Life term for 10 in Periya twin murder case; CPM ex-MLA gets 5-year jail

A Central Bureau of Investigation court in Kochi on Friday sentenced 10 persons to life imprisonment, while four others, including a former Communist Party of India-Marxist MLA, received five years......

'Government Is Constantly Trying To Subvert RTI'

'The government does not want to be transparent or accountable. Therefore, they do not want to appoint information commissioners.' Photograph: Kind courtesy RTI INDIA/Facebook   The Supreme......

'No-detention policy' for classes 5, 8 scrapped in central schools

The Centre has scrapped the 'no-detention policy' for classes 5 and 8 in schools governed by it allowing them to fail students who do not clear the year-end exams, according to officials. Image......

BEST bus crash: Driver collected backpacks, jumped out

The CCTV footage of the BEST bus that mowed down seven persons in Mumbai's Kurla area shows driver Sanjay More collecting two backpacks from the cabin and jumping out of a broken window after the......

Passive funds have to sell Rs 1.5K crore ITC Hotels shares after listing

 Domestic passive mutual fund (MF) schemes will have to sell around Rs 1,500 crore worth of ITC Hotels shares once the demerged entity lists on the exchanges, according to estimates. IMAGE:......

Budget 2025: What realtors want from Nirmala Sitharaman

As the Union Budget 2025-2026 (FY26) inches closer, the Indian real estate industry is seeking stamp duty cuts, revised home loan limits and updated affordable housing norms through Pradhan Mantri......

Slowing credit growth, margin pressure await banks in 2025

With the likelihood of a repo rate cut in February or April, external benchmark-linked loans of banks will be repriced immediately. Photograph: Ajay Verma/Reuters In 2025 banks are in for......

Sebi board decides to tighten SME IPO norms and more

Sebi has decided to make electronic payments mandatory for demat account holders to ensure quicker transactions. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters The Sebi board on Wednesday approved a......

My 10 Least Liked Movies Of 2024

Every year has its share of duds and turkeys. 2024 was no different except that even the rotten ones are too drab to have any real offence value. Sukanya Verma lists 10 of her least liked Hindi......

'Announcing I'm Married May Be Professional Suicide'

'There's been a dramatic shift in the kinds of roles available to women.''It's no longer limited to being the heroine, the heroine's mother, aunty or vamp.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Aditi......

2024: Top 10 International Films

Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite 2024 films that he watched at film festivals in Berlin, Cannes, Toronto and India. It's that time for the year to track its very best. These are personal choices,......

'Laapataa Ladies Right Film To Represent India

'Indian life is full of chaos. So it captures the cultural chaos quite beautifully and lightly.' IMAGE: Nitanshi Goel in Laapataa Ladies. As soon as Kiran Rao's Laapataa Ladies was announced as......

'Only criteria to be in that dressing room is performance'

While Gambhir didn't spell out the playing eleven, there were enough indications that India might bring back Shubman Gill at number three.   IMAGE: Virat Kohli bats in the nets on Thursday,......

Vaishali advances to World Blitz quarters; Humpy crashes out

IMAGE: Rameshbabu Vaishali won the women's qualifier scoring 9.5 points out of 11 to advance to the quarter-finals of the World Blitz Championship. Photograph: Lennart Ootes/FIDE Indian......

Gambhir and Rohit's SCG snub sparks chaos

Gautam Gambhir, Rohit Sharma ignore each other on match eve IMAGE: All present at the SCG witnessed a complete communication breakdown between skipper Rohit Sharma and the head coach Gautam......

Shubman's injury a jolt: Ganguly sounds alarm bells

IMAGE: Shubman Gill suffered a left thumb fracture while fielding in the intra-squad simulation between senior team and India A, ruling him out of the first Test. Photograph: BCCI/X Shubman Gill's......

Will Paris Champ Be Stripped Of Gold Medal?

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, who won gold in the women's 66kg boxing event at Paris 2024, is facing mounting calls to be stripped of her medal.A leaked medical report reveals that Khelif has......