ECI Factor Gives BJP Poll Advantage!

'Unlike in the sporting arena, where sports federations moved from partisan to impartial referees, in Indian democracy's biggest festival, it appears we are moving backward from unbiased and......

BJP makes inroads in Dalit, Jat strongholds of Haryana

The Bharatiya Janata Party, which pulled off a hat-trick of wins in Haryana by bucking anti-incumbency, managed to make significant inroads into the Dalit seats and Jat strongholds. IMAGE: Defence......

Stage set for counting of votes in J-K, Haryana today

Political parties and leaders wait with bated breath for the Haryana and Jammu-Kashmir assembly poll results on Tuesday. IMAGE: Security personnel stand guard ahead of the counting of the Jammu......

Court nod for actor Darshan's Ballari jail shift

Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa, who is currently in judicial custody at Parappana Agrahara Central jail in Bengaluru in the Renukaswamy murder case, is likely to be shifted to another prison in......

BEWARE! Govt Can Intercept Messages

Messages sent through Internet-based messaging service providers such as Whatsapp, Signal, and Telegram, as well as those which are encrypted, are understood to be within the Act's ambit. IMAGE:......

Disney, Reliance sign deal to create Rs 70,000 cr behemoth

Walt Disney Co and Reliance Industries on Wednesday announced signing of binding pacts to merge their media operations in India to create a Rs 70,000 crore behemoth. Photograph: Reuters Reliance......

Digital Loan Apps: Boon Or Bane?

For the time being, digital lending remains a grey area, notes Tamal Bandyopadhyay. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   During a visit to Kolkata in December, I decided to drop by a bar......

Why Auditors Quitting Big Clients Is Complicated

Auditors seem to have developed a heightened sense of risk and are not content to tick the boxes and sign the papers. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com On January 7, 2009, when B Ramalinga......

All you need to know about the new Champions League format

IMAGE: Cristiano Ronaldo has won 5 Champions League titles, four with Real Madrid and one with Manchester United in 2008. Photograph: Hannah McKay/Reuters The new Champions League format this......

How Do We Prepare For LA 2028? We Don't.

You don't prep for 2028 but for 2040, or even 2044.Sustained sporting excellence is based on mass support, grassroots development, and funding -- and it is this trifecta India needs to work on,......

Pistorius released 11 years after murdering girlfriend

IMAGE: Oscar Pistorius is being released from jail after nearly 11 years. Photograph: Kim Ludbrook//Reuters South African former Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius was released on parole on......

Not an ideal situation; Test's future in administrators' hands, lashes out Elgar

IMAGE: Dean Elgar didn’t mince his words when asked about South Africa fielding a second-string team for the New Zealand series. Photograph: Esa Alexander/Reuters With nothing to lose on......

'BCCI should become player centric'

'There should be total transparency in the system.' IMAGE: The Indian cricketers celebrate an England wicket during the T20I series, July 9, 2022. Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty Images   Vinod......