Poonch deaths: Rajnath assures justice, asks Army to 'avoid mistakes'

Assuring justice to families of three civilians allegedly killed in Army custody in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch last week, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday urged troops to win the hearts......

'The Congress has to reboot'

'Revanth Reddy mounted a spirited campaign in Telangana which turned around the fortunes of the Congress in six months.' IMAGE: Congress Parliamentary Party leader Sonia Gandhi and Telangana Chief......

Cong govt issues order for caste survey in Rajasthan

Ahead of the assembly polls in Rajasthan, the Congress government on Saturday night issued an order for the conduct of a caste survey in the state. IMAGE: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot......

NEET, Vishwakarma Scheme, And Tamil Angst

Medical seats for under-graduates and post-graduates remaining vacant in the NEET era, together with the Centre 'freezing' the number of medical colleges and seats in (Dravidian) Tamil Nadu and the......

Why India's gig workforce is still outside purview of basic benefits

If you have seen Zwigato, Param Kumar’s story will sound familiar. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Laid off from his job as a repairman at a Gurugram-based water purifier provider, he......

'Let public, not foreigners, own public sector banks'

'What we have to think about is, how to improve the efficiency of public sector banks.''You have to make decision-making more prudent, and free from government intervention.' Kindly note the image......

Uber acknowledges 'mistakes'; says it's a changed company now

With a report on Uber by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) opening a Pandora’s box, the company is in a damage-control mode. Illustration: Uttam......

Rules for hiring contract workers eased

However, the government has enacted an important change to the fixed-term employment framework that may help companies in handing out contractual jobs to its existing permanent workforce. The......