SC seeks govt reply on plea against CAG appointment process

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre's reply on a PIL for declaring as unconstitutional, the process of appointment of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India "solely by the executive......

Adulterated Drugs On Decline Amid Crackdown

Rise in raids on illicit drug manufacturing units, alongside arrests for the production, sale, or distribution of spurious or adulterated drugs. Photograph: Yves Herman/Reuters   The......

Behind BJP's Delhi triumph: RSS' quiet campaign

In the run-up to the Delhi assembly elections, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) went all out to persuade voters to elect an effective and accountable government for the progress of the......

Quota fraud: Puja Khedkar sacked from IAS with immediate effect

The central government has discharged Puja Khedkar from the Indian Administrative Service with immediate effect, over a month after the Union Public Service Commission cancelled her selection,......

Adani, Tata eye bigger pie in Mumbai power distribution

As Mumbai’s real estate and electric vehicle penetration grows, two of the city’s private power distribution companies, Adani Electricity and Tata Power, are eyeing a bigger business......

Maharashtra fills up 100,000 reserved category pos

The Maharashtra state administration has filled up over 1 lakh (100,000) vacant posts in the reserved category in this calendar year so far.Another 78, 000 posts are scheduled to be filled up......

Fraternity, prosperity and polarisation

Economic stagnation is the advance payment for polarisation, which extracts a terrible price. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com One of the most heartening and fraternal features of......

Google India's Wi-Fi project to soon go global

Most of the markets it is now looking at in hopes of gaining the next billion internet users have demographics similar to that of India. After deploying Wi-Fi at 400 railway stations, infotech......