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Tsari Yatra May Help Ease India China Tensions

Why can't the Indian government propose to the Chinese a corridor circumambulating the Holy Mountain where people from both sides could perform the yatra again? asks Claude Arpi. IMAGE: India's......

Bhutan Mourns Dr Singh With Prayers

Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck attended Dr Manmohan Singh's funeral on Saturday. On Friday, the Bhutanese king led the Himalayan nation in offering prayers for Dr Singh at a Buddhist......

How Dr Manmohan Singh became India's 'reforms' man

He drew the roadmap of India's economic reform, unshackled it from the licence raj and pulled it back from the brink when even its gold reserve was pledged. IMAGE: Former Prime Minister Dr......

Rains lash Tamil Nadu, schools closed in many districts

Widespread rains lashed parts of Tamil Nadu on Thursday, prompting authorities to declare a holiday for schools in Chennai and many other districts. IMAGE: Tamil Nadu deputy Chief Minister......

Rs 20K cr okayed to make Su-30 fighter jets, K-9 howitzers in India

In a major success for Make in India in defence sector, the Cabinet Committee on Security on Thursday cleared two major projects worth around Rs 20,000 crore for 12 Su-30 MKI fighter jets for the......

Intense selling in select index majors; Sensex, Nifty end down

Equity market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended lower on Thursday due to intense selling in index majors Reliance Industries, L&T and HUL as investors turned cautious ahead of the inflation......

'Euphoria In SMID Stocks Couldn't Have Lasted Forever'

'Retail investors, who had not seen such a massive correction in the SMID universe since COVID-19, are witnessing something like this for the first time. Panic profit booking may continue.'......

Employee Grievances Rise In Top Firms

Data collated for 47 BSE50 companies (as of H1FY25) shows employees and workers filed 8,468 complaints in FY24. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Employee grievances at India's top......

L&T eyes up to Rs 40K cr in pre-sales from realty business

Buoyed by regulatory overhaul and infrastructure boom, engineering conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has identified realty business as one of its growth engines for the next 10 years and plans to......

In Very Short Supply: Affordable Housing!

'Developers are into profit-making. And there's not too much money in the affordable segment.''So, they don't do affordable housing.' IMAGE: The Sipcot mega housing project is seen on the day of......

A Maharashtrian Haunts Bollywood

Munjya is the most wildly entertaining ghost I have encountered at the movies recently.But he has the added advantage of being a Maharashtrian ghost, of possessing rhythms of speech and behaviour......

'Sangeet Manapmaan Is As Big As It Gets'

'We should support cinema that's rooted in our culture and not ape the West.' IMAGE: Subodh Bhave and Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy launch the music album of Sangeet Manapmaan. Photograph: Satish......

India's First Hindi Horror Comedy

Mehmood and R D Burman shiver, wail and flail when they encounter a stuffed tiger that wags its tail, furniture that moves on its own volition and dancing skeletons and mummies.Dinesh Raheja......

Just Another Rainy Day in Bollywood

Sex, violence, song or dance -- the monsoon serves multiple purposes in Hindi movies. With the onset of the rains, it's the perfect occasion to highlight all the cool, crazy reasons Bollywood uses......

Heeramandi Review: Romance, Revenge, Rebellion

Heeramandi, a passion project that took off after years in development and planning, mirrors Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film-making's finest and frustrating features, observes Sukanya Verma. It's......

'Want to discuss Indian boxing with sports minister'

IMAGE: India's boxing campaign came to a medal-less end after Tokyo edition bronze-winner Lovlina Borgohain (75kg) bowed out in quarterfinals. Photograph: Peter Cziborra/Reuters Like any Indian......

Race to replace BCCI secretary Jay Shah heats up..

IMAGE: Jay Shah is expected to step down from his post in the last week of November . Photograph: BCCI The members who were present at the 93rd BCCI Annual General Meeting (AGM) in......

Manu Bhaker's coach Jung asked to vacate home in 2 days!

National pistol coach Jung faces eviction from home within hours of returning from Olympics IMAGE: National pistol coach Samresh Jung, second from left, with the shooting team. Photograph:......

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