Bangladeshi woman returns home after discovering UP lover's marriage

A 32-year-old mother-of-three from Bangladesh who arrived in Uttar Pradesh's Shravasti district to meet a man she got to know and fell in love with over the Internet returned to her country after......

Judges shouldn't preach: SC slams HC's observations on adolescent girls

The Supreme Court on Thursday observed that certain paragraphs in a Calcutta high court verdict, which advised adolescent girls to "control sexual urges", were "problematic" and writing such......

'Today Is Worse Than British Times'

'Today, the BJP is using power in such a manner that they not only crush the Opposition, but even their own supporters can't rebel.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com In the third and......

SC reserves verdict on power to dissolve marriages

Social changes take a "little time" and sometimes it is easier to bring a law but difficult to persuade society to change with it, the Supreme Court observed on Thursday while deliberating upon the......

Early 'end of season' sale amid muted demand

The spring/summer end-of-season sales have been advanced by a week with brands having high inventories due to weak demand in May because consumers avoided shopping in the hot month. Illustration:......

Crackdown on chit fund companies gathers pace in Chhattisgarh

Ghanshyam Sahu, a resident of Uparwara of Durg, sold two acres of land to invest the proceeds in a chit fund company, only to realise he had been duped. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Like......

NITI pegs India's gig workforce at 2.35 cr by FY30

India's gig workforce is expected to expand to 2.35 crore by 2029-30 from 77 lakh in 2020-21, a NITI Aayog report said on Monday, and recommended extending social security measures for such workers......

India Needs To Shift To Modern Economics

Old ideas contained in the heads of old economists still dominate.That's not good, asserts T C A Srinivasa Raghavan. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com   After watching or reading celebrity......