Priyanka's Entry To Boost Congress In South

Priyanka's victory seems assured, but the broader implications for Kerala's political landscape and South Indian politics remain to be seen. IMAGE: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra......

Demand of every patriotic Indian...: Rahul on Doda attack

The Congress on Tuesday hit out at the Centre after four soldiers were killed in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda, with Rahul Gandhi asserting that the government should take full......

Can History Repeat Itself?

Electoral setbacks and thwarted ambition can have an unpredictable effect on leaders, observes Aditi Phadnis. IMAGE: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath offers prayers at the Gorakhnath......

Actor Rakul Preet Singh's brother arrested in drugs case

Actor Rakul Preet Singh's brother, Aman Preet Singh, was arrested in a major drug bust in Hyderabad on Monday, as authorities seized 199 grams of cocaine worth Rs 35 lakh, Cyberabad police said.......

How To Curb Speculation In F&Os

'Sebi had no problem with derivatives until trading exploded after Covid.''But now, having built a dangerous road, from which different entities, mainly governments, are extracting a heavy toll,......

GST@7: Challenges But Collections Surge

Average monthly GST collection rose from Rs 90,000 crore during the first year of its implementation -- 2017-2018 -- to Rs 1.68 trillion during 2023-2024, representing an 87 per cent rise.......

How Aditya Birla Health Insurance plans to achieve full year profitability by FY26

'We want to play the value game for our consumers, which is health and retail will grow faster for us than the group.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Aditya Birla Health Insurance......

Why Builders Won't Drop Home Prices

'What happens in the real estate market is that once the prices go up it goes on to stay at that level.' 'It might not increase and at the same time the prices will not come down too.' IMAGE: A......

Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara To Get Sequel?

Photograph: Kind courtesy Katrina Kaif/Instagram Zoya Akhtar's popular film Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara turned 13 on July 15, and that sent its cast -- Katrina Kaif, Hrithik Roshan, Farhan Akhtar and......

'Akshay's Flop Record Bothers Me'

'I remember AK came on set one day; one of his films had released the previous day and was not doing well. He was very attached to that film.''I felt he was low and that affected me.' IMAGE:......

'Shah Rukh Khan Started As A Villain'

'When I gave the audition and landed the role of the villain Fani, I felt this is the only character which will establish me as an actor in Indian cinema.' IMAGE: Raghav Juyal in Kill. Raghav......

Sarfira Struggles To Fly High At Box Office

IMAGE: Radhika Madan and Akshay Kumar in Sarfira. Two contrasting films released in theatres last week. While Sarfira was a true story, Hindustani 2 was larger-than-life. Both were helmed by......

Moudgil shoots down mental barriers en route to Paris Games

'The competition is very high in India and the pressure situations we face during trials will definitely help in Olympics. I just wanted to be my best in trials, the fire to perform in trials and......

Once set to quit, javelin thrower Jena now aims for new PB in Paris

IMAGE: Kishore Jena is currently struggling for form as he has crossed the 80m mark just once in six events he has participate in after the World Championships. Photograph: Jeremy Lee/Reuters......

Olympics: Why Bopanna-Balaji cannot be written off

  IMAGE: At Paris Olympics, it will be Bopanna, who has to do the heavy lifting while partnering Sriram Balaji. Photograph: Antonio Bronic/Reuters Aging like fine wine, Rohan Bopanna is all......

'Hardik Pandya to captain India in Sri Lanka T20I series'

'Hardik doesn't have any fitness issue as is being floated in the media.' IMAGE: Hardik Pandya will captain India in the three-match T20I series in Sri Lanka later this month. Photograph: BCCI/X......

Why 'underdog' Sen could pull off surprise at Paris Games?

Lakshya Sen had struggled through much of 2023 and early part of 2024. He fell behind in the qualification race but turned things around in time with two semi-final finishes at the All England......