Parl panel on raising women's marriage age bill has only 1 woman member out of 31

The parliamentary panel assigned to examine the landmark bill which seeks to raise the legal age of marriage for women to 21 has only one woman MP out of 31 members. Photograph: ANI photo The......

'Amit Shahji, Naddaji, all of us do the same work'

You may be an MP or an MLA; when we go to Bengal, we go as cadre.'Swarupa Dutt/Rediff.com speaks to BJP leaders deputed to go to West Bengal on election duty. IMAGE: Rajya Sabha MP Rupa Ganguly --......

Prasad says social media platforms should follow Indian law

Amid a row with Twitter over blocking of accounts, India on Thursday warned social media platforms of strict action for failure to crack down on inflammatory content, saying they have to fully......

Govt defends farm laws in RS; death warrants for farmers, says Oppn

Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Friday asserted that the government's offer to amend the new farm laws to assuage farmers' sentiments did not mean they had any flaws even as opposition......

PM Modi faces a bureaucratic test

Here comes the moment of truth. Modi prides himself on offering an "incorruptible" government. Will he dilute the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill to coax the administration's fealty and......

Modi wants to revamp Cabinet, but can't find the people

  Pressure is mounting on Modi to revive his party's fortunes After a drubbing in Bihar poll in November, Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to overhaul his Cabinet to weed out......

'Farmers can no more be hoodwinked'

The Bharatiya Janata Party is gearing up to counter opposition to the land acquisition Bill by reaching out to the people in a big way and cultivating a pro-poor image. BJP’s vice-President......

Your small donation can buy them dignity

In an ideal world, Vijay Merchant, 72, would have been playing with his grandchildren and basking in his family's affection. Instead, he worked days as a clerk at a chartered accountancy firm and......

Dhoni named in 15-member defence ministry panel on NCC

IMAGE: MS Dhoni's Dhoni's inclusion in the high-level panel came days after he was appointed mentor for India's T20 cricket world cup team. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters Cricket......

Asian TT Qualifiers: Ghosh, Manika book their Rio Olympic berths

Indian table tennis players Soumyajit Ghosh and Manika Batra booked their Olympic tickets by winning their respective groups in the Asian Qualifiers inHong Kong. With no other country from the......

Expect a run feast in Gwalior: Curator

In what would come as music to the ears of swashbucklers like Virender Sehwag, curators at the Captain Roop Singh Stadium have promised a "batting paradise" for the second India-South Africa ODI......

Nitin Mongia triumphs

Brothers Nitin and Ashim Mongia ruled the waves in different classes of boats in the National Sailing Regatta in Mumbai on Friday with the former clinching the O K Dinghy title and the latter......