After row, Maha govt withdraws order to allocate Rs 10cr to Waqf board

A day after issuing a government resolution (GR) for the release of Rs 10 crore funds to strengthen the state Waqf Board, the Maharashtra government on Friday withdrew the order amid opposition by......

What's Holding Up Candidate Lists In Maharashtra?

The strains are telling as old friends and new enemies face each other in the battlefield. IMAGE: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde with state Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis and......

How Pune duo hatched the plan to kill Baba Siddique

The conspiracy to kill Nationalist Congress Party leader and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique was hatched in Pune and shooters were provided with a photo and a flex banner for the target......

Modi 3.0: Focus Shifts To Governance

'It would be reasonable to assume that Modi 3.0 would be more focused on projects and schemes which do not require any legislative change or which have the support of its coalition partners,'......

MPS: FinMin may extend August deadline for PSBs, insurers

The finance ministry is in favour of extending the August deadline for public sector banks (PSBs) as well as insurance companies to increase their minimum public shareholding (MPS) to the mandated......

Rooftop solar charges up electric vehicle boom in India's smaller cities

The push given to rooftop solar installation in the Interim Budget ties in with its high rate of adoption in Tier-II and -III cities of India. If original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the......

From Lambretta to Aamby Valley Project: Rise and fall of Subrata Roy

The story of Sahara India Pariwar founder Subrata Roy, who died in Mumbai on Nov­ember 14 aged 75, is the stuff of movies - of a spectacular rise and an equally spectacular fall. Photograph:......

132,497 Indians Have Income Of 1 Crore Plus

7 states account for over 80 per cent of the total direct tax collections by the Union government. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com   Have more Indians come under the income-tax net over......

Football: Klopp named Premier League Manager of the Season

IMAGE: Juergen Klopp, 53, beat Chelsea boss Frank Lampard, Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers and Sheffield United coach Chris Wilder to the award. Photograph: Phil Noble/Pool via Reuters......