My Days With The Mahatma

'The sudden arrests and detentions of all the Congress Working Committee members led to mass satyagraha by Congressmen and civil disobedience.' 'I found myself helpless as the source of my income,......

Bill on uniform civil code not listed for monsoon session of Parliament

The government on Thursday listed bills on personal data protection, to amend forest conservation laws and on the contentious ordinance on Delhi services for the monsoon session of Parliament......

Parliament completes Budgetary exercise amid ruckus

Parliamentary approval for the Budget for 2023-24 was on Monday completed after Lok Sabha passed the Finance Bill with a fresh amendment and Rajya Sabha gave its nod to all the three related......

'We believe in only one leader and that is Mamata'

'Mamata is synonymous with Bengal, its culture, language, traditions.' IMAGE: Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee addresses an election rally at Baruipur in South 24 Parganas. Photograph:......

Digital India and Modi's Vision 2022 master plan

Agriculture, social services, education, defence and so on will be brought into the digital fold and every gram panchayat will be connected to the internet. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com......

Railways to IAS: Where are the Women?

Women's representation in government jobs is less than 15%.Abhishek Waghmare reports. IMAGE: An all-women crew operated the Bhopal-Bilaspur Express on March 8, 2019 to commemorate International......

How Indian Railways fools India

Taking advantage of the indifference of passengers, the Indian Railways routinely indulges in several unfair trade practices, says S Pushpavanam. Photograph: Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters The Indian......

'I have restored the sanctity of the Budget': Jaitley

In a Q&A with Doordarshan, Jaitley discusses how he chose the areas on which he would spend more. Image: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley with Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia (left), Chief Economic......

Sports Shorts: India tops medal tally in Asia Cup cycling

IMAGE: Ronaldo once again hogged the limelight by winning a gold in junior men's Keirin event, his fourth of the meet. Photograph: UCI cycling/Instagram Ronaldo Laitonjam won his fourth gold......

BCCI a mutually beneficial society, has done nothing for cricket: SC

'Out of 29 states, 11 were going without a single penny and zero funds.' 'You (BCCI) are practically corrupting the person by not demanding explanation in spending of huge money.' IMAGE: BCCI......

India unveils London Olympics programme

Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Thursday unveiled an ambitious programme named 'Operation Excellence London 2012' to prepare Indian athletes for next year's Olympic Games. Announcing the launch of......