI......

Mushtaq Ali T20: Shaw hits maiden T20 hundred

Shaw sizzles with 61-ball 134 IMAGE: Prithvi Shaw did the bulk of the scoring, striking 13 fours and as many as nine sixes. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters Repeatedly overlooked for the Indian......

AIFF Polls: Kalyan ahead of Bhutia as football body set to get its first 'Player President'

Photograph: Kalyan Chaubey/Twitter Winds of change were blowing over the All India Football Federation on the eve of its polls as the sports body braced up to elect a former player as its......