Officers with Ardh Kumbh experience to handle Maha Kumbh post stampede

The Uttar Pradesh government has deployed two senior IAS officers, who were part of the team that successfully conducted the 2019 Ardh Kumbh, to oversee the smooth conduct of the Maha Kumbh Mela in......

UK's richest 10% took half of wealth from India during colonialism

The United Kingdom extracted USD 64.82 trillion from India over a century of colonialism between 1765 and 1900 and USD 33.8 trillion of this went to the richest 10 per cent -- enough money to......

Flood submerges 30 Bihar districts, 45 lakh hit in two phases of deluge

The flood situation remained grim in Bihar on Friday though the water level has come down in several rivers, while a section of the affected people put up a road blockade in Muzaffarpur district......

BJP makes inroads in Dalit, Jat strongholds of Haryana

The Bharatiya Janata Party, which pulled off a hat-trick of wins in Haryana by bucking anti-incumbency, managed to make significant inroads into the Dalit seats and Jat strongholds. IMAGE: Defence......

Banks post sixth year of profit growth in FY24, bad loans decline further

Commercial banks in India reported a sixth consecutive year of rise in their net profits in 2023-24 while bad loans continued to fall, according to the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s)......

High points of Sitharaman's 8th Union Budget

These are the highlights of the Union Budget 2025-26 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament on Saturday. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com DIRECT TAX No personal......

5% Reduction in Tax Can Stimulate Spending

While this will incur a revenue loss amounting to 0.2 per cent of GDP, it will provide a strong boost to consumer sentiment and spending, points out Rajani Sinha. Illustration: Dominic......

What Budget has in store for regional rural banks

RRBs were formed under an Act to provide credit to small farmers, agricultural labourers and businesses in rural areas. The government is working on a policy to bring regional rural banks (RRBs)......