Revealed! BJP's gameplan to breach 400+ LS seats

The BJP is focusing determinedly on the seats it lost in 2019, with the hope of winning these either independently or with the aid of its allies. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets people......

AIADMK formally severs ties with BJP, to lead 3rd front

Ending its four year-old ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party,  the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam on Monday announced walking out of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and said......

Modi's longest Parliament speech pressed all the right buttons

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday slammed the opposition alliance INDIA as a collection of arrogant dynasties who will take India back by two centuries as he exuded confidence that people......

RJD minister's outburst irks Nitish, admits to meeting Prashant Kishor

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Wednesday frowned upon the recalcitrance shown by his Agriculture Minister Sudhakar Singh, who belongs to the Rashtriya Janata Dal, but sought to put the ball in......

Election jitters drive FPI selloff to $3.5 bn

Foreign portfolio investors (FPI) have pulled out $3.5 billion from India’s equity markets so far this month. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The selling comes on the back of......

Ahead of assembly polls, oil companies hold back price hike in March

The high tax on auto fuels is the primary reason for the record elevated petrol and diesel prices in the country. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Government-controlled oil-marketing companies......

Non-basmati rice export falls after govt withdraws tax sops

In order to help farmers, the government has increased minimum support price for the last several years. This has made Indian rice uncompetitive for exports. India’s exports of non-basmati......

FPIs pumped in nearly $11 bn in equity markets till May

Foreign investors, according to them, will now wait-and-watch how the economy takes shape in the backdrop of doubts over monsoon, interest rate trajectory and other global events such as the US......