Fate of 683 candidates in balance as 43 seats in Jharkhand vote

Jharkhand is geared up for polling in 43 of the 81 assembly seats in the first phase on Wednesday, when the electoral fate of 683 candidates, including former chief minister Champai Soren and ex-MP......

SC stays ex-cop Pradeep Sharma's surrender in fake encounter case

In a relief to former Mumbai police officer Pradeep Sharma, the Supreme Court on Monday said he need not surrender till further orders to undergo the life term awarded to him in a 2006 fake......

Biz tycoons LN Mittal, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw among electoral bond buyers

Corporate donations worth thousands of crores to political parties through now-scrapped electoral bonds may have hit the headlines, but there were also 132 such bonds of just Rs 1,000 each bought......

Mulayam, Ustad Zakir Hussain, SM Krishna get Padma Vibhushan

Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, former external affairs minister in the UPA government S M Krishna and tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain were among six luminaries selected......

Strong domestic demand, raw material cost, pushing up steel prices

Strong demand in the domestic market, coupled with an increase in raw material prices, is pushing up steel prices. Photograph: Babu/Reuters According to SteelMint, a market intelligence and price......

Brokerages positive about medium-term outlook for liquor stocks

Analysts believe that the sector could experience a reversal of fortunes due to better demand and margin improvements. Photograph: Flavio Lo Scalzo/Reuters After underperforming its peers in the......

Janhvi-Khushi Are Seeing YOU!

John unveils his next movie... Nimrat on a movie she cherishes...Varun, Ranveer, Aditya watch some fighting... Photograph: Kind courtesy Janhvi Kapoor/Instagram Janhvi Kapoor and Khushi Kapoor......

The Miranda Brothers Review: Damp Squib

The Miranda Brothers is short on humour, romance and real drama, observes Deepa Gahlot. Director of all those gangster dramas like Kaante and Shootout At Wadala, Sanjay Rajprakash Gupta -- as he......

Itna Sara Gold!

Rashmika says 'I love you'... Rekha floors Sayani... Kriti plays Do Patti... Photograph: Kind courtesy Sara Ali Khan/Instagram Sara Ali Khan glitters in an Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla gold......

The Most Watched OTT Series of 2024 Is...

Non-fiction continues to grow with the most-watched unscripted show, Bigg Boss OTT S3 getting more than half the viewership that Panchayat (S3) got. IMAGE: Neena Gupta, Faisal Malik, Jitendra......

Ranji: Jagadeesan's 2nd season-ton helps Tamil Nadu

Photograph: Narayan Jagadeesan/Instagram Rohilla's fourth first-class ton gives Services solid start Opener Shubham Rohilla struck his fourth first-class hundred to take Services to 279 for 4......

Asian Games: How the Mukherjees breached the Chinese wall

IMAGE: Ayhika Mukherjee and Suthirtha Mukherjee assured India of a historic medal in table tennis. Photographs: SAI Media/X Sitting on the courtside, the legendary Ma Lin shook his head in......

Srikanth, Chaliha top trials, make Asian Games teams

IMAGE: Kidambi Srikanth. Photograph: Getty Images Kidambi Srikanth and Ashmita Chaliha on Sunday topped the men's and women's singles selection trials respectively to assure themselves a place in......

Ranji: Bengal trounce UP; Nagaland bowled out for 25!

A summary of all the action from Day 4 of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Friday. IMAGE: Tamil Nadu's B Sai Kishore picked 5/101 to bowl out Hyderabad for 258 on Day 4 of their Ranji Trophy......

How many times have India won the Asia Cup?

Rajneesh Gupta's fascinating insights about the Asia Cup. IMAGE: Mahendra Singh Dhoni celebrates India winning the 2010 Asia Cup after beating Sri Lanka in the final in Dambulla, June 24, 2010.......