'If you want to catch a rat, you can't burn the house'

'Crony capitalism will gain due to these Acts.' IMAGE: A farmer works on his his field on the outskirts of Jammu. Photograph: PTI Photo Amid the nation-wide protests against the newly-enacted farm......

Hindus from Pak celebrate, newborn named 'Nagrikta'

IMAGE: A Pakistani Hindu family in Majnu ka Tila area of Delhi named their newborn girl 'Nagrikta' to commemorate the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Bill. Photograph: PTI Photo......

'What is better than dying for Gangaji?'

'Two have already sacrificed their lives.''How many more shall need to sacrifice before the government listens?''Four, five or six? They are ready, waiting.'After Ganga campaigner G D Agrawal's......

NGT holds AoL responsible for damaging Yamuna floodplains

The AoL termed the verdict as 'erroneous and untenable' and said they did not agree with it and will approach the Supreme Court. In a setback to the Art of Living Foundation of spiritual leader......

Highlights of Union Budget 2021-22

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman read out the Union Budget speech in the Lok Sabha from a tablet on Monday instead of a conventional paper document. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com......

A case against merging appellate tribunals

Merging tribunals may lead to administrative convenience, but pendency of cases is likely to increase, says Jyoti Mukul. When the regulator for the downstream petroleum sector was set up in 2006,......

17 Acts to be amended through Finance Bill

Govt to scrap 8 appellate tribunals; National Company Law Appellate Tribunal to take over Competition Appellate Tribunal's duties The government plans to dissolve eight appellate tribunals......

Sensex falls 208 points to end at 3-month low; financials drag

Sensex and Nifty closed at 3-month low weighed down by rate-sensitive stocks while sustained fund outflows by foreign investors also weighed on investor sentiment.   Governor Raghuram......