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UK follows Trump? Indian eateries in UK under lens for illegal immigrants

Indian restaurants, nail bars, convenience stores, and car washes were among the targets of what the home office on Monday described as a UK-wide blitz on illegal working in the country.......

'The Largest Peaceful Gathering Of Pilgrims'

Through history, the Mela has held different meanings for ascetics, the colonised, colonisers, and tourists, but all have been moved by its grandeur points out Atanu Biswas. IMAGE: Sadhus after......

Jimmy Carter, 39th US president, dies at 100

Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president and the third American leader to visit India during which a village in Haryana was named Carterpuri in his honour, has died peacefully at his home in Plains,......

Get Ready To Laugh Out Loud!

The Nikon Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards has crowned its funniest photographer of the year. Milko Marchetti's side-splitting shot of a 'Stuck Squirrel' took the top prize at the Oxo Gallery in......

Can We Wish Away Any Part Of Our Life?

'What would it be like if one had the power to transcend the universe like the characters in the Marvel comics and movies do?''Could I rewind my life and go back in time to do things differently?'......

RBI lens on 8 fintech companies in P2P lending space

Currently there are 26 licensed players in the P2P lending sector but only 10–11 are actively operating. Photograph: Shailesh Andrade/Reuters The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has intensified......

Bad loans in P2P more than doubles to Rs 1,163 cr in FY24

NBFCs' P2P platforms provide an online marketplace for participants, which includes individual lenders and borrowers. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Bad loans in the peer-to-peer (P2P)......

Equity boom spurs shareholder activism

Punit Goenka, the former director of Zee Entertainment Enterprises, is not the only one who lost his board seat due to shareholders’ activism last fortnight. Illustration: Dominic......

Ratan Tata: Rare Glimpses

All Photographs: Kind courtesy Gopal Shetty Ratan Tata began his schooling in Mumbai at Campion School, then Shimla's Bishop Cotton School and finished at Cathedral and John Connon School in......

Google Cloud's ambitious India plans

India is among the fastest-growing markets for Google in the cloud services segment, a senior executive has said, adding that the tech giant is looking to partner companies in their business......

'Subhashji Never Shouted On The Sets'

'There was a kind of disagreement with Subhashji after Meri Jung and unfortunately for me, I did not get to work with him again after that.' IMAGE: Meenakshi Seshadri and Jackie Shroff in Hero. As......

Maine Pyar Kiya@35: What You Must Know

Subhash K Jha casts his lens on Maine Pyar Kiya, the romantic hit which really launched Salman Khan's...

Identity Review: Thrills Fizzle Out

Tovino Thomas' big budget action entertainer is a tonally inconsistent watch that keeps you hooked, observes Arjun Menon. Nothing is what it seems like in Identity. This unfortunately is a bug,......

'India Has Lost The Most Humane Storyteller Of Our Time'

'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......

'This Is Beyond Ridiculous'

'This is your hypercritical, microscopic judgment of a human face.''And now you're confidently tossing around "scientific explanations, claiming I'm paralysed on one side?''Are you kidding me?'......

Tottenham's defence further weakened

Tottenham defender Dragusin out with ACL injury IMAGE: Radu Dragusin has added to Spurs' injury woes to their backline. Photograph: Tottenham Hotspur/X Tottenham Hotspur defender Radu Dragusin......

Manchester City's record-breaking splurge in January!

IMAGE: Manchester City's spending was the second-biggest outlay ever worldwide by a club in the January transfer window behind Chelsea's 274 million pounds in 2023. Photograph: Lee Smith/Reuters......

The major signings in the January transfer window

IMAGE: Neymar returned to his childhood club Santos after parting ways with Al-Hilal by mutual consent. Photograph: Carla Carniel/Reuters Manchester City easily topped the spending charts in the......

Rookie's mistake, Haaland's heroics: City's comeback story

'When we had the start like we did it is difficult, but we played really well and we kept on going and kept on going' IMAGE: Manchester City's Erling Haaland scores their second......

Declining eyesight won't stop De Villiers from comeback

IMAGE: Ab de Villiers has ruled out returning to 'high pressure' IPL. Photograph: BCCI AB de Villiers wants to play "real cricket" again. Not in the high-pressure environment of IPL but......

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