The first phase of voting for 102 parliamentary constituencies spread over 21 states and Union Territories was held on Friday with a voter turnout of nearly 64 percent. IMAGE: The world's shortest......
A voter turnout of nearly 63 percent was recorded in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections covering 102 seats across 21 states and Union Territories amid sporadic incidents of violence at some......
While 67 per cent of India's population is 39 years old or younger, states are governed by chief ministers who are 70 or older. IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Vishnu Deo Sai, 59, takes oath......
The Bharatiya Janata Party wrested Rajasthan on Sunday, winning 115 seats out of the 199 where polling took place as the Congress failed to buck the state's three-decade revolving-door trend in......
The Mizoram assembly elections passed off peacefully on Tuesday with over 77 per cent of 8.57 lakh electors exercising their franchise, officials said. IMAGE: Voters wait in a queue to cast their......
Many individual states experienced higher inflation than the all-India figures during the financial year 2023-24 (FY24). Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Retail inflation figures in......
This may leave those not opting for any of the two options offered by the Centre before the GST Council meet scheduled for October 5 in the lurch. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The Centre......
The states that witnessed high CPI-based inflation rates were Lakshadweep, Tripura, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Manipur and Mizoram. Eleven of......
It wasn't the developing Bihar or the developed Gujarat that recorded the highest increase in the number of households with televisions, bicycles, two-wheelers and cars in the last decade; it was......
New Planning Commission data show poverty has declined eight per cent in the past five years.But, the bad news is the updated poverty estimates of the Tendulkar Committee have lowered the poverty......
IMAGE: Lalrinnunga Jeremy during men's 67kg category weightlifting final of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Photograph: Eddie Keogh/Getty Images Commonwealth Games gold medallist......