Many farmers' issues need to be resolved: Tikait at mahapanchayat

Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Monday said that besides the repealing of the three agri laws, there are many issues of farmers that need to be resolved as a large number of them......

Split in Rajasthan BJP: Raje loyalists want her to be made CM face

The fact that Home Minister Amit Shah recently met Raje was a marker that Delhi will be compelled to take her more seriously than it would care to. Like B S Yediyurappa, she's a regional chieftain......

Why Modi is unperturbed by Pawar's meeting

Pawar and his Manch can deliberate to their hearts' content, but so long as the Congress does not play ball the BJP has little to worry, asserts Virendra Kapoor. IMAGE: Sharad Pawar, centre,......

'Dalits should forgive Nandy for his vulgar comments'

Although popular Dalit writer and thinker Chandrabhan Prasad feels what Ashis Nandy said at the Jaipur Literature Festival was undignified and vulgar, he tells rediff.com's Sheela Bhatt that the......

GEAC clears environmental release of GM mustard

The Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) has recommended the environmental release of the genetically modified (GM) mustard variety DMH (Dhara Mustard Hybrid)-11, paving the way for the......

Foreign e-com firms destroying small traders: RSS arm

RSS-affiliate Swadeshi Jagaran Manch's co-convener Ashwani Mahajan on Monday accused foreign e-commerce companies of "destroying" business of offline retailers and small traders in the country by......

Despite all efforts, farmers are still not interested in growing maize

Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Gujarat account for 85 per cent of India's maize production. Growing corn consumption,......

Viral Acharya and 7 economists who quit

Dr Viral Acharya, who quit as Reserve Bank of India deputy governor on Monday, is the second high-profile exit at the central bank since Dr Urjit R Patel resigned as RBI governor in December.Syed......