15 STUNNING Wildlife Photos

A sneak peek of some extraordinary entries for the 60th annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year event. The 60th annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition will return to the Natural......

Male friend booked after woman's car falls into valley

Police have registered a case against a man after his woman friend died when a car she was driving fell into a valley in Maharashtra's Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district three days ago, an official......

South East Asia-based gangs behind surge in cybercrimes in India: Govt

Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos and a few other South East Asian countries have become a hub of transnational organised gangs which are increasingly carrying out cyber crimes like financial frauds, digital......

Char Dham priests demand removal of yatra curbs, threaten agitation

Char Dham priests on Wednesday threatened to launch an agitation if those coming for the annual pilgrimage were not exempted from mandatory regulations like online registration and proposed daily......

RBI changes policy stance to open window for a rate cut

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) kept its key interest rate unchanged on Wednesday but took the first step towards a rate cut as it eased its relatively hawkish policy stance to 'neutral'.......

How Banks Plan To Tackle 'Mule' Fraud

'A mule operates someone else's account to transfer illegal money.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   Commercial banks in India have stepped up their control mechanism in taking on......

RBI Flags Concern Over Illegal Accounts

'We found certain banks having lakhs of such accounts with apparently no valid reason.' Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters   The Reserve Bank of India is alarmed that some banks have......

How Front-Running Hurts MFs, Investors

Cases of front-running mostly happen when large asset managers and intermediaries are involved in bulk trades as their transaction size is generally big enough to impact the stock price.......

The Buddhist Who May Bring Home The Oscar

'The richness of Buddhism makes it possible for us to create these stories and to interpret them.' Pawo Choyning Dorji learned film-making by observing and working with his spiritual guru,......

Mohanlal would be perfect as Georgekutty.. 25 years ago

The curse of stardom, especially in a country like India -- which wants its Gods to be tidy and punctilious -- is that stardom forces you to stop exploring the frozen sea inside you, and instead......

Ocean's 8 is good, glossy fun

'In this chicks-rule-the-roost universe, the men are non-existent, untrustworthy or plain incompetent and it's the women who are providing for each other's fantasies.'Sreehari Nair applauds Ocean's......

Review: Surkhaab is a vanity project

Surkhaab lacks the strength to go all the way either to become a masala thriller or to blossom into an insightful take on the exploitation of immigrants, notes Paloma Sharma. Surkhaab (......

CBI closes IPL 2019 betting cases

IMAGE: The IPL Trophy. Photograph: BCCI The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has closed two cases related to alleged fixing of matches in IPL 2019 'based on inputs' from Pakistan due to lack......

Doctors stop sedation of PSG keeper

IMAGE: PSG goalkeeper Sergio Rico had suffered serious injuries, following an accident on May 28. Photograph: Clive Mason/Getty Images Doctors have completely stopped sedating Paris St Germain......

CBI books 7 in connection with alleged fixing, betting in IPL 2019

IMAGE: The CBI received information that "a network of individuals involved in cricket betting are influencing the outcome of Indian Premer League (IPL) matches based on inputs received from......

Sports Shorts: Murray to attempt comeback if his body allows it

IMAGE: Britain's Andy Murray in action.Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters Former world number one Andy Murray said he is under no pressure to return to competitive tennis after undergoing hip......

Fast bowlers: Team India's new trump cards

Perhaps for the first time, India's pace strength is not centred on any one individual, or set of individuals, says Chetan Narula. IMAGE: Bhuvneshwar Kumar celebrates Dean Elgar's wicket in the......