How Khaleda Zia rose to dominate Bangladesh's politics

Khaleda Zia, the first woman prime minister of Bangladesh and the second in the Muslim world, dominated the country's politics for decades alongside her arch-rival Sheikh Hasina. IMAGE: Khaleda......

Putin-Modi selfie speaks thousand words: US representative

United States representative Sydney Kamlager-Dove while talking about the famous car selfie of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Russian President Vladimir Putin said that it spoke a thousand......

Govt ready to discuss SIR in RS as Opposition protests

The government on Tuesday expressed willingness to discuss the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the Rajya Sabha, but Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said the......

Arunachal Key To India-Japan Strategy Against China

If they act now, they can reshape the strategic map of Asia without firing a shot. If they wait, the next opportunity will come only after a serious Taiwan Strait incident -- by which time the......

Foreign investors withdrew record Rs 1.6 lakh cr from Indian equities in 2025

Foreign investors fled Indian equities in 2025 at a scale never seen before, pulling out a record Rs 1.6 lakh crore ($18 billion) as volatile currency movements, global trade tensions, especially......

RBI to infuse Rs 3 trn liquidity via OMOs, buy-sell swap after rupee defence

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday announced a fresh round of liquidity measures through open-market operations (OMOs) and a foreign exchange buy-sell swap, under which it will inject close......

Indian REITs Outshine Global Peers With 6-7% Yields

Since the first Reit listing in 2019, the sector has grown to a market capitalisation of about $18 billion as of August 2025, and is projected to cross $25 billion by 2030. Illustration: Dominic......

Manappuram, Muthoot zoom up to 82% in 2025; what's driving gold financiers?

Shares of gold finance companies Muthoot Finance and Manappuram Finance hit their respective all-time highs, gaining on the BSE during Wednesday on expectation of healthy earnings. Photograph:......

Why OTT Wants To Dub South Films

'For OTT platforms, securing dubbed rights often makes greater business sense, enabling them to serve diverse regional audiences more effectively.' IMAGE: According to Ormax Box Office Reports,......

Revolver Rita Review: OK-OK Comedy

Revolver Rita doesn't use its comic potential to its fullest and ends up a passable comedy that could have used more bite, observes Arjun Menon. Revolver Rita has an interesting enough story to......

What Made Bappi Lahiri Such A Rage

Bappi Lahiri realised disco was a winning ticket and escalated his game with several more dancefloor perennials.Soon, every film producer and music director in town was down with disco fever.On......

When Dharmendra Intruded Into Dilip Kumar's Home!

'For some inexplicable reason I began to fancy that Dilip Kumar and I were siblings.' IMAGE: Dharmendra and Dilip Kumar. Photograph: Kind courtesy Dharmendra/Instagram Much before he won the......

Vijay Hazare Trophy: Mumbai batter Raghuvanshi rushed to hospital

IMAGE: Angkrish Raghuvanshi was rushed to SDMH hospital where he will be kept under observation apart from performing all the necessary scans. Photograph: BCCI Mumbai opener Angkrish Raghuvanshi......

Fielding a concern, but India eye series sweep

IMAGE: India will look to improve their fielding in the 5th and final T20I in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday. Photograph: BCCI Women/X India will look to continue their aggressive intent and......

I started improving when I accepted my mistakes: Shafali

'Cricket always teaches you things, it's important to accept weaknesses.' IMAGE: Shafali Verma bats during the second T20I against Sri Lanka. Photograph: BCCI Accepting the flaws in her game was......

Rohit-inspired Mumbai decimate Sikkim in Vijay Hazare

IMAGE: Rohit Sharma was brutal and beautiful in equal measure during his scintillating 94-ball 155 for Mumbai against Sikkim in a Vijaya Hazare Trophy Group C encounter, in Jaipur, on Wednesday.......

Will Ashes Humiliation Force England To Rethink Test Strategy?

While Bazball may have been laid to rest in Adelaide, its ghost may linger as players struggle to shake the freewheeling spirit that, for better or worse, has defined English cricket for the last......