Govt sets up panel to probe coaching centre deaths, kin awarded Rs 10 lakh

Five more people, including four co-owners of the basement of the coaching centre where three civil services aspirants died, were arrested on Monday and bulldozers began demolishing encroachments......

Medha Patkar gets 5 months jail in 23-yearr-old defamation case

Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar was sentenced to five months simple imprisonment on Monday by a Delhi court in a defamation case filed by Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena 23 years ago......

Modi govt 3.0: Who is in, who is out

Narendra Modi was sworn in as prime minister on Sunday for a record-equalling third term, heading a 72-member Union council of ministers that put emphasis on continuity, youth and experience while......

37 ministers don't find a place in Modi 3.0

As many as 37 ministers have been dropped from the government in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's third term and these include seven with cabinet rank -- prominent among them being Smriti Irani,......

FPIs invest Rs 11,630 cr in equities in April

Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) infused Rs 11,630 crore in the Indian equity markets in April on the reasonable valuation of stocks and appreciation in the rupee. Illustration: Dominic......

Urjit Patel's exit: How markets will fare on Tuesday

'Patel's resignation will shake foreign and domestic trust in the RBI's autonomy and shows that a red line has been crossed'. Urjit Patel's shocker to quit as the Governor of the Reserve Bank is a......

Markets hit over 6-month low as rupee woes, trade war worries linger

Geo-political concerns over death of a Saudi journalist, Brexit and likely breach in Italy's budget also kept investors cautious. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Benchmark indices Sensex and......

All is not lost for IL&FS yet as LIC, SBI plan to hike stake

The IL&FS management is also talking to its second-largest shareholder, Orix Corporation of Japan, to infuse more funds into the company - in case any shareholder backs out during the rights issue.......

Review: No Spark in this film

Spark's title, like everything else about it, is random, rants Paloma Sharma. Once upon a time, in the fair land of Germany, there was a strapping young lad from India called Arjun (Rajneesh......

'No heroine is versatile in India today'

Telugu film director Mohankrishna Indraganti was in his element during a Rediff Chat on Wednesday. The filmmaker, who struck gold with his first film Grahanam, and later on with Maya......

Should Pant Open In T20I World Cup?

IMAGE: Rishabh Pant has been in poor form in T20Is lately, with his shot selection severely criticised. Photograph: BCCI Wasim Jaffer believes we will see the best of Rishabh Pant at the top of......

The Rediff Report Card: Who impressed, who failed in Australia

Harish Kotian/Rediff.com's report card on India's Australian Tests. Another woeful show by Team India who were outclassed by Australia in the Test series. While there were brilliant performances......

IOA, NSF officials meet PM to discuss tenure issue

Miffed by the Sports Ministry's new regulations limiting their tenures, IOA chief Suresh Kalmadi and National Sports Federations' officials on Wednesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New......

Sports chiefs want unlimited tenure: Gill

Sports Minister MS Gill on Tuesday said the new regulation that seeks to limit the tenure of sports administrators has the backing of all political parties and is in fact a softer version of the......

Kalmadi, NSF chiefs vow to protect autonomy

The government's bid to limit the tenure of sports administrators met with stiff resistance on Monday, with Indian Olympic Association president Suresh Kalmadi and other angry bosses of sports......