BJP's no-trust motion against Chhattisgarh govt defeated

The no-confidence motion moved by the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party against the Congress government in Chhattisgarh where assembly polls are due next year, was defeated by voice vote in the......

India more secure, free of corruption after 2014: Modi

Corruption was viewed as an essential part of government before 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday and asserted that India saw a sea of change in the last eight years due to the......

I-B Minister Javadekar criticises 'TRP-centric' journalism

Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar on Monday disapproved of "TRP-centric journalism", saying metres installed in 50,000 houses cannot measure the opinion of crores of......

'Modi is not on the trajectory of dictatorship'

'I am more worried about the BJP as I see lot of marginalisation of top leaders in the BJP.''I am really worried about the terminal decline of the Congress. And the greatest tragedy is that there......

Banks, end KYC-account freeze nonsense

While law-abiding customers are harassed for KYC and have to comply with endless paperwork even to open and close accounts, DHFL could easily open nearly 260,000 fake home-loan accounts, reveals......

Modi @ 4: Housing for all project fails to meet target

Right now the challenge before the government is to double the speed of construction in order to complete the remaining 6.6 million houses before March 2019. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com......

Much-maligned Bihar does better than Kerala

By now most readers should have seen the news that much-maligned Bihar recorded a growth rate of 11.03 per cent. This is well ahead of the all-India average of 8.49 per cent and within a nose of......

Budget: Housing left to stand on its own

In spite of all the talk of helping the aam aadmi, the outlay under the Indira Aawas Yojana (IAY) for the rural poor in 2009-10 is more or less the same as in 2008-09 (revised estimate). While the......