Rifleman Aurangzeb, Maj Aditya among those awarded Shaurya Chakra

Major Aditya Kumar, who was embroiled in a controversy after his unit fired on a stone-pelting mob in South Kashmir's Shopian in January leading to death of three persons, is among 20 armed forces......

Babus divided over government's new promotion policy

Their discontent stems from the central government’s recent move of bunching two batches of the Indian Administrative Service -- 1987 and 1988 -- for the post of additional secretary and its......

The 2013 land law is non-negotiable: Jairam Ramesh

With the government introducing the land bill in the Lok Sabha this week, Jairam Ramesh, who piloted the 2013 land bill as the then rural development minister, says the best route now is to......

Modi needs to get out of his bunker

The media has given the PM and his government a far easier time than it probably deserves. Mihir S Sharma explains Among the many advantages that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has enjoyed during his......

How the fiscal deficit, revenue target numbers stack up in Budget

While the Centre had projected tax revenues to touch 12.1 per cent of GDP in FY19, Revised Estimates peg the collections at 11.9 per cent, owing to a shortfall in the goods and service tax (GST)......

Fiscal deficit hits 115% of FY target

For the first eight months of the current financial year, reports Ishan Bakshi, the figure stood at Rs 7.17 trillion.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The central government's fiscal deficit......

The Events of 2018

A glance back at some important events that occurred in 2018. Year End Specials   Kindly click on the image below to view the relevant story. #1 SC vs SC: When four judges held presser......

State GST collections are more than Centre's

The shortfall in the Centre's GST collections has raised concerns over it meeting the fiscal deficit target of 3.3 per cent of GDP, reports Ishan Bakshi. Illustration: Dominic......