Chidambaram, Misa Bharti, Suresh Prabhu enter Rajya Sabha

The stage is for a contest in the June 11 Rajya Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana even as union ministers Piyush Goyal and Suresh Prabhu,......

Government accepted that it was procedurally FAULTY: Ex-CAG Rai

Vinod Rai, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India till May and probably the most talked-about government official in the last few years, participated in a Live Chat with readers of Rediff.com......

List of military honourees

List of honours conferred upon individuals from the armed forces on Republic Day Ashoka Chakra Sr No Name Position 1 Major Dinesh Raghu Raman 34 Rashtriya Rifles (posthumous) Kirti......

Markets down 1%; Sensex tanks 671 points

Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty tanked more than 1 per cent on Friday due to heavy selling in IT, financial and oil stocks in line with weak trends in the global markets. Photograph:......

Markets fall for 5th day: Investors become poorer by Rs 7.48 lakh cr

Equity investors became poorer by Rs 7.48 lakh crore in five consecutive days of market fall, where the BSE Sensex has declined by nearly 3 per cent. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com In the......

Sensex hits record high; closes at 62,273

Equity benchmark BSE Sensex closed at an all-time high of 62,272.68 on Thursday, tracking a firm trend in global markets after the US Fed minutes indicated a slower pace of rate increase that......

Sensex, Nifty edge down on profit-booking in banking, metal stocks

SBI was the top loser in the Sensex pack, shedding over 1 per cent. ITC, NTPC, Tech Mahindra, Tata Steel, Kotak Bank and M&M were among major losers. Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty retreated......

First Look: Prithviraj's Hero

Director Diphan made the Malayalam superhit action thriller, Puthiya Mugham, starring Prithviraj, some time back. Now the two are teaming up again for another thriller titled Hero, where Prithviraj......

Vijay Hazare Trophy: Indrajith ton powers TN to semis, Rajasthan crush Kerala

IMAGE: Vijay Shankar (file photo) struck a half-century as TN entered the semifinals. Photographs: Lee Smith/Reuters Seasoned Baba Indrajith helped himself to a fine hundred while another senior......