Full text: President Murmu's R-Day eve address to the nation

'Today, let us reaffirm our commitment to strive to realise Gandhiji’s dreams. His watchwords, truth and nonviolence, will continue to remain relevant for the whole world. He also taught us......

Trump 47: Disruptor Or Savvy Dealmaker?

Donald Trump's exaggerated opinion of his dealmaking capacity can get him into trouble, observes R Sriram. The danger this time is that the overestimation of his deal making capabilities and the......

Senior journalist arrested in Gujarat in GST 'scam'

The Ahmedabad Crime Branch on Tuesday arrested a senior journalist with a leading newspaper in Gujarat in an alleged Goods and Service Tax (GST) scam, officials said. Image only for......

Voting For Trump Will Only Hurt America

'To everyone voting for Trump, I have only this simple question: Would you let him have lunch with your daughter or sister or wife or mother?''Then why would you let him have our lunch (and so much......

Businessmen suicides outnumber farmers' for 2nd year in a row

The states recording the highest number of such deaths include Karnataka (14.3 per cent), Maharashtra (13.2 per cent), and Madhya Pradesh (11.3 per cent). Tamil Nadu (9.4 per cent) and Telangana......

Rs 62,000 Crore GST Evasion Detected

'There are unscrupulous traders who create fake invoices by showing bogus e-way bills, movement of goods.''Since the entities registered across different states, and kept on changing their numbers,......

Will the Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill of any real use?

Legal experts are not sure if threat of confiscation of property will be deterrent enough for fleeing offenders Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Vijay Mallya reportedly left Indian shores on......

Why Jaitley demands a hasty change in corruption law

The economy, the minister noted, had ceased to be a 'licence raj'. Review and change of the Prevention of Corruption Act needs to be hastened, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said in New Delhi on......

Brazil didn't mess up Olympics, nor did it make most of them

The enduring images of the Games will be not just the great sporting achievements - from US swimmer Michael Phelps' 28th Olympic medal to Usain Bolt's historic sprint 'triple triple' - but also the......

'Dalmiya misappropriated over Rs 2.90 crore'

Former Board of Control for Cricket in India president Jagmohan Dalmiya has been found to have misappropriated over Rs 2.90 crore in the BCCI accounts, police said in Mumbai on Monday. Jagmohan......