Govt acts tough against Greenpeace India, freezes bank accounts

In a tough action, the Government on Thursday barred Greenpeace India from receiving foreign funds with immediate effect by suspending its licence for six months and froze all its accounts,......

How parties LIED on their poll expenses

The Association of Democratic Reforms in its lartest report has noted serious discrepancies between lump sum amount that political parties declared to have given to their candidates for election......

How Congress spokespersons defend the indefensible

A Ganesh Nadar listens in during Congress spokesperson Sanjay Jha’s speech to the IMC in Mumbai. “Sir, you are living in a fool’s paradise.” This was the first reaction to......

Time for action against Maoists: Jharkhand leaders

The Maoist threat should be taken with utmost seriously and the menace should be dealt with in every possible way, political leaders in Jharkhand opined. "Appeals for a dialogue with them (Maoists)......

India's tryst with coal and clean energy is coming unstuck

India’s jugalbandhi with coal and clean energy is coming unstuck, neither achieving adequate renewable generation nor ensuring sufficient coal-fired power in the quest to become a $5-trillion......

Despite spike in aluminium demand, China still a threat for India

Chinese alumina refining and metal smelting technologies have emerged as a match for the best anywhere in the world. In fact, Vedanta and Hindalco have bought technologies from China. Our aluminium......

Fiscal deficit reaches 52% of target in 2 months

It was 55.3 per cent for the same period last year, and data shows the fiscal deficit for April-May was kept in reasonable check in spite of heavy frontloading of expenditure. Illustration: Uttam......

The REAL story behind zero #MeToo cases

Audit firms such as KPMG believe zero complaints may be an indicator of the lack of requisite mechanism to allow for such reporting Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com In contrast to the......