'A brilliant lawyer, seasoned parliamentarian'

President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu and other top leaders paid rich tributes to senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who died on......

Baijayant Panda quits BJD

In his three-page-long resignation letter to party president and Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik, he wrote, “It is with deep anguish, hurt and sorrow that I have decided to quit the kind of politics......

'Rs 17 a day an insult to farmers'

Shortly after the Union Budget was announced, political leaders from across the spectrum reacted to it. Here’s what some of our leaders said. IMAGE: Interim Finance Minister Piyush Goyal......

The RTI Act is under siege

Geetanjali Krishna explains why this may slow down India's fight against corruption.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com With almost 6 million RTI applications filed every year, India's Right to......

India's shooting coach Dradi says he has liver cancer

'No country in the world is spending so much that India is spending.' IMAGE: India's shooting coach Marcello Dradi said he recently underwent a surgery after the cancer returned for the third time......