SC to hear batch of pleas on NEET-UG row tomorrow

The Supreme Court will hear on Monday a batch of pleas related to the controversy-ridden medical entrance exam National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG) 2024, including those......

CAA applicants need these documents to prove nationality, arrival date

Applicants for Indian citizenship under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 (CAA) can submit any of nine documents, including valid or expired passport, ID cards and land tenancy records, to prove......

Shah confirms pan-India NRC; not in WB, says Mamata

Assam finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, meanwhile, said the state government has requested the Centre to reject the recently published NRC. The National Register of Citizens process will be......

Jain monk Tarun Maharaj dies in Delhi

Jain monk Tarun Maharaj died in the early hours on Saturday at east Delhi's Radhapuri Jain Temple. He was 51. "He was not keeping well and was earlier admitted to a private hospital in Vaishali. A......

4 Indian cities among top tech hubs in Asia Pacific

Bengaluru ranks second after Beijing on the list of top technology hubs in the Asia Pacific region, according to property consultant Cushman & Wakefield. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com In......

Donations to lower tax slab can make taxman see red

The Income-Tax (I-T) department has issued around 8,000 notices to salaried employees, self-employed individuals, and companies who made significant donations to charitable trusts. Illustration:......

Business hotels start seeing signs of recovery after protracted lull

Encouraged by a steady recovery seen in the first two weeks of February, hospitality firms expect the business hotels in metros including Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata and Hyderabad that have......

Hotels roll out red carpet as big fat weddings return

Cash registers are ringing more frequently at hotels and resorts with the return of the big fat Indian wedding after a two-year hiatus. Photograph: Yogita/Wikimedia Commons This comes even as the......

Flashback 2022: Malaika-Arjun's 'M' Word

As the curtain come down on 2022, Roshmila Bhattacharya flashbacks to some of the year's news-makers and events. Part 1: A for Alia Bhatt Part 2: Jacqueline's Con Call K: KHAN-ZANA, TODAY &......

Just who is Siddharth?

'He is busy building an image on the social media as an anti-right-winger.''But remember: An actor is only good at what he was born to do,' observes Subhash K Jha. Photograph: Kind courtesy......

Kishan, Iyer eye redemption as Ranji Trophy kicks off

IMAGE: Shreyas Iyer will be hoping for a 1,321-run reason like he had in the 2015-16 Ranji Trophy edition which brought him into national reckoning. Photograph: BCCI Shreyas Iyer would be aiming......

Ranji: Sindhu's 11-wkt haul powers Haryana to victory

IMAGE: Nishant Sindhu took 5 wickets in the second innings. Photograph: Kind Courtesy Nishant Sindhu/Instagram Left-arm spinner Nishant Sindhu delivered a match-winning performance, taking 5/56 in......

Duleep Trophy: North, Central move closer to victory

Duleep Trophy: North Zone move closer to victory with command performance IMAGE: North Zone batter Jayant Yadav celebrates his fifty during the third day of Duleep trophy. Photograph: PTI North......

8 reasons why Indian cricket looks like Indian politics

Indeed, if you look at this hypothesis with sufficiently jaundiced eyes, you will find plenty in common in the way 'Team India' conducts its affairs and the way 'Team Modi' does, argues Krishna......