Bapu ki Kutiya: The Elderly are Wanted

Chhattisgarh's capital creates a caring environment for elderly people living in the city.Krishna Das reports from Raipur.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com A survey conducted by the New......

Rumblings in a Congress bastion

It will not be a cakewalk for three-time Congress MLA and Uttarakhand Sports and Forest Minister Dinesh Agarwal to win Dharampur constituency in Dehradun this poll season with BJP fielding two-time......

IMA puts out names of 382 doctors martyred in war against Covid

Taking exception to Health Minister Harsh Vardhan not mentioning the death of healthcare workers due to Covid-19 in his statement in Parliament, the Indian Medical Association has published a list......

Why Indian bureaucracy is under virtual lockdown

Recent investigations into the telecom spectrum and coal scams have made bureaucrats very wary of taking decisions The lack of energy inside North Block -- the red sandstone building which houses......

Cities in reform rush, pitch for makeover

Fed up of living in an overgrown slum? Does your city have no footpaths, no gardens, no streetlights and a municipal corporation that just does not care? All that will change soon. In less than......

Walking on water

What's the greatest problem that India will face in the 21st century? Here's a clue: it's a problem that will be faced both in the country's fast-growing megalopolises and in its distant rural......