The Congress on Tuesday released its manifesto for the Rajasthan assembly polls, promising a caste survey and a slew of schemes for farmers and youth, including 10 lakh job opportunities, and a new......
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, while reiterating his party's commitment to proportionate representation, on Friday said Telangana is going to witness a toofan (storm) of support for his party in the......
The toll in the flash flood in Sikkim mounted to 18 on Thursday as Army and NDRF teams worked their way through slushy earth and fast flowing water in the Teesta river basin and downstream north......
'The last four years was not Dravidian rule, it was BJP rule by proxy.' IMAGE: Udayanidhi Stalin, DMK President M K Stalins's son and the party's youth wing secretary, being interviewed by the......
You may be an MP or an MLA; when we go to Bengal, we go as cadre.'Swarupa Dutt/Rediff.com speaks to BJP leaders deputed to go to West Bengal on election duty. IMAGE: Rajya Sabha MP Rupa Ganguly --......
Of the 170 million rural households in the country, a government website claims to have connected 82 per cent of them. The metered households are 50 per cent of the total. As on February,......
Over 100 beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana from 20 states will share with the LPG panchayat their experiences of how clean cooking fuel has changed their lives, in the presence of......
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to deliver his third Independence Day speech on August 15, he is inviting ideas from citizens on issues he should speak on Speeding up financial inclusion,......
The Budget has allocated an increase in allocation for MGNREGS, LPG expansion, electrification & smart panchayats. Image: Rural sector has been chosen as a top priority. Photograph: Reuters ......
More people will be literate, on the Internet, linked to the national identification scheme and likely to receive electricity, especially from alternative-energy sources. The new year has many......