'How Will Piyush Goyal Help Us?'

'We need a candidate who will do our work and fight with the authorities; someone we can hold accountable.''Piyush Goyal is not that candidate.' IMAGE: A view of Ambujawadi. Photograph: Jyoti......

Mr and Mrs Patel wanted to be President...

A husband and wife from Mumbai filed their nominations for Monday's Presidential election.A sign that common Indians like you and me can aspire to be the First Citizen of the land.Rediff.com's......

Why Indians should fear the UID

The Aadhaar or UID project has grave implications for every Indian. It will enable the government to profile every citizen and track their movements and transactions. There is no guarantee that......

President's address to the Parliament

Following is the trascriptof President Pratibha Patil's address to the joint sittingof Parliament on Thursday.Honourable Members, I convey my good wishes to you and to all our people. On behalf of......

Pranab Mukherjee's Budget Speech

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented the Budget for 2009-10 on July 6. Following is the BudgetSpeechof Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee: Madam Speaker, I rise to present the Budget for......

Lalu's Rail Budget speech

Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav made the following speech while presenting the Railway Budget for 2004-2005 in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday (July 6, 2004)."Mr Speaker Sir,I rise to present the......