Vaccination drive hailed as decisive moment in fight against COVID-19

Loud applause and cheers rang out as the first jabs were administered to frontline workers at hospitals and healthcare centres across the country on Saturday at the start of the gargantuan COVID-19......

Leaders hail vaccination drive, medicos express hope

As India launched the world's largest vaccination drive against the coronavirus pandemic, showing the light at the end of a 10-month tunnel that upended millions of lives and livelihoods, here are......

Veteran lawyer Ram Jethmalani passes away

Eminent jurist and former Union minister Ram Jethmalani, who fought some of the most difficult criminal cases and defended the accused in the Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi assassination cases,......

Prez, PM hail 'distinguished jurist' Ram Jethmalani

A host of country's top leaders on Sunday condoled the demise of Ram Jethmalani, with President Ram Nath Kovind hailing him as a 'distinguished jurist' while others remembered him as an 'iconic......

Thiruvananthapuram tops list of 30 new smart cities

Launched on June 15, 2015, the government proposes to develop 100 smart cities under the mission. Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, Naya Raipur in Chhattisgarh and Rajkot in Gujarat figured in the new......

Housing for poor finally taking off

For those in the EWS and LIG category who wish to take a loan up to Rs 600,000, there is an interest subsidy of 6.5 per cent for a tenure of 15 years. Though the central government’s Housing......

What PMO will do for affordable housing

Realty players want single window clearance for all affordable projects, reports Karan Choudhury.   Eager to make the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana a success, the Prime Minister's Office held a......

Nitin Gadkari, Modi's Big Plans minister

'If your paper writes something you don't agree with, will you criticise it?' Nitin Gadkari asks Aditi Phadnis when quizzed about demonetisation.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Nitin Gadkari,......

PIX: Nagarjuna, Allu Arjun at Chiranjeevi's daughter's reception

The big fat wedding reception of actor-turned-politician Chiranjeevi's daughter Sreeja was held at the Park Hyatt hotel in Hyderabad on March 31. It was indeed a grand affair as celebrities......

This cricketer has a heart of gold

Gautam Gambhir to bear educational expenses of Sukma bravehearts' children  IMAGE: Gautam Gambhir has pledged to bear the educational expenses of the children of the 25 CRPF personnel.......

DDCA gets yet another extension after taking legal recourse

IMAGE: New Delhi's Feroz Shah Kotla cricket ground. Photograph: BCCI The faction-ridden Delhi & Districts Cricket Association (DDCA), on Thursday, got a one-day extension from the Board of Control......

BCCI gives DDCA January 28 deadline

IMAGE: New Delhi's Feroz Shah Kotla cricket ground. Photograph: BCCI The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to give a day's extension to the beleaguered Delhi & Districts......