Baseless: Ex-CEC Quraishi on $21m poll funding by US agency

Former chief election commissioner S Y Quraishi on Sunday rejected report that a United States agency funding was used for raising voter turnout in India when he headed the poll body. IMAGE:......

Trump Has Become A Reset Button

Trump's sweeping tariffs and penalties on China-built ships have turned global shipping into the front line of economic war, observes Shyam G Menon. Photograph: Kevin Mohatt/Reuters For Donald......

Union Budget 2025: Will 10K new medical seats curb students outflow?

The government's announcement in the Union Budget to create 10,000 additional seats in medical colleges next year has been welcomed by education experts and stakeholders, saying the move will......

Can This Techie Win Thiruvanathapuram?

Whether Rajeev Chandrasekhar wins or not, Thiruvananthapuram will likely never see such an interesting contest again. IMAGE: Rajeev Chandrasekhar, the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate, campaigns......

Consortium set up to help lenders sell assets

India's first consortium, which will help lenders in selling seized sticky assets, has been formed.Christened Armedas, the consortium comprises Chesterton Meghraj Property Consultants, Meghraj......

Why Bank Frauds Continue

The average time lag between the date of occurrence of a fraud and its detection is 23 months; for large frauds (Rs 100 crore and above), it was 57 months. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com......

Chanda Kochhar: Rise and fall of a banking titan

Chanda Kochhar, who was arrested for a cash-for-loan scam on Friday, was once a powerful banker and instrumental in making ICICI Bank the country's biggest private sector lender. Illustration:......

Battered by three decades of controversy, TMB looks back to the future

June was a memorable month for the 101-year-old Tamilnad Mercantile Bank (TMB). Last month, the Thoothukudi-based bank witnessed two new landmarks in a history in which the last three decades could......