HC relief for Union minister Shobha Karandlaje over cafe blast remarks

The Karnataka high court on Friday stayed further investigation in a criminal case filed against Bharatiya Janata Party MP and Union minister Shobha Karandlaje over her statement during a protest......

Is Nehru Responsible For Indian Muslims' Plight?

Pratinav Anil is able to foresee some agency and assertion on the part of India's Muslims.His hope emanates from the citizenship rights movement of Muslims in 2019-2020, notes Mohammad Sajjad.......

Hijab Case: Why Muslim Liberals Will Lose

The educated, respectable and established Muslims voices, that were on the modernising side on the Shah Bano issue, are fighting on the opposite side now, mostly because they worry about Narendra......

Nana Patole appointed Maharashtra Congress president

The Congress on Friday appointed Nana Patole as the party's Maharashtra state committee president, replacing Balasaheb Thorat. Patole, 57, a four-time MLA currently representing Sakoli seat in......

Infra, small-cap, and PSU funds top one-year performance charts

The one-year returns for equity-oriented mutual fund (MFs) schemes have largely mirrored the gains made in the secondary market. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com However, schemes that invest......

'Farm income will double in 2024'

'To bring about a paradigm shift in farmers's income, we need to change our approach to agriculture, and transit from the narrow prism of cultivation to a full-fledged enterprise, by building all......

Govt plans financial penalties to push crop insurance

Almost 30% or a third of the agriculture ministry’s budget, is spent on premium for the PMFBY every year More than two years after its formal launch, the Centre is planning to impose......

Why meeting Budget's commitment on MSP is not easy

From NITI Aayog to industry leaders to the Reserve Bank of India, all are apprehensive that any major increase in MSP, following the 2018-19 Budget announcements, would push up prices, if not......