One more extortion case filed against Param Bir Singh, now in Thane

One more case has been registered against former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh for allegedly extorting money from the relative of a builder and kidnapping him for ransom, the police......

How Many Children do BJP MLAs in UP have?

Given the controversy over the Uttar Pradesh government's population control policy, Hemant Shivsaran/Rediff.com digs deep to find out how many children BJP legislators in UP have. IMAGE: Uttar......

8 lessons for the BJP from Maharashtra

There are limitations to milking national security, says Sanjeev Nayyar. IMAGE: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. Photograph: ANI Photo   Many expected the Bharatiya Janata......

Sharad Yadav-led faction working on 'grand alliance' in MP

The rebel group of the Janata Dal-United led by Sharad Yadav is making efforts to form a 'grand alliance' against the Bharatiya Janata Party in Madhya Pradesh for the year-end assembly polls.......

Not so united? GST launch divides Opposition

The Opposition stood as a divided house as the Janata Dal-United, the Nationalist Congress Party, the Biju Janata Dal, the Samajwadi Party and Janata Dal-Secular participated in the midnight......

Patel, Scindia among richest ministers in India

Defence Minister A K Antony and Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee have total assets of nearly Rs 100,000 and Rs 600,000 respectively in contrast to their colleagues like Praful Patel and......

'I look up to Narayana Murthy for leadership'

S 'Kris' Gopalakrishnan took over as chief executive officer of Infosys Technologies on June 22, 2007. He is one of the founder members of the company, who along with N R Narayana Murthy, set up......

Avoid over-valued stocks

Part I: Strategies for small investorsPart II: More strategies for small investors In the concluding part of the series, Business Standard spoke to investment managers from brokerage houses on what......

Will Yuvraj go unsold at 2019 IPL auction?

Yuvraj Singh managed just 65 runs in eight games for Kings XI Punjab and no wonder that the team decided to release him. IMAGE: Yuvraj Singh has put himself in the Rs 1 crore base price bracket......

'Disclose documents on tax exemption given to ICC WC'

The Central Information Commission has directed the Income Tax department to make public documents related to tax exemption given to the ICC World Cup held last year in the country. Information......