'No political party can antagonise Ambedkarite voters, particularly the neo-Buddhists.' IMAGE: Devendra Fadnavis, the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from the Nagpur South-West assembly seat,......
Asserting that India stands firmly with its brave soldiers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged people to light a diya at their homes to honour security forces guarding the country's......
The BJP has chosen a Dalit to be India's next President.How will that momentous decision change the lives of the nation's Dalits?Agnibhaskar Buddh lives in Shabbirpur village, a Dalit area in......
In an all Dalit village in Muzzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, three girls who do mazdoori after finishing the day's chores, will vote for the first time.Opening their home and heart to Rediff.com's......
'Despite living in a free nation for so many years, if atrocities like rapes, public flogging, social boycotts are faced by Dalits, then conversion is the only option.' Banaskantha Dalit Sanghatan......
Investors' wealth tumbled over Rs 2.58 lakh crore on Monday as equity markets suffered a heavy sell-off, with the Sensex plunging 2 per cent. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The BSE benchmark......
Infosys, HDFC, HDFC Bank, Tech Mahindra, Wipro and TCS were the major laggards in the Sensex pack. NSE Nifty plunged 302 points to finish at 17,173.65. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters Equity......
IMAGE: The Bombay Stick Exchange. Photograph: The Late Danish Siddiqui/Reuters Seven of the 10 most valued firms suffered a combined erosion of Rs 1,32,535.79 crore in market valuation last......
HDFC and HDFC Bank were the top laggards in the Sensex pack, shedding 2.01 per cent and 1.90 per cent respectively, followed by Maruti, Dr Reddy's, Asian Paints, PowerGrid, Bajaj Finserv and Kotak......
Major markets, including the Bombay Stock Exchange, the National Stock Exchange, the interbank foreign exchange market and overnight call money/government securities market, will remain closed on......