Actor who played Hanuman is Cong pick against Shivraj

The opposition Congress has given tickets to 69 sitting legislators, including state unit chief Kamal Nath, in the first list of its 144 candidates announced on Sunday for the Madhya Pradesh......

BJP leaders confined to house in Patiala by farmers rescued

Around a dozen Bharatiya Janata Party leaders confined to a house in Patiala's Rajpura for nearly 12 hours allegedly by protesting farmers were rescued early Monday following a late night Punjab......

Dr Reddy's soft-launches Sputnik V in India at Rs 995 per dose

Dr Reddy's Laboratories on Friday soft-launched imported COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V, with Deepak Sapra, a senior executive of the drug-maker, taking the first shot in Hyderabad.   IMAGE:......

Sputnik V vaccine to be available in India from next week: Govt

India is expecting 156 million doses of the vaccine from August to September, reports Ruchika Chitravanshi. Photograph: Kind courtesy Russian Direct Investment Fund on Facebook Sputnik V, the......

A year of living and working in the shadow of Covid-19 pandemic

There is no one way to describe the 12 months that have gone by since India reported its first Covid-positive case on January 30, 2020. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com A year when life......

Ordering online from international sites? Read this first!

Realising that international shoppers are a good source of business, a few big international retailers have tied up with logistics companies to offer lower shipping and handling charges. ......

Political shadow looms over GST Council meet

Reaching a consensus might also get tougher, as already seen with issues like inclusion of natural gas in GST and imposition of a sugar cess, both central proposals being resisted. Illustration:......

Why India needs to be cautious about GST

India studied the Malaysian model, which was scrapped on Wednesday, before implementing the GST and borrowed the anti-profiteering clause to ensure GST benefits are passed on to the end-consumer by......

PIX: Farhan, Dharmendra celebrate Baisakhi

Several Bollywood actors turned up to celebrate Baisakhi with Punjabi Icon Awards held over the weekend at Shanmukhanand Hall in South Mumbai. Farhan Akhtar, whose new film Bhaag Milkha Bhaag is......

Saif, Darsheel to receive Rajiv Gandhi Award

Actors Saif Ali Khan, Lara Dutta and Darsheel Safary have been named amongst the recipients of this year's Rajiv Gandhi Awards for their contribution to Hindi Cinema. Dalip Singh Rana alias 'The......

Ramachandran set to become IOA chief

World Squash Federation president Narayana Ramachandran is set to be elected unopposed as the president of Indian Olympic Association in the polls to be held here next month as he was the only......

IOA constitutes Indian Court of Arbitration

Complying with the directives of the International Olympic Committee, the IOA on Monday constituted the Indian Court of Arbitration for Sports to settle all sports-related disputes in the country.......