'Have Muslims Faced Problems In Maharashtra?'

'We have given riot-free Maharashtra in our 18-month rule.' IMAGE: Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar speaks to Rediff.com at his home in Baramati. Photograph: Hitesh......

High Court Restores Construction Workers' Rights

Justices Arif S Doctor and Somasekhar Sundaresan held there was nothing in the MCC that would interfere with the Board's ongoing activities. Kindly note that this image has been posted only for......

HC permits statutory activities during poll code, quashes Maha circular

The Bombay high court has set aside a Maharashtra government circular suspending registration of construction workers under a law that governs their employment citing the model code of conduct in......

2-state polls: BJP, Oppn gird up in shadow of Haryana poll outcome

If the Bharatiya Janata Party's win against odds in the Haryana polls helped it blunt the impression of an ascendent Congress, the ruling party will look to decisively turn the tables on the INDIA......

Budget 2020: Tax changes for charitable trusts likely

The new provision under the Income-Tax Act may enable the authorities to seize trustees’ personal assets if there’s a breach of objectives governing registered charitable trusts. The......

India is still struggling between populism and policy: Arun Jaitley

'The perpetual challenge is: How to strengthen India's agriculture sector and between making investment in that sector and making agriculture remunerative.' 'The world considers our growth rate to......

Cotton farmers may shift to soybean this kharif season

Soybean is trading at a 25 per cent premium to the MSP, after initially slipping below the government’s threshold procurement price of Rs 2,850 a quintal. Many cotton farmers are reportedly......

5,275 wilful defaulters (+ Mallya) owe banks Rs 56,621 crore

India’s five leading wilful defaulters are Winsome Diamonds & Jewellery Ltd and associate Forever Precious Jewellery & Diamonds, Zoom Developers, Kingfisher Airlines, Beta Naphthol and Raza......

BCCI is a 'shop', rules Supreme Court

IMAGE: The top court was dealing with the question of whether the BCCI can be said to be a 'shop' as per the notification dated September 18, 1978, and if the provisions of the ESI Act shall be......

Sachin mourns Warne's unfortunate demise: 'Indians have special place for you'

IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar (left) stands with Shane Warne. Photograph: Philip Brown/Reuters The cricket fraternity across the globe was shell shocked by the sudden demise of Australian spin......

BCCI awaits government's decision before taking a call on IPL

IMAGE: BCCI secretary Jay Shah, president Sourav Ganguly and treasurer Arun Dhumal. Photograph: BCCI/Twitter The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will wait for the government's......

COVID-19: BCCI suspends IPL till April 15; shorter, closed-door affair with double-headers

IMAGE: The Central government has suspended all visas to India till April 15 as part of measures to contain the spread of the pandemic. Photograph: BCCI The under-pressure Board of......

BCCI not running away from Lodha recommendations, says chief Thakur

'If ads are not shown the Board will go back to 1980s level' 'IPL is a win-win situation for State and Central Government' 'Don't force us to take IPL outside India' IMAGE: Newly elected BCCI......