We're secular, asserts BJD amid row over supporting Waqf Bill

Amid a row over change in stand over voting on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Friday asserted it is a secular regional outfit and maintains equal distance from the......

We lose our religion when...: CJI raps govt in Waqf case

The Supreme Court on Wednesday took strong note of an analogy drawn by the Centre in support of the inclusion of non-Muslims in waqf boards and the argument that by that logic, a bench of Hindu......

'Nitishji Doesn't Need A Certificate For His Secular Politics'

'Muslims in Bihar under Nitishji's rule are safest than anywhere else.' IMAGE: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with Mohammed Zama Khan at an Iftar party in Patna. Photograph: ANI Photo  ......

Murshidabad returns to normal, displaced families come back

Life was limping back to normal in riot-hit parts of West Bengal's Murshidabad district on Tuesday, as security forces kept a strict vigil to prevent any fresh episode of violence over the Waqf......

'Time To Play Tests Not T20s In Markets'

'2025 is the year to build a portfolio for the future. Focus this year should be on valuations and visible growth.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Union Budget 2025 seems to have provided......

MF Equity Investments Top Rs 4 Trn For 1st Time

We may see this momentum going into 2025 and may keep up with the demand, given the strong pipeline,' Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com   Mutual funds' equity buying jumped over twofold in......

Three things that could curb bank credit growth this year

The RBI's increase in risk weights on bank lending to non-banking financial companies and on unsecured loans has pruned credit growth in these segments. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Bank......

Events that shaped Indian businesses in 2024

Unprecedented bribery charges, farewells, separation, failed union, monumental mergers and record-breaking IPOs, along with a healthy dose of online happenings in the form of spat and lessons in......

What Sushant Singh Rajput Had Wanted

'I never want to play a character that sends out the wrong message.'As Sushant Singh Rajput's Kedarnath turns six, we #throwback to his golden words. IMAGE: Sushant Singh Rajput and Sara Ali Khan......