Voters Prefer Strong Leaders Like Modi

...Even if it means less democracy, so that their everyday problems get solved? argues R Jagannathan. IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Narendra D Modi addresses an election meeting in support......

'Don't Know What Will Happen In Manipur On April 19'

'I don't know whether on voting day there will be intimidation from some militant groups to vote for a particular person and then force them from voting for another in the stronghold of the......

Need to safeguard judiciary: Retired judges write to CJI

A group of 21 retired judges of the Supreme Court and high courts have written to the Chief Justice of India on the escalating attempts by "certain factions to undermine the judiciary through......

Spot probe points to human rights 'violation' in Sandeshkhali, says NHRC

In a spot inquiry into the Sandeshkhali case in West Bengal, the National Human Rights Commission has flagged "several instances of atrocities", saying it indicates that there was a "violation of......

RBI curbs: JM Financial says nothing wrong with loan sanctioning process

JM Financial on Wednesday said it had a "careful and detailed review" of the Reserve Bank's order imposing restrictions on the company's financing business and asserted that there was "no material......

Mystery thickens in Zee fund diversion case amid reports of accounting hole

The mystery surrounding the alleged fund diversion from Zee Entertainment Enterprises (Zee) by founders Subhash Chandra and Punit Goenka has thickened with speculations of an amount multiple times......

Airlines cancel 12 Mumbai routes due to congestion; airfares rise 193%

Airfares have nearly doubled in a matter of days on routes hit by the cancellation of 200 weekly flights linking Mumbai airport to 12 cities. Photograph: Shaun Best/Reuters The fares have soared......

Has Paytm Woken Up Too Late?

Has Vijay Shekhar Sharma given up on the bank?For now, he seems to be on a save-OCL mission. The bank will face its logical end, observes Tamal Bandopadhyay. IMAGE: A cobbler uses Paytm as a mode......

There Will Surely Never Be Another Bishan Singh Bedi

One of cricket's greatest players passed into the ages on Monday.Rediff.com salutes the legend. IMAGE: Bedi in action, August 2, 1971. Photograph: Dennis Oulds/Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty......