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'Pakistan Could Be Planning Something Against India'

'We need to be very vigilant as we are passing through some fraught times.' IMAGE: Pakistan's army chief Syed Asim Munir and Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif address soldiers participating in......

Biren Singh's controversial tenure comes to an end

Nongthombam Biren Singh's tenure as Manipur chief minister has been marked by a number of controversies, primarily centered on his handling of ethnic violence, allegations of instigating conflict,......

India's Census 2027 to include caste count; exercise to cost Rs 13K cr

Sixteen years after the last census in 2011, the government on Monday issued a notification for conducting India's 16th census which will include caste enumeration in 2027. IMAGE: Union Home......

Census with caste enumeration to begin from Oct 1, 2026

India's 16th Census with caste enumeration will be carried out in 2027 with the reference date of October 1, 2026 in snow-bound areas like Ladakh and of March 1, 2027 in the rest of the country.......

Paid Rs 30L for US job, returned handcuffed: Chef from Punjab

Enamoured by the American Dream, they left their homes and undertook perilous journeys, hoping to turn their lives around. They returned handcuffed with dreams cut short, huge debts and stories of......

Govt tells e-com firms to audit dark patterns, submit yearly reports

The government on Wednesday asked e-commerce platforms to conduct annual internal audits to make sure that they are not resorting to manipulative tactics to mislead consumers and prevent them from......

Amazon, Flipkart deploy war rooms for Rs 1.2 trillion festival battle

At the stroke of midnight, live dashboards lit up simultaneously across Amazon India's World Trade Centre headquarters and Flipkart's Outer Ring Road office in Bengaluru. Photograph: Kind......

'My God, The Number Of Meetings We Had On GST!'

'It was like rigorously preparing for a solid, good exam...''I don't know what marks I will get, but I felt the rigorous preparation of an exam.''You may sweat, but I feel rejuvenated.'......

Tighter norms, rising compliance failures driving scrutiny for startups

Anmol Singh Jaggi and Puneet Singh Jaggi, once hailed as rising stars in India’s clean energy sector, are now facing serious regulatory action. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The......

Budget curtails carry-forward losses for mergers and acquisitions

The Union Budget 2025-26, while promising a new framework for smoother mergers and acquisitions (M&As), has plugged a major loophole on carry-forward losses for a total of eight assessment years......

Kuttey Review: Who Let The Dogs Out?

Kuttey's muddled momentum cannot cover up the trail of loopholes it leaves behind, observes Sukanya Verma. Few minutes into Kuttey, a character recounts a metaphor for loyalty through the story of......

'Covid bred contempt in people'

'Social media became a place to lash out in the pandemic.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Waluscha De Sousa/Instagram Just how negative can social media get? In the Web series Escaype Live, Waluscha......

Three movies you must watch!

Indira Kannan picks Made in Bangladesh, Greed, Moothon. IMAGE: A scene from Moothon. The labels are a common sight on the racks of most fast fashion stores in the West -- Made in Sri Lanka,......

Shorts: Coach Gopichand rues lack of preparation time for Olympics

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday IMAGE: India's badminton coach Pulella Gopichand and former champion Aparna Popat at a badminton clinic for children during the......