You went too soon, Manohar Parrikar

Nitin A Gokhale, Co-founder, BharatShakti.in and long-time Rediff.com contributor, remembers a most unusual politician. Photograph: Reuters Our first conversation began with a misunderstanding. In......

Jio's plan to make India '2G-mukt' will hit Vodafone Idea hard

Jio is planning to win over 350 million 2G feature phone users by launching a smartphone at a fraction of the current cost. Mukesh Ambani’s plan to make India ‘2G-mukt’ will hit......

BSE: Top gainers and losers

  Benchmark share indices ended higher on Tuesday, amid firm overseas cues, led by energy shares tracking a rally in global crude oil prices. In the broader market, the BSE Midcap and......

It makes sense to invest in gold now

Gold looks cheap compared to the stock markets that are highly overbought at the moment.Puneet Wadhwa reports. Gold prices have outperformed the markets -- S&P 500 -- thus far in this century......

Nifty tops 8,500 to end at highest close since August 2015

Markets extended gains on Tuesday with the benchmark Nifty surpassing the 8,500 mark to end at its highest closing level since August 2015 led by private banking major ICICI Bank. The S&P BSE......