Nepal's PM Deuba sacks 4 ministers a week after ally JSP quits coalition

Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Thursday sacked four ministers representing the Janata Samajwadi Party, which left the ruling coalition last week after joining hands with the......

Sher Bahadur Deuba takes oath as Nepal's PM for record 5th time

Sher Bahadur Deuba on Tuesday formally became Nepal's Prime Minister for a record fifth time after the Supreme Court's intervention and last-minute hiccups over his appointment letter.  ......

Nepal's apex court orders appointment of Deuba as PM, reinstates house

In a landmark verdict, Nepal's Supreme Court on Monday directed President Bidya Devi Bhandari to appoint Nepali Congress chief Sher Bahadur Deuba as prime minister by Tuesday and reinstated the......

Army jawan killed in cross-border Pak firing, 4th in this month

An Army jawan was killed on Monday in unprovoked Pakistani firing along the Line of Control in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, raising the number of soldiers who fell to cross-border firing......

India Inc net profit share in GDP now just shy of 5% after robust Q2

India Inc’s net profit as a percentage of the country's gross domestic product (GDP) is just shy of reaching 5 per cent, bolstered by strong earnings growth in the second quarter of 2023-24.......

Micro-caps may give alpha returns in bull market

Notwithstanding the risk involved, analysts are upbeat on micro-cap investing as India remains in a firm bull market. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Moreover, these stocks are available at......

FPI flows turn positive on trailing one-year basis after 16 months

Foreign portfolio investors (FPI) flows have turned positive on a trailing 12-month (TTM) basis for the first time since December 2021. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Thanks to robust......

Mutual fund investors show bias towards riskier small-cap-oriented schemes

Notwithstanding sharp volatility in March, mutual fund (MF) investors didn’t fight shy of investing in riskier small-cap-oriented schemes. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Inflows into......

'Manoj Bajpayee Is Our Desi Superstar'

IMAGE: Manoj Bajpayee in Bhaiyya Ji. Manoj Bajpayee was not very eager to do Bhaiyya Ji. "I had to really convince him," says Director Apoorva Singh Karki. "He has never played a true massy......

Even Manoj Bajpayee Can't Help Bhaiyya Ji

A film with a one-line plot needed a lot more pizzazz, whistle-worthy dialogue and a large-than-life, invincible protagonist. Karki makes a Rajinikanth kind of actioner (Bhaiyya Ji fights with a......

'Every Emotion Is Difficult To Achieve'

IMAGE: Manoj Bajpayee, flanked by Suvinder Pal Vicky and Zoya Hussain. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com Manoj Bajpayee returns to entertain us with his 100th film, Bhaiyya Ji. A true......

What's Coming Soon In Theatres?

With the Lok Sabha elections going on, May is rather quiet when it comes to theatre releases. This, even though summer is considered to be the most lucrative season for new movies since school and......

SAFF U-17: India U-17 go down to Nepal

Photograph: Kind courtesy AIFF Media/Twitter The India U-17 national team were handed a 1-3 defeat by Nepal in their second match of the SAFF U-17 Championship at the Racecourse International......

5 Indian women win gold at Asian Youth Boxing

IMAGE: India’s Tamanna got the better of Uzbekistan's Robiyankhon Bakhtiyorova to win gold in the Asian Youth and Junior Boxing Championships in Amman, Jordan. Photograph: Boxing Federation......

SAG 2019: Dominant India bags 27 medals on Day 2

India completely dominated the first day of athletics events by clinching 10 medals (4 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze) while the shooters also fetched nine (4 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze) to swell the......

India to meet West Indies in Under-19 World Cup final

Hosts Bangladesh go down by three wickets in second semi-final Shamar Springer stars in Windies win, scoring unbeaten 62 and claiming 2 for 36 IMAGE: Shamar Springer of the West Indies celebrates......

U 19 WC Roundup: Nepal enter first-ever quarters

IMAGE: Nepal Under-19 players celebrate their win. Photographs: ICC Nepal rode on leg-spinner Sandeep Lamichhane's five-wicket haul, which included the first hat-trick in the tournament, to beat......