In its election manifesto -- 'Sankalp Patra' -- the Bharatiya Janata Party has vowed to implement the Union Civil Code (UCC), maintain peace in the Northeast, among other key poll promises. IMAGE:......
If the BJP gets only 200 seats and wants to remain in power, Modi will have to make way -- either for a proxy of his choice, or for an internal rival, predicts Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay. IMAGE:......
Indications are that Modi will have words of encouragement for Stalin, and the meeting is likely to be much less acrimonious than critics of either would want it to be. notes N Sathiya Moorthy.......
The Congress on Monday strongly criticised the Union budget, saying Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's speech was oblivious to the declining GDP and the budget was a case of "wrong diagnosis and......
Each of the larger states may need less than Rs 10,000 crore each to finance the exercise.Sohini Das and Subhomoy Bhattacharjee reports. *IMAGE: Bank guarantees will offer the states the option to......
Highlights of the Union Budget 2024-25 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Standard deduction in new tax regime......
The message is clear: The 60-year-old wise uncles need to handhold the 40-year-old entrepreneurs when, obsessed with ambition and greed for growth, they become a victim of hubris, points out Tamal......
Going by the RBI directive and the overall narrative, Paytm may have lost the rigour of stress tests, audits and compliance. IMAGE: A cutlery vendor switches on Paytm to receive payment details at......
'On the final product, there can be an increase of a minimum of 10 per cent in February and March.' IMAGE: People watch Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman present the Union Budget at an......
'There are occasions when the prices of individual items like food raise inflation; then supply-side measures must be taken.''But if there is continued inflation, it means liquidity is aggravating......
Kannada cinema's reigning star and celebrity television host Puneeth Rajkumar, known for films such as Appu, Veera Kannadiga and Maurya, died in Bengaluru on Friday following a massive......
Valentine's Day is the stuff loveand loversare made of. rediff.com takes a look at how someBollywoodstar couplesmet and fell in love:Falling in love, legs first!Shah Rukh Khan was walking down a......
IMAGE: Silver medallist P V Sindhu of India celebrates during the medal ceremony after losing to Carolina Marin of Spain in the women's singles badminton final. Photograph: Clive......