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Congress students union occupies NTA hq, leaves after protest

The Congress's student and youth wings took to the streets in the national capital on Thursday over alleged irregularities in the conduct of the NEET-UG and UGC-NET exams, with NSUI members......

10 Reasons Why Modi Should Follow In Sonia's Footsteps

Politely decline to be prime minister, and hand the baton to someone else in the BJP -- like Sonia did to Manmohan Singh -- advises Krishna Prasad. IMAGE: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader......

Violence in Sandeshkhali rocks last phase of LS polls in Bengal

Widespread violence between supporters of the Trinamool Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party over alleged electoral malpractices in strife-torn Sandeshkhali marred the final phase of Lok Sabha......

Lok Sabha polls end with over 62% voting in the last phase

The marathon polling process to elect the 18th Lok Sabha ended on Saturday with the seventh phase of elections witnessing an approximate voter turnout of 62.36 per cent, amid clashes between......

Can BJP breach Gandhi's Raebareli bastion?

Several BJP voters say the Ram temple sentiment may give the ruling party a fillip but are also aware of the herculean task at hand and concede that it is a daunting electoral contest for Dinesh......

'Second-gen promoters more open to selling out'

'There is not any negative connotation associated with it.' Kindly note the image has been published only for representational purposes. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters Health care and pharma M&As......

FPI shareholding in NSE firms at lowest in 11 years

Foreign portfolio investors’ (FPIs’) shareholding in NSE-listed companies fell 51 basis points sequentially to 17.68 per cent in the quarter ended March 31, 2024, according to data......

Wipro Q4 net profit falls; new CEO flags uncertainty in macro environment

IT service company Wipro on Friday reported 7.8 per cent year-on-year decline in its consolidated net profit for the March quarter to about Rs 2834.6 crore, and cautioned that the macroeconomic......

India to become upper middle-income country by 2031

Crisil Ratings on Wednesday projected India's GDP growth at 6.8 per cent in the next fiscal and said the country will become an upper middle-income nation by 2031 with the economy doubling to $7......

Deepak Parekh to quit HDFC, says 'time to hang my boots'

HDFC chairman Deepak Parekh on Friday exuded confidence that the synergies between HDFC Bank and the group companies will deepen with the bank taking on the mantle of ownership of the group......

'Heeramandi Showed India As A Sone Ki Chidiya'

'The primary set took over three months to build with 14,000-15,000 workers employed at a time.' 'We ensured that Mallikajaan's Shahi Mahal lived up to its name.''One zardosi panel cost around Rs 4......

How Salman, SRK, Aamir Celebrated Eid

Like every year, fans gathered outside Salman Khan's Galaxy apartment and Shah Rukh Khan's Mannat -- both in the same Bandra neighbourhood -- for a glimpse of the superstars on the occasion of Eid.......

A Jhalak Of Kriti And Shahid

Kriti Sanon and Shahid Kapoor took their film Teri Baton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya to the sets of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 11 and the show looked even more good looking than usual. Shahid will be......

Shahid's Even More Complicated Love Story

IMAGE: Shahid Kapoor and Dharmendra in Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya. Photograph: Kind courtesy Shahid Kapoor/Instagram "To share screen space with him is an honour," Shahid Kapoor says about......

Why Merry Christmas Left Me Feeling Shortchanged

If you have never seen Sriram Raghavan fly, you would hardly realise that this time, he is happy in his cage, this time he isn't reaching for the skies, notes Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: Katrina Kaif in......

How Wankhede stadium shaped Virat Kohli's career

IMAGE: Virat Kohli celebrates as Team India take a victory lap around the Wankhede stadium. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters Over the years of his storied cricketing career, star India......

New skipper Salima ready for European leg of Pro League after SA 'lessons'

IMAGE: The Indian women's team will begin the European leg of the Pro League in Antwerp on Wednesday. Photograph: Hockey India Indian women's hockey team's new captain Salima Tete hopes to utilise......

Indian men's, women's relay teams qualify for Paris Oly

Photograph: Kind Courtesy AFI/X The Indian men's and women's 4x400m relay teams qualified for Paris Olympics after finishing second in their respective second-round heats at the World Athletics......

Captaincy would not have been a surprise for Rutu: Ashwin

IMAGE: Mahendra Singh Dhoni had given Ruturaj Gaikwad a hint about captaincy last year itself. Photograph: Chennai Super Kings/X Star India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin opened up on Ruturaj Gaikwad......

Boycott slams team: 'Sayonara Jimmy, Thank You for the memories'

IMAGE: James Anderson bagged his 700th Test wicket during the 5th India vs England Test in Dharamsala. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters Legendary England cricketer Geoffrey Boycott called for......

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