Maha governor allows Shinde govt to withdraw MVA's 12 nominees to council

Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Monday allowed to withdraw the list consisting of 12 names for the nomination to the legislative council (MLC seats) proposed by the previous Maha......

How these elephants were saved

Shailajanand Mishra lists The Top Videos of the Week! Take a look. IMAGE: This government-run elephant rescue and rehabilitation centre in Trichy provides treatment and care to ill-treated......

Will Rahul take charge of Congress?

'I told Rahul: "You have to become president. Taalne se nahin hoga (you can't avoid the responsibility any longer)".''Rahul said: "I will think about it".'Aditi Phadnis reports. IMAGE: Interim......

Complete list of Padma awardees, 2021

The Narendra Modi government on Monday announced the prestigious Padma awards for 2021.   In all 119 Padma awards were announced, of which the Padma Vibushan, the second highest civil award in......

Water: By the people, of the people, for the people

Six villages in Maharashtra that are within the drought affected area have remained water secure even in an extremely bad year. A grand entry by the monsoon has raised hopes for the large number of......

Freedom, hurt sentiments and dissent

Can there be a democratic polity without a culture of democratic behaviour? This may seem like a hackneyed question. But it has, once again, been brought into sharp focus in two very different......

Post-protest: Challenges of building local economy

Farmers who opposed the Special Economic Zone at Raigad seem to have won, for now.In mid-February the Government of Maharashtra announced that it would return, to farmers, land that had been marked......

Villagers on how SEZs will affect their lives

Fear of being displaced, fear of being uprooted from their native culture, fear of being exploited by shrewd politicians in connivance with developers of Special Economic Zones is the common strand......

Swades: The rediff connection

Go to www.swades.comClick on Enter HTML Site.Click on Acknowledgements at the bottom right of the screen that comes up.You see rediff.com columnist Dilip D'Souza, right? Explanation: The director,......