Fate of 8 Union ministers in balance as 102 seats go to polls

The 2024 Lok Sabha polls kicks off on Friday with voting for 102 seats spread across 21 states and Union Territories in the first of the seven phases of the world's largest electoral exercise as......

'BJP will have no effect. Not even an iota'

'The people of Tamil Nadu, in particular Chennai, know about the double standards of the BJP. Nothing will work for them here.' IMAGE: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MP Thamizhachi Thangapandian......

RJD's Misa Bharti takes a U-turn over PM 'jail' remark amid flak

Facing criticism over her alleged statement that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would end up "in jail" if the Bharatiya Janata Party lost power, Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Misa Bharti on Friday......

It's A Raja Versus Runk Contest In Mysuru

In a battle involving the 'royal' and the 'ordinary', the voters of Mysuru will make a choice between the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar and Congress's M......

Future of digital payments in India

'The focus needs to shift towards the ability to collect payments, particularly in tier-3 to tier-4 areas where acceptance is still lacking.' IMAGE: Cutlery vendor switches on Paytm at a roadside......

Use of Indian languages key for increasing internet access in India: Report

Nearly 665 million Indians or 45 per cent of the rural population did not have access to the internet as of 2023. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Difficulty in understanding internet......

What PhonePe did differently from Paytm

'We went from zero to about 10 million users in three months. Paytm came out with the wallet play and we came out with the UPI play.' IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been posted only for......

How ITR's Automated Reconciliation Works

IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational purposes. Photograph: Kind courtesy StockSnap/Pixabay.com   The income-tax department is set to launch a screen-based......

What Kangana Thinks Of Modi

Photograph: ANI Photo Kangana Ranaut, who is the BJP candidate from her hometown Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, feels Prime Minister Narendra Modi is an 'ansh' (part) of Lord Ram and Lord Vishnu.......

Tamannaah Gets Ready To Scare You This April

The first quarter of 2024 has ended on a positive note. While Fighter entered the Rs 200 Crore (Rs 2 billion) Club, Shaitaan is aiming for a Rs 150 crore (Rs 1.5 billion) lifetime. And now, Crew is......

Swatantrya Veer Savarkar Review: Lost In Politics

With the kind of money and talent that has gone into making this movie, a really good biopic of a personality like Savarkar could be made. But this film is lost in polemics, as is the case with......

'Playing tipsy is difficult to enact'

'Bahut mazaa aaya tha doing Agneepath. When you are working with good actors, it enriches your acting.''Amitabhji and I had done Shahenshah before, but that was a fun film.' Photograph: Kind......

Kohli's work ethic matchless: Former BCCI anti-corruption chief Kumar

IMAGE: Neeraj Kumar said Virat Kohli's commitment to the sport was second to none. Photograph: BCCI Former BCCI anti-corruption unit chief Neeraj Kumar found superstar Virat Kohli's work ethic......

How Shafali Verma converted starts into big scores

IMAGE: Shafali Varma smashed a 50 to propel DC to a match-winning score against RCB Women on Thursday. Photograph: BCCI Big-hitting batter Shafali Verma says she has made minor adjustments to her......

'I struck the winning run and became a hero that day'

'We used to get Rs 250 for a Test match, and if the match was over in 4 days, 50 rupees were cut.' IMAGE: Chandu Borde at the Chandu Borde Pavillion at the Poona Club. Photograph: Archana......

U-19 World Cup star Pandey the next Ravindra Jadeja?

IMAGE: India's U-19 World Cup star Saumy Kumar Pandey, was fascinated by Jadeja's body language and intent on the field and tried every single day to emulate his icon. Photographs: Saumy Kumar......

Ranji Trophy: Tamil Nadu beat Goa; Delhi's hopes dashed

IMAGE: Karun Nair struck a century as Vidarbha and Rajasthan drew. Photograph: BCCI Domestic/X Suresh Lokeshwar (52) and Pradosh Ranjan Paul (65) struck half-centuries to help Tamil Nadu complete......