NCP-SP leaders behind minister Gore's extortion case: Fadnavis

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday alleged leaders of the opposition Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar were involved in a "conspiracy" against his cabinet......

Salaries, allowances, pensions of MPs hiked; monthly income rises to...

The Centre on Monday notified a 24 percent hike in the salaries of members of Parliament with effect from April 1, 2023, on the basis of the Cost Inflation Index, taking their monthly salaries to......

Tourist hub Matheran shuts down indefinitely. Here's why

Matheran, a popular tourist hill station close to Mumbai has been indefinitely shut from Wednesday. Photograph: Hemant Shivsharan/Rediff.com The move has come after an organization 'Matheran......

'Muslims Have Been Misled By Opposition'

'Muslims need to work according to strategy and not fall into the trap of Opposition parties.' IMAGE: Minority and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju tables the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2025......

50:50 Chance Of An RBI Rate Cut

'If it doesn't, it will continue with measures to infuse liquidity, signalling a new cycle,' predicts Tamal Bandyopadhyay. IMAGE: Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra meets Finance......

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......

BSE, NSE end marginally lower in highly volatile trade

Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty ended marginally lower in a highly volatile trade on Friday, snapping their five-day rally, after the Reserve Bank of India kept the policy rate unchanged......

Have You Heard About The Potato Crisis?

Amid the political blame game over Bengal's potato ban, which led to shortages in Jharkhand and Odisha, Uttar Pradesh farmers are the unlikely winners. IMAGE: Farmers harvest potatoes in the......

India's 2036 Games bid: 'It should uplift and deliver benefits'

'...we say that sport is this great phenomenon that is so wonderful and it's healthy and it's good for us all. Let's make sure that it doesn't bring suffering or disadvantage to anybody because of......

'Truly no words to capture the depth of our sorrow'

US skating mourns athletes lost in plane crash IMAGE: Wichita Mayor Lily Wu hugs an attendee at a prayer vigil for victims of the plane crash of the American Eagle flight 5342, at Wichita City......

Only Olympic, CWG, Asiad sports for National Games?

Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President PT Usha on Thursday proposed that only disciplines featuring in the Olympics, Commonwealth and Asian Games be considered for inclusion in the future......

CA 'grateful to the BCCI'

'This Border-Gavaskar Trophy (series) has had the biggest Boxing Day crowd ever passing the Ashes and the series is so delicately poised now, it is living up to every hype.' SCORECARD IMAGE:......

Was Rizwan forced to accept PCB's diktat?

Rizwan was initially reluctant but later accepted Pak white-ball captaincy: Source IMAGE: The source said that Mohammad Rizwan had been assured by the PCB that he would be consulted in finalising......