The Allahabad high court on Friday stayed till January 6 the arrest of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in relation to an FIR accusing him of promoting enmity among religious groups. IMAGE: Alt......
After steering the Rediff mothership for close to 29 years, Ajit Balakrishnan, founder, chairman and CEO, did what few businessmen in this country do -- R-E-T-I-R-E. On August 2, 2024, we were......
Political strategist-turned-activist Prashant Kishor on Wednesday announced the launch of his political outfit Jan Suraaj Party, a much-anticipated move by which he hopes to take the political......
Lakshman Prasad Acharya has been made the governor of Assam with the additional charge of Manipur while Gulab Chand Kataria has replaced Banwarilal Purohit as the governor of Punjab under major......
With the reality of coalition politics staring the BJP in its face, this was inevitable, points out Ramesh Menon. IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman leaves for Parliament to present the......
The Delhi high court has granted bail to Hari Om Rai, the former MD of Lava International mobile company, in a money laundering case involving smartphone-maker Vivo. Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri......
The government on Tuesday appointed three external members -- Ram Singh, Saugata Bhattacharya and Nagesh Kumar -- to the RBI's rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee for four years. Photograph:......
Dr Nagesh Kumar, one of the three new MPC members, wanted the MPC to reduce the repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.25%. IMAGE: Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das. Photograph: Francis......
. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters While top economists are of the view that the Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) may not cut the repo rates, they also said it would......
The Reserve Bank is unlikely to cut the benchmark interest rate in its forthcoming bi-monthly monetary policy review later in the week as retail inflation is still a cause of concern, and there is......
'He was a visionary who redefined storytelling and inspired generations.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Kamal Haasan/X As news spread of Shyam Benegal's passing on December 23, heartfelt tributes......
Actors get enviably good roles in series and films on streaming platforms. Many of them get a fan following without even doing a feature film. That is the reason why movie stars are gravitating......
The year was rich in content as far as Web series were concerned. The general bent was towards thrillers, and many of them were slick and entertaining. Shows that ran into their next seasons, like......
Bollywood loves to play with fire. In Amazon Prime Video's upcoming original movie, Agni, directed by Rahul Dholakia, a firefighter investigates the rising frequency of mysterious fires in the......
Producer Ramesh Taurani's annual Diwali bash saw a lot of glamour and power couples in attendance. Tamannaah Bhatia looks radiant as she arrives with beau Vijay Varma. Shilpa Shetty and......
Images from the second T20 International between India and England at the M A Chidambaram Stadium, in Chennai, on Saturday. Scorecard IMAGE: Tilak Varma celebrates after guiding India to victory......
Rinku Singh out for 2 matches. IMAGE: Shivam Dube was recalled to Indian T20 squad despite his poor outing -- a pair -- for Mumbai, in the Ranji Trophy match against Jammu and Kashmir this week.......
IMAGE: A heavily strapped Mohammed Shami at the Eden Gardens before the match. Photograph: BCCI Team India have left out Mohammed Shami from the Playing XI for the 1st T20I against England at......
s IMAGE: Ravi Bishnoi may not be picked in favour of Gautam Gambhir's ward at KKR, Varun Chakravarthy. Photograph: BCCI With heavy dew likely to impact the proceedings during the opening......
IMAGE: Skipper Suryakumar Yadav will be mindful of the fact that he has just two fifties in the previous 11 innings after the T20 World Cup final last year. Photograph: BCCI Unruffled by the......