No sooner had the WPI been officially launched in New Delhi than Muslim supporters as well as critics began posting their comments on various, mainly Indian Muslim, websites, arguing for and against the party. Some, mostly members or sympathisers of the Jamaat, hailed the new party as a welcome development
As domestic metal prices will rise faster than global prices if customs duty on metals is hiked, the capital goods sector seeks retaining them at current levels.
Rajeev Srinivasan on how insurgents and terrorists seem to have more human rights than the average citizen in India.
Not only our hands, but our whole body and deeper down, our conscience -- what remains of it after the mundane battles of our day-to-day life is also dripping with blood. Prabhakaran's blood. No, it is not only Prabhakaran's, but also of 70,000 Sri Lankan Tamils who have perished in the unspeakable violence through the past quarter century
Learning how China is addressing issues like poverty alleviation, education, health and infrastructure is what the leaders and future leaders of India should focus on.
A new book on Hinduism gives the community the means to answer critics. Arthur J Pais reports.
As part of an ongoing series, we publish the third excerpt from Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan's first book, You Are Here, to be launched August 15 by Penguin India.
Of late, a new class of hoardings has sprung up. One that brings together the best of political opportunism and the many benefits of information technology.
Whether I have become a political untouchable now or not, will be decided by the people of Karnataka, says JD-S supremo H D Deve Gowda.
Hybrids can get us to 100mpg, but only if we relearn how to drive, says Lisa Margonelli.
The report by KPMG, titled India Fraud Survey Report 2008, has effectively castigated India Inc, both at the employee and the management levels, suggesting a lack of morality at both levels. Strangely, India Inc seems to have swallowed these findings without any remorse or response.
'There used to be an explicit anti-Pakistan aggressiveness in celebrating India's victory. Perhaps it will vanish \n\nentirely one day, this hatred ingrained in our hearts.'
Yoginder Sikand partakes in an ostentatious Kashmiri wedding.
Clariant India has clearly emerged as the global outsourcing hub for its parent company. Realigning of business strategies towards the country's advantage would help the industry perform better, said Prakash Rastogi, MD, Clariant (India).
What we know -- what we have seen -- is that India can change. That is the true genius of this nation.
Rediff.com correspondent Vicky Nanjappa, who has been following and reporting on the case since the attacks, took up readers' queries about the Ajmal Kasab verdict. Here's the chat transcipt
Britain's Greg Rusedski turned the Wimbledon air blue with a furious outburst of foul language during his 7-6, 7-6, 7-5 loss to Andy Roddick.
He's very gracious when all is well, like when he is winning. But he's prone to jump in fright when someone stands up to him.
An analysis of the PM's speech to the joint US Congress
'The Dar ul-Uloom Deoband could serve as an effective ambassador for India in the Muslim world and even beyond, and could be a means to inform others about India's composite culture and religiously-plural society.' Maulana Abdul Khaliq Madrasi, deputy rector of the Dar ul-Uloom Deoband, in a rare interview.
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