'Tharoor Is Perhaps Donning Two Hats'

'The Congress submitted four names to the government as the people who should accompany the delegation.''I don't know what happened to those names.''When I was approached, I told them to speak to......

Upholding constitutional ethos hallmark of CJI Sanjiv Khanna's tenure

Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna on Tuesday concluded a brief yet eventful six-month-long tenure, leaving an indelible mark on the judicial landscape with decisions that upheld secularism and......

Ready to show Modi's degree to court, not strangers, DU tells HC

Delhi University on Thursday informed the Delhi High Court that it was willing to show to court its records on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's degree but not disclose it to strangers under RTI.......

BJP ridiculing Savarkar when...: Rahul in Lok Sabha

Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Saturday cited Hindutva idealogue V D Savarkar's criticism of the Constitution that there was "nothing Indian about it" to attack the BJP and said the ruling......

Private Talent At PSU Banks Is Welcome, But...

Opening up the corner office is fine, but will the government be able to attract talent without giving a market-rate salary?, asks Tamal Bandyopadhyay. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff   In......

Bank Deposit Insurance May Be Hiked From 5 Lakh To...

The revised ceiling will be within the Rs 10 lakh mark. IMAGE: Account holders queue outside a branch of the New India Co-operative Bank in Mumbai after the Reserve Bank barred it from offering......

Banks can now declare ex-IL&FS directors 'wilful defaulters'

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has allowed state-owned Canara Bank and Indian Bank to pursue proceedings against former IL&FS directors, who are not part of the new board, to......

12% safeguard duty imposed on certain steel products

India on Monday imposed a 12 per cent provisional safeguard duty for 200 days on five steel product categories, including hot rolled coils, sheets and plates, to protect domestic players from surge......

'I'm The Only Acknowledged Dalit In All Of Hindi Cinema History'

'If you look around the world at people of colour, religion, caste, sexuality or any of the marginalised communities, we are always talking in numbers.''We are always assigning them a statistic.'......

'Talent Is All Very Fine. But...'

'Being disciplined is also very important.' IMAGE: Payal Kapadia receives her Grand Prix award from actor Viola Davis at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, May 25, 2024. Photograph: Reuters Payal......

New Bill May Throttle OTT

'Subjecting each such creative content to scrutiny will impose burdens on the OTT platforms and impact user experience.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   The government's proposed......

Kandahar Review: Tedious Watch

As an audience, we deserve better! exclaims Mayur Sanap. There's something inherently silly about Gerard Butler 2.0. The actor, who was once a poster boy for swoony rom-coms, is now busy trying to......

Why Firing Gambhir Won't Fix The Real Problem

Sack Gambhir before he damages any more careers, if you must. But it cannot stop there.The project ahead must be bigger, more ambitious, and far more urgent: Rebuilding the spine of Indian cricket......

Khelo Bharat Niti aims at reshaping sporting landscape

The Khelo Bharat Niti is a "guiding document" to formulate plans and schemes for betterment of the country's sporting ecosystem. IMAGE: Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya termed the National......

What Is Khelo Bharat Niti All About?

Under the new policy, a Sports Innovation Task Force will also be established to oversee targeted innovation efforts in sports science and sports medicine. IMAGE: Kindly note that this image has......

Djokovic claims Olympic gold, calls it career peak

IMAGE: Novak Djokovic of Serbia gestures while holding his Gold medal at the Paris Olympics. Photograph: Claudia Greco/Reuters Novak Djokovic described beating Carlos Alcaraz to claim the Olympic......

Why selectors picked Surya over Hardik for T20 captaincy

  IMAGE: Suryakumar Yadav will lead India in the T20I series in Sri Lanka, starting July 27. Photograph: BCCI Fitness, feedback from the dressing room and consistent availability swung the......