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After 6 years, CBI closes graft case against ex-minister Jayanthi Natarajan

The Central Bureau of Investigation has filed a closure report in a corruption case against former Union environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan over the diversion of forest land for a steel plant......

Tagore's Santiniketan added to UNESCO World Heritage List

Santiniketan, the famed place in West Bengal where poet Rabindranath Tagore built Visva-Bharati over a century ago, has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. IMAGE: The clock tower at......

Adhir, other suspended MPs can't attend Parl panel meetings

Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and some other MPs suspended from Parliament will not be able to attend the meetings of parliamentary committees of which they are a member or......

More than 600 Meiteis leave Mizoram fearing attacks

More than 600 Meiteis have left Mizoram due to fear of tension after a video two tribal women being paraded naked by a mob in Manipur surfaced online recently, a senior police officer said on......

Manipur unrest: Security tightened in Mizoram ahead of Mizo groups' protests

Security was beefed up across Mizoram on Sunday ahead of state-wide protests by Mizo organisations against violence in Manipur and amid reports of Meiteis leaving the state after a statement by an......

India to remain fastest-growing major economy in 2024

India decisively withstood global headwinds in 2023 and is likely to remain as the world's fastest-growing major economy on the back of growing demand, moderate inflation, stable interest rate......

Ajay Banga becomes first Indian-American to head World Bank

Ajay Banga was on Wednesday appointed the next president of the World Bank, becoming the first-ever Indian-American to head the global financial institution which said it looks forward to working......

Biden nominates ex-Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga to head World Bank

President Joe Biden on Thursday announced that the US is nominating Ajay Banga to lead the World Bank, saying the Indian-American business leader is uniquely equipped to lead the global institution......

EPFO likely to hike investment limit in equities to 20%

Retirement fund body EPFO is likely to approve this month a proposal to enhance its investments in equites to up to 20 per cent of the investible deposits from the current limit of 15 per cent.......

TN sets up GST advisory body, experts fear it may clash with Centre

If other states follow suit, it is going to become difficult for the GST Council to decide on the next stage of reforms. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The Tamil Nadu government has set up......

New Bill May Throttle OTT

'Subjecting each such creative content to scrutiny will impose burdens on the OTT platforms and impact user experience.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The government's proposed......

Is the Modi Sarkar RATTLED by the Power of Cinema?

'What is being proposed today is completely draconian.'Payal Singh Mohanka on the I&B ministry's plan to amend the Cinematograph Act. All Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The year was......

'Let them have a secret police to censor films!'

'That would once and for all teach all the film-makers of this country a fitting lesson!' *IMAGE: 'The idea of censoring films was instituted by the British our colonial masters who never trusted......

FIH names Sreejesh as co-chair of Athletes Committee

Photograph: Kind courtesy Hockey India/X Indian team's star goalkeeper PR Sreejesh and defender Camila Caram from Chile women's side are the two players appointed as co-chairs of the International......

BCCI invites application for one selector: Who will be replaced?

IMAGE: It is expected the new selector will join during the IPL. Photograph: BCCI The BCCI on Monday invited applications to replace one among the five senior national selectors and in all......

Senior Selection Committee: Agarkar appears for interview

IMAGE: Ajit Agarkar appeared for a virtual interview. Photograph: BCCI Former India pacer Ajit Agarkar's appointment as chairman of senior selection committee seems to be a mere formality after he......

National selector's job: Will increase in salary attract the likes of Sehwag?

IMAGE: Will a change in remuneration attract the big names of Indian cricket. Photograph: BCCI The big names in Indian cricket, of late, have opted to stay away when it comes to applying for the......

New selectors: CAC may interview candidates on Dec 29

IMAGE: Chetan Sharma, the chairman of the previous selection committee, has a bright chance of being on the pruned list along with his central zone colleague Harvinder Singh. Photograph:......

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