New beginning: 186 Pak Hindu refugees cast first-ever votes in Delhi polls

At a polling booth in Delhi's Majnu Ka Tilla, Reshma pressed the button on an electronic voting machine on Wednesday with a sense of pride as a smile spread across her face. IMAGE: Voters wait in......

Budget allocation makes Census unlikely this year too

If budgetary proposals are anything to go by, the decadal census is unlikely to be carried out in 2025 as well with a meagre Rs 574.80 crore allocated for the exercise in the Budget presented on......

U'khand UCC: Religious certificate must for live-in partners only if...

A religious certificate from clergy members will be required at the time of registering a live-in relationship only if the partners have a pre-existing relation falling under the prohibited......

Police to conduct facial recognition of Saif suspect, get 7-day custody

The Mumbai police on Friday informed a court in Mumbai that it has to conduct facial recognition of the Bangladeshi man, arrested for allegedly stabbing Saif Ali Khan last week, to ascertain if he......

'Post acquisition funding cost will come down'

'We essentially want to continue the way we are doing business -- no change in strategy, no change in ticket sizes, no change in customer segmentation and no change in yields.' Illustration:......

How to get more bang for the buck out of field agents

Will allowing business correspondents to hawk insurance products help in reviving 5-lakh strong field agents as a viable channel?   Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com In late......

E-commerce spend driving use of credit cards in non-metros, says Visa

With rising disposable incomes in cities beyond metros, the penetration of credit cards — and consequently, credit card spending — is growing at a much faster pace than in traditional......

UPI transactions surge to record 16.73 bn in Dec; value at Rs 23.25 trn

Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions saw an 8 per cent month-on-month increase in volume to 16.73 billion in December, the highest volume for the digital system since it became operational......