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Bihar battles dengue spike, reports over 6,000 cases in Sept; highest in 5 yrs

Bihar is witnessing an alarming rise in dengue cases, with 6,146 cases reported in September, the highest for the month in the last five years, according to the health department's data. Image......

Xi's China Dream Gets India Pushback

As India's stock rises, the resolution of the border row may become even more difficult, warn Harsh V Pant and Kalpit Mankikar. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi with Chinese Premier Li Qiang......

PHOTOS: Mumbai celebrates Janmashtami with vim and vigour

Amid chants of "Govinda ala re", thousands of Mumbaikars on Friday celebrated 'dahi handi' festival on the occasion of Janmashtami, the birth anniversary of Lord Krishna. As is the trend, this......

Vim Kochhar wins Canadian Helen Center Award

Conservative Senator Vim Kochhar has been honored with the 2010 Canadian Helen Keller Center Award 'for his outstanding community service and his appointment to the Senate. The award was presented......

One feels sorry for Subramanian Swamy

'Swamy's crash-landing carries a message to all loose cannons.''Get your rants vetted by someone higher up in the party so that you are not left high and dry,' says Amulya Ganguli.Illustration:......

HUL Q2 profit down 2.33%; separates ice cream business

FMCG major Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) on Wednesday reported a 2.33 per cent decline in consolidated net profit at Rs 2,595 crore for the second quarter ended in September 30, 2024 impacted by......

HUL Q3 net profit rises 1%, sales down marginally

Hindustan Unilever Ltd on Friday reported a 1.08 per cent increase in consolidated net profit at Rs 2,508 crore in the third quarter ended December 2023. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters The......

Where Are Business Leaders To Power The India Story?

What do we need more of? Leaders who dominate global institutions or local leaders with a 'Make-in-India' mindset? Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com A couple of weeks ago, the news about......

Indian drug firm recalls eye drop linked to vision loss in US

Global Pharma Healthcare is recalling entire lots of eye drop linked to vision loss in the US, according to the US Food and Drug Administration. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The......

From Lux to Kissan jam, Hindustan Unilever hikes prices by 3-13%

Hindustan Unilever (HUL) hiked prices across its portfolio of products by 3-13 per cent in multiple tranches in February, with the sharpest increase of 13 per cent seen in the 100 gm Lux soap pack,......

Did Modi Inspire This Grammy Win?

'Now, no one can stop me from making music till the day I die.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Ricky Kej/Instagram With two Grammys in the Best New Age Album category -- for Winds of Samsara in 2015......

Shashi Kapoor, the Rahul Dravid of Indian cinema

'Dashing, charismatic and impossibly good looking, a to-the-manor-born superstar who walked the tightrope between mainstream potboilers and arty parallel cinema with amazing grace.'Raja Sen salutes......

Like the Ramleela trailer? VOTE!

Sanjay Leela Bhansali revisits the colourful exuberance and scale of Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam with Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh starrer Ram Leela.Is Deepika Padukone the new Aishwarya......

Review: O Teri is a sham about scams

From snatches of dialogue (about adulterated cement) to plot-points (about disappearing corpses), even lifting bits of the background score to try and underscore its salutation, O Teri borrows......

Review: One By Two is a drag

Abhay Deol shoots himself in the foot by acting in (and, inexplicably, producing) this monstrosity called One By Two that sucks all the goodwill out of an actor we usually like, writes Raja Sen.......

F1 champion Hamilton can expect a quicker car in Austria

'There was the whole of January, the whole of February, March, all making the car quicker in the wind tunnel and also in the design departments.' IMAGE: A seventh F1 world title for Lewis Hamilton......

Ageless Federer targets title number nine at Wimbledon

Nothing that has happened in the past 12 months suggests Roger Federer's hunger is diminished with victory at this year's Australian Open taking his Grand Slam title haul to 20. IMAGE: Roger......

FA Cup: Hull City find cutting edge to tame plucky Blades

Premier League Hull City were given a fright as they had to come from behind twice to beat obstinate third tier side Sheffield United 5-3 in the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley on Sunday to reach the......

England beat Bangladesh

Andrew Strauss made 98 and Andrew Flintoff took four wickets as England swept past Bangladesh with five wickets to spare in Sunday's triangular series one-dayer to set up a final against Australia.......

Style over substance

The World XI squads for the Johnnie Walker Super Series against Australia were announced on Tuesday, and Australia captain Ricky Ponting was quick to offer his assessment of them. "Impressive......

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