68% voting in Jharkhand's 2nd phase, pips 2019 figs

Jharkhand witnessed a voter turnout of 68 per cent on Wednesday in 38 assembly constituencies in Jharkhand where voting in the second and final phase ended, officials said. IMAGE: Voters show......

AMU order: Dissenting judge flags lack of time, non-exchange of ideas

Aligarh Muslim University is not a minority educational institution, Supreme Court's Justice Dipankar Datta said on Friday and noted had it not been a "race against time" he would have articulated......

New bench to decide on AMU's minority status, rules SC

The contentious legal question over Aligarh Muslim Unversity's minority status would be decided by a new bench, the Supreme Court held on Friday and overruled the 1967 judgement that said the......

How Haryana Win Revives Modi Aura

If you know this BJP, it will now go forward to Jharkhand and Maharashtra as if June 2024 never happened, notes Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Narendra D Modi greets Bharatiya Janata Party supporters after......

Forex kitty drops by $6.48 bn to $675.65 bn

India's forex reserves dropped by $6.46 billion to $675.65 billion for the week ended November 8, the RBI said on Friday. Photograph: Dado Ruvic/Reuters In the previous reporting week, the forex......

High inflation, FII exodus drag markets down

Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty tumbled more than 1 per cent on Wednesday amid retail inflation soaring to a 14-month high of 6.21 per cent in October and unabated foreign fund outflows.......

Investors become poorer by Rs 5.29 lakh cr as markets slump

A sharp fall in the equity market made investors poorer by Rs 5.29 lakh crore on Tuesday when the BSE benchmark Sensex tumbled over 800 points. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters A host of......

Markets slump 1%; Sensex tumbled 821 points

Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty slumped 1 per cent each on Tuesday due to widespread selling pressure amid uninterrupted foreign fund outflows and sluggish global trends. Photograph: PTI......

Is Vijay The Highest Paid Actor In India?

And possibly in all of Asia, going by his reported fee of Rs 275 crore for Thalapathy 69, his coming movie. IMAGE: Vijay announces his political party. Photograph: Kind courtesy Vijay/X Between......

Padikkal Hoping To Make Opportunity Count

SEE: Devdutt Padikkal is raring to go. Video: BCCI/X   Devdutt Padikkal is looking to make most of the opportunity if fielded in the opening Test against Australia, starting in Perth on......

Kabhi Jeet, Mostly Haar

Norma Astrid Godinho/Rediff.com takes a walk down memory lane, recounting India's sojourns Down Under from 1947 to 2021, in a special 4-part series. Part 1: When It Was Bradman Versus India Part......

Washout Time For India Down Under

Ahead of India's five Test tour of Australia, beginning in Perth on November 22, Norma Astrid Godinho/Rediff.com takes a walk down memory lane, recounting India's sojourns Down Under from 1947 to......

When It Was Bradman Versus India

History has not seen a cricketing rivalry as fierce as this this century, every ball bowled every run taken, coming with no quarter given. Ahead of India's five Test tour of Australia, beginning in......

Will India Include Padikkal, Jurel For Perth Test?

IMAGE: India will take a lot of encouragement from their superb record against Australia, with four straight series victory against them. Photograph: BCCI   After their humiliating debacle at......