'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......

Jaipur police summon Ashis Nandy over anti-Dalit remarks

The Jaipur police on Tuesday issued a notice to sociologist Ashis Nandy asking him to appear before it in connection with his controversial remarks against Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes at......

FIR filed against Ashis Nandy for remark against Dalits

Noted author Ashis Nandy today kicked up a storm with his comments that people from OBC, SC and ST communities were the ‘most corrupt’, remarks that came under all round attack. Hours......

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......

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......