No southern state, including TN, will lose LS seats: Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday denied any injustice to Tamil Nadu by the Centre as claimed by M K Stalin over fund allocation and described as diversionary attempts, the Chief Minister......

Maharashtra suspends state bus services to Karnataka

Maharashtra Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik on Saturday ordered the suspension of the state transport buses to Karnataka after an Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) bus was......

Deep State And Beyond: The Rise of Conspiracy Theories

From bhikshus of Ashokan 3rd century BC and medieval Sufis to Oxfam, Omidyar and Soros now, non-State actors have any real power only when they work in conjunction with a real State, asserts......

Rekha Gupta, Only Lady CM In 20 NDA Ruled States/UTs

Rekha Gupta had the support of the RSS, which actively participated in the Delhi assembly poll campaign to help the BJP win. IMAGE: Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party President Virender Sachdeva and......

US market a 'wild card' for Indian IT: Nasscom Prez

United States, the largest market for the $282 billion Indian IT sector, is a "wild card" for the industry, lobby grouping Nasssom's president Rajesh Nambiar said on Monday. Illustration: Dominic......

EPFO net members addition grows to 16.05 lakh in Dec

Retirement fund body EPFO added 16.05 lakh net new members in December, which is 9.69 per cent higher compared to November 2024, as per the payroll data released on Tuesday. Illustration: Dominic......

What fintechs must do to scale up presence of e

Non-banking entities such as fintech firms will have to tap into use cases beyond peer-to-peer (P2P) and peer-to-merchant (P2M) transactions to scale up the presence of the retail version of the......

Foreign companies' tax burden at record low in India

Foreign companies now pay less tax relative to their earnings than at any time in more than three decades. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Foreign private companies paid 24.36 per cent of......

Did Pooja Make You Look?

Bollywood stars start the week in a glamorous way, and we're not looking away! Photograph: Kind courtesy Pooja Hegde/Instagram Pooja Hegde asks, 'Made you look.'   Photograph: Kind courtesy......

Does Dubai Give India An Advantage?

IMAGE: India play all their Champions Trophy games in Dubai and having won two of their three Group matches, have already qualified for the semi-final. Photograph: Satish Kumar/Reuters  ......

Praggnanadhaa set to sizzle at Prague Masters

IMAGE: According to statistics-based analysis, R Praggnanandhaa has a 14.98% chance of winning the Prague Masters. Photograph: Kind Courtesy Tata Steel Chess/X Fresh off his nail-biting victory......

Inzamam Slams Pakistan's Flop Show

'Is there any team that has travelled for this tournament with just one regular spinner?' IMAGE: Abrar Ahmed is the lone spinner in the Pakistan team at the Champions Trophy. Photograph: Satish......

Pakistan Fans Celebrate Kohli Ton

  SEE: Pakistani fans in Islamabad celebrate Virat Kohli's century against Pakistan. Video: Kind courtesy Muhammad Faizan Aslam Khan/X The Virat Kohli phenomenon is unreal. The man's aura......

Domestic cricket is important but...: Dhawan on BCCI diktat

IMAGE: Shikhar Dhawan lauded Rohit Sharma who has looked decent in the ICC Champions Trophy so far. Photograph: Hockey India/X Former India opener Shikhar Dhawan has backed the BCCI's decision......