Prem Singh Tamang sworn in as Sikkim CM

Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) supremo Prem Singh Tamang on Monday took oath as the chief minister of the Himalayan state for the second consecutive term. IMAGE: Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM)......

'Bhai Behen Ki Jodi Will Create Problems For Modi'

'Rahul Gandhi is going to turn 54 and in India political leaders peak when they are around 60.''This 'bhai-behen ki jodi' has done a wonderful job for the Congress.''Priyanka Gandhi was a very......

High security in several parts of UP after Mukhtar Ansari's death

Security personnel in several districts of Uttar Pradesh remained on alert on Friday, a day after jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari died of cardiac arrest at a hospital in Banda.......

UP court orders magisterial probe into Mukhtar Ansari's death

A magisterial inquiry was ordered Friday as opposition parties raised questions over the death of gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari, amid allegations by his family that he died due to 'slow......

Brokers target March-end for secondary mkt ASBA

Investors may have to wait a little longer for Unified Payments Interface (UPI)-based block mechanism in the secondary market even as the market regulator has set the effective launch date as......

Big Tech in financial system poses concentration risk: Shaktikanta Das

The increasing involvement of Big Tech in the financial system could give rise to concentration risk and there are potential spillovers, which call for closer attention, Reserve Bank of India (RBI)......

No plans to levy charges on UPI transactions: Fin Min

The Centre on Sunday said there are no plans to levy charges for making payments through Unified Payments Interface (UPI) while saying the service is a "digital public good with immense......

E-wallets fast becoming the cards of choice

In the excitement over the allocation of bank licences for the private sector, a new category of licence offered by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) last year went almost unnoticed. Illustration:......

You Know What's Sadder Than National Film Awards?

We are back to being a country that talks about box office numbers as the measure of what an audience's real feelings about a movie are, laments Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: Anupam Kher in The Kashmir......

Suriya's 10 BEST Films

After two-and-a-half decades (he made his debut in 1997) and about 50 films later, one of Tamil cinema's most versatile and bankable actors received his first ever National Award for his role in......

Rise Of Pan-Indian Films Is A Good Omen

It means more tickets sold and therefore more revenues and hastens the recovery of the devastated-by-the-pandemic film business. S S Rajamouli's RRR, above, has hit over Rs 1,000 crore (Rs 10......

Salute Review

Salute explores narratives of police brutality and unethical practices, power-hungry politicians who will stop at nothing and the helplessness of innocent victims of crime, observes Divya Nair.......

Asia Cup PIX: India crush Nepal; storm into Super 4

IMAGES from the Asia Cup match between India and Nepal played in Pallekele on Monday SCORECARD IMAGE: Rohit Sharma celebrates with Shubman Gill. Photograph: BCCI/X (formerly Twitter)......

Asia Cup: Focus on Rohit, Kohli as India take on Nepal

IMAGE: Rohit Sharma is bowled by Pakistan pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi during the Asia Cup 2023 match on Saturday. Photograph: ICC/X Coming off a washout, India would hope they only have greenhorns......

Rohit Paudel named Nepal captain for Asia Cup

IMAGE: Nepal have been clubbed in Group A, alongside India and Pakistan. Photograph: Kind Courtesy ICC Asia Cricket Nepal on Monday announced a 17-member squad for the upcoming Asia Cup with......

World Cup Qualifiers: Hope, Pooran star as WI crush Nepal

IMAGE: Nicholas Pooran and Shai Hope scored centuries as Windies thrashed Nepal. Photograph: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters Centuries by skipper Shai Hope and Nicholas Pooran and great spells by Jason......

World Cup Qualifiers: Raza hammers record-breaking ton

IMAGE: File photo of Sikandar Raza. Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters Sikandar Raza smashed the fastest ODI hundred by a Zimbabwean as his team pulled off a second big chase in succession for a......