‘Wherever in the world there is political instability, those countries are beset with severe crises today. But India is in a much better position than the rest of the world due to the......
The political-electoral calculus favours spending thousands of crores on vanity projects like Sardar Patel's statue and the Central Vista over building up our military to handle the confrontations......
Here's the full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's customary address to the joining sitting of Parliament on the first day of the budget session. Honourable Members, This joint sitting of......
Sandeep Pandey salutes women who have contributed to social transformation in India after 1980. Medha Patkar Photograph: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Probably the best known woman activist in......
'The BJP said they want less government and more governance. But they are doing neither. It is shocking to see them so ineffective.' Maharashtra's new Congress boss Ashok Chavan, in an exclusive......
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan plans to overhaul the Rs 15,000-crore Dharavi redevelopment project. Chavan - who has already flagged what he called an "unholy nexus" among builders,......
Lamenting what they described as the "sad and irreparable loss" and the "untimely demise" of management guru C K Prahalad, Indian American corporate heavyweights in interviews with rediff.com,......
Does the 21st century belong to the Asian nations? Time only will tell, but there is little doubt that the world's only superpower -- the United States of America -- is indeed in deep trouble. Not......
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented the Budget for 2009-10 on July 6. Following is the BudgetSpeechof Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee: Madam Speaker, I rise to present the Budget for......