Will UP bypoll results heal BJP's Lok Sabha wounds?

The counting of votes for the bypolls to nine assembly segments in Uttar Pradesh, the first major face-off between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and its political rivals since the Lok Sabha......

Will SC drop 'secular, socialist' from Preamble?

The Supreme Court on Friday observed the 1976 amendment to the Constitution adding terms 'socialist', 'secular' and 'integrity' to the Preamble underwent judicial reviews and it cannot say whatever......

MVA To ring-fence newly-elected Maharashtra MLAs against poaching

The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) constituents have decided to house all its newly-elected MLAs together in Mumbai after the Maharashtra election results, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut said on......

Rajasthan man declared dead wakes up before cremation

A 25-year-old deaf and mute man who was declared dead by medicos in Rajasthan's Jhunjhunu district regained consciousness moments before his cremation, following which three doctors were suspended.......

Private consumption is back; to boost economy: RBI Bulletin

Private consumption is back driven by festive spending, and the medium-term economic outlook remains bullish as the innate strength of the macro-fundamentals reasserts itself, the Reserve Bank......

COP29: India, developing world face EU resistance to climate finance

Talks on global climate finance virtually ground to a halt last week at COP29, the annual United Nations (UN) Climate Change event in Baku, Azerbaijan, as the developed world, led by the European......

New supply of office space in top 7 cities down 4% in Jul-Sep

New supply of office space across seven major cities fell 4 per cent annually in the July-September quarter to 12.8 million square feet while gross leasing of prime workspace rose 17 per cent,......

Corporate earnings fall in Q2, a first in two yrs

Net sales growth weakest in a year, too; BFSI sector emerges an outlier Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com India Inc continued to grapple with muted revenue growth in the September 2024......

Kangana Hits The Campaign Trail

Photograph: ANI Photo With her film Emergency pushed to a January release, Kangana Ranaut has turned her attention to her next pet passion. She held a roadshow in Nagpur on Sunday for Bharatiya......

Will Pushpa 2 End 2024 On A High?

IMAGE: Allu Arjun and Rashmika Mandanna in Pushpa 2: The Rule. The Indian film industry is having a difficult run in 2024, with box office collections from January to October dropping 7 per cent......

Stars Buying Property After Property!

'Just this year alone, close to 40 major transactions involving Bollywood stars have been recorded.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Shah Rukh Khan/Instagram Bollywood's influence extends beyond films.......

Test pacer Boland in Australian PM's squad for India tour match

IMAGE: Scott Boland, in Australia’s squad for the first Test, will hope to push for his inclusion in the Australia’s playing eleven for the pink-ball second Test, beginning in Adelaide......

Kabhi Jeet, Mostly Haar

Norma Astrid Godinho/Rediff.com takes a walk down memory lane, recounting India's sojourns Down Under from 1947 to 2021, in a special 4-part series. Part 1: When It Was Bradman Versus India Part......

Why India withdrew from Blind Cricket World Cup in Pakistan

IMAGE: CABI pulls out of T20 Blind Cricket World Cup in Pakistan. Photograph: CABI/X The Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI) has made the decision to withdraw from the upcoming......

When It Was Bradman Versus India

History has not seen a cricketing rivalry as fierce as this this century, every ball bowled every run taken, coming with no quarter given. Ahead of India's five Test tour of Australia, beginning in......

BGT: What does the pitch hold for opening Test?

There'll be some deterioration, grass will stand up during the game and offer that variable bounce, but in terms of big snake WACA cracks, unfortunately I don't think the weather is going to get us......