Biz tycoons LN Mittal, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw among electoral bond buyers

Corporate donations worth thousands of crores to political parties through now-scrapped electoral bonds may have hit the headlines, but there were also 132 such bonds of just Rs 1,000 each bought......

Greatest Sin In Indian Politics Is Overconfidence

The BJP will enter this election, as it does every election, as if it is fighting to prevent a 2004-style defeat. This is a party that wins big because it always behaves as if its back is to the......

Modi among first 195 BJP Lok Sabha candidates; See full list

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will contest from Varanasi for a third time as the Bharatiya Janata Party released its first list of 195 candidates for the Lok Sabha polls, naming 34 Union ministers,......

Rahul Gandhi Can No Longer Act Like An Insolent Schoolboy

Anger cannot be an end in itself to Rahul Gandhi's politics -- it must instead catalyse a new political strategy, argues Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay. IMAGE: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during the......

For 8th year running, Mukesh Ambani is richest Indian

Reliance Industries' Chairman Mukesh Ambani has topped the list of richest Indians for the eighth consecutive year, with a net worth of Rs 3,80,700 crore, according to the latest IIFL Wealth Hurun......

Borrowing to invest is a bad idea

Last week, when Adani Power got listed, Ritesh Shah was hoping for substantial gains on the first day itself. Reason: The issue had been subscribed 21.52 times. However, a 5-8 per cent listing on......

500 stockbrokers shut shop as retail investors stay away

In 2010, Ritesh Shah (name changed), just out of a Mumbai college, decided to test his luck in the stock-broking business.The timing looked perfect: The market had rebounded after one of its most......

Spouse's credit score can hurt your loan prospects

Even if one's own score is good, banks will reject any joint application made with a spouse with a bad credit rating. In the last couple of decades, there has been a substantial rise in joint......

Agni, Jigra, Mismatched, Squid Game...

Joginder Tuteja lists the OTT releases in December. MatkaWhere to watch: Amazon Prime VideoRelease date: December 5 This Telugu-language period action thriller, starring Varun Tej and directed by......

'After This Film, People Will Salute Firefighters'

'Fauji woh desh sambhalta hain, border sambhalta hain, hum shehar sambhalte hain (Soldiers protect the country, the border, we protect the city).' IMAGE: Udit Arora, Prime Video India's Manish......

Will Poonawalla Let Karan Johar Thrive?

A non-strategic investor like Adar Poonawalla brings in not only capital but also creative freedom.Indian cinema needs more investors like him, reports Vanita Kohli Khandekar. IMAGE: Karan Johar......

'Yudhra Felt Like The Perfect Film To Come To Bollywood'

'There should be some angst behind the action.' IMAGE: Siddhant Chaturvedi and Malavika Mohanan at the Yudhra trailer launch. Photograph: Satish Bodas/Rediff.com "It's all beetroot juice for me,"......

National Games: Odisha's Kujur sprints to 100m gold

Track and field athletes grab spotlight  IMAGE: The 21-year-old Animesh Kujur clocked Games record-equalling time of 10.28 seconds to win the men's 100m gold medal. Odisha's Kujur and Amlan......