TN minister Ponmudy issued illegal mining licences to family: ED

The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday alleged that Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader and Tamil Nadu Higher Education Minister K Ponmudy issued "illegal" red sand mining licenses to his MP son,......

Cabinet secretary Gauba to head panel monitoring civil servants' training

Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba will head a top panel, including a senior official from the Prime Minister's Office and seven secretaries, to monitor the implementation of the Centre's ambitious......

Rumble of discontent over jobs runs through support for Modi in Gujarat

Nearly 3.64 lakh educated and "semi-educated" youngsters had registered with employment exchanges across Gujarat till December 2021, according to state government data. IMAGE: Prime Minister......

In Godhra, Hindutva and Modi still key factors, but corruption an issue too

A road cleaves through, marking the divide between Muslim dominated areas and Hindu majority localities, a metaphor perhaps for communal fissures that run deep in a town that instantly recalls the......

Smart strategies that India Inc adopted to beat slowdown in 2014

India's troubled economy seems to be slowly gathering some strength.    After two years of growth in the 4 per cent to 5 per cent range, the gross domestic product is expected to......

Another Gujarat cadre IAS officer gets plum posting in Modi govt

In yet another secretary-level change, government appointed Hasmukh Adhia, a 1981 Gujarat cadre IAS officer, as the new Financial Services Secretary replacing G S Sandhu. Sandhu, a 1980 Rajasthan......

As a parting gift, govt hikes allowances for babus

In a parting gift to about 50 lakh central government employees, the Centre has given a hike in some grants, including children education allowance. "The annual ceiling limit for reimbursement of......

India keen to scale up economic ties with Indonesia: Sharma

With an eye on mineral resources like coal, India is scaling up its economic ties with Indonesia and the move is being helped by big Indian business houses like the Tatas, Anil Dhirubhai Ambani......

Shweta Basu Prasad slams media in open letter

Actress Shweta Basu Prasad has accused the media of wrongly dragging her name into a prostitution case. The starlet was sent to a rescue home for 59 days after a prostitution......

Review: Nothing new about Dr Love

Paresh C Palicha feels Dr Love is yet another campus film. Post YOUR reviews here!It is often difficult for an actor to break out of the image he has acquired. Take the case of Kunchacko Boban, the......

First look: Prithviraj in Maanikyakkallu

M Mohanan, whoearlier directed the highly successful Kadha Parayumbol, which starredMammootty as the super star and Sreenivasan as his barber friend, is now shooting his second Malayalam film.......

'Juhi, Ayesha, Konkona are the best'

We often have directors over for chats, but director Anurag Kashyap enjoyed his chat with rediff readers so much he wasn't ready to say goodbye -- the conversation went on well past the appointed......

Will India host the World Athletics Championships 2027?

IMAGES: Indian Olympic Association President P T Usha greets IOC chief Thomas Bach with a warm smile. Photograph: Kind courtesy PT Usha/X The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) will need a......

IOC bans Russian Olympic Committee

IMAGE: Thursday's ruling does not affect any decision on Russian and Belarusian athletes' participation at the Paris 2024 Olympics which the IOC will take at a later date. Photograph: Kind......

Why sports in India is struggling to make a mark

- A Parliamentary Standing Committee praised the government for the wrestling and boxing facilities at the Sports Authority of India's Sonepat Center but pointed out that "excellence needs to be......

'Need players who can win medals for India in Olympics'

India's legendary athlete Milkha Singh is far from being pleased with the lack of success at the Olympics and urged that coaches be appointed on contract basis with set targets. "We should look for......

'I plan to cross the 7-metre barrier this year'

After P.T. Usha, the new star on the Indian athletics scene is long jumper Anju George. It was with a bronze medal at the 17th Commonwealth Games in Manchester, where she competed against......