Mahadev app promoter likely to be extradited from UAE

Sourabh Chandrakar, one of the main promoters of the Mahadev betting app, is expected to be brought to India soon following his recent formal arrest in Dubai on the basis of an Interpol issued......

BJP Should Read Writing On The Wall

There is no use of the BJP targeting Mamata Banerjee and M K Stalin, directly by the party's political bosses, both in Delhi and the respective state capitals, or even using the Raj Bhavans to fire......

ED attaches Rs 31-cr worth land 'belonging' to Soren

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached 8.86 acres of land in Ranchi allegedly owned by former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren as part of a money laundering investigation against him......

Electoral Bonds: The Quid Pro Quo Factor

Which entrepreneur would willingly part with her or his hard-earned money for grasping, self-serving politicians? asks Debashis Basu. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The State Bank of India......

India Inc to tap pvt credit for new projects: PwC

Private credit is fast emerging as a major source of finance for projects in India as several entrepreneurs are looking for short-term debt to bridge the funding gap due to difference in pricing......

US bank pulls out of Adani's Australian coal mine project

Bank of New York Mellon Corp has pulled out of providing financial services to the Adani group and its Carmichael coal mine in Australia, saying the venture is incompatible with its environmental,......

The rise and mighty fall of Rana Kapoor

'What made him different was that he was not a banker at all by temperament.''He was a businessman, a typical lalaji at that.''He had to win at any cost.'Raghu Mohan glances at Rana Kapoor's fall......

SC warns Amrapali homebuyers on dues

A bench of Justices Arun Mishra and U U Lalit said, if home buyers are not ready to pay their outstanding amount, then the court will have to bundle up the projects. Illustration: Uttam......

This is what superhot Lisa Haydon loves to do

Everything you say can and will be used against you.' This was Lisa Haydon's Instagram post as she waited to be interviewed for Housefull 3. But the leggy lass needn't have worried. After all, she......

'Where's your turban?'

Just when everything seemed picture perfect for brown faces on American television, Showtime reverts to form with its new series Billions. Aseem Chhabra points out how popular media still hasn't......

Ready for the Hobbit this week?

Bloated and overdrawn aptly describe the lavishly made prequel to Peter Jackson'sThe Lord of the Rings.Yet,The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journeycould win massive audiences worldwide thanks to its......

Twilight 4 all set to beat James Bond's Skyfall

The vampires and werewolves are all set to devour James Bond. The latest and final instalment of the franchise The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 is expected to draw millions of teenagers,......

India becoming a Global Chess Superpower

Since 2012, 44 Indians have been anointed as grandmasters -- the highest achievement in chess, points out Arvind Subramanian, economist and former chief economic adviser to the government. IMAGE:......

Soccer: Lukaku set to make Chelsea move?

IMAGE: Romelu Lukaku had joined Chelsea in 2011 but had only made 15 appearances before being sold to Everton in 2014. Photograph: Daniele Mascolo/Reuters Belgian international Romelu Lukaku......

Referee banned after South Africa hit by new match-fixing crisis

South African football was embroiled in another scandal on Monday when FIFA said the national team's World Cup qualifying win over Senegal last year was fixed, leaving the legacy of the country's......

IPL spot-fixing: Court grants bail to accused

A Delhi court has granted bail to one of the accused, arrested for allegedly projecting some of the "dummy players" as real cricketers of IPL team Sunrisers Hyderabad in the spot-fixing scandal......

Silence on match-fixing probe puts Singapore at risk

Singapore is working with European authorities investigating the fixing of football matches on a global scale but its silence on any action being taken against local suspects risks damaging the......