Vice President Dhankhar admitted to AIIMS, condition stable

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar was admitted to the All India Institue of Medical Sciences in New Delhi early on Sunday after complaining of uneasiness and chest pain, sources said. IMAGE: Vice......

INDIA partners Cong, CPM spar in RS over Kerala ASHA workers' strike

A war of words erupted in the Rajya Sabha between Congress and Communist Party of India-Marxist MPs from Kerala over the strike by ASHA workers in that state demanding a hike in honorarium and......

HMPV infections not life-threatening: Karnataka minister

With two cases of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) detected in Karnataka, the state's health minister Dinesh Gundu Rao on Monday said there is no need to panic as the infections that have been detected......

Union Health minister meets Dr Manmohan Singh at AIIMS

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday met former prime minister Manmohan Singh, who has been admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi after complaining of......

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......

Slowdown Is Neither Surprising Nor Inexplicable

'If tax-and-spend was expected to trickle down, it has failed; India's rural wages are stagnant, which has wrecked consumption growth,' points out Debashis Basu. Illustration: Dominic......

Budget proposes social security scheme for gig workers

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced a social security scheme for one crore gig workers engaged with online platforms and said the government will provide them identity cards......

'They Accept Any Job Because There Is No Job In The Market'

'Not only jobs are not being generated, but people are also losing jobs.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com It is the time of the year when major discussions are centred around the Budget to......

PIX: PM Modi declares 38th National Games open!

IMAGE: PM Modi receives the ceremonial torch from Olympian Lakshya Sen during the 38th National Games opening ceremony in Dehradun on Tuesday. Photograph: Kind courtesy Uttarakhand DIPR/X A......

Meet India's new sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya

IMAGE: Mansukh Mandaviya won the Porbandar Lok Sabha seat in Gujarat by defeating his nearest Congress rival Lalit Vasoya by a margin of 3.83 lakh votes. Photograph: Mansukh Mandaviya/Instagram......