RS okays bill allowing interception, opening of postal items

The Rajya Sabha on Monday passed the Post Office Bill, 2023 that seeks to repeal the 125-year-old Indian Post Office Act and consolidate and amend the law relating to post offices in the country.......

Parliamentary panel chooses to examine review of personal laws

As the Law Commission holds consultations on a uniform civil code, the standing committee on law and justice has chosen the 'review of personal laws' among the subjects for its examination. IMAGE:......

INDIA vs NDA: Results for 7 assembly bypolls today

The results for bypolls to seven assembly seats in six states will be declared on Friday in what is being seen as a major test for the opposition's Indian National Developmental......

Personal Data Protection

Ajit Balakrishnan offers a thinking person’s guide. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   Last week, I was sitting in the rear seat of my car, deeply immersed in my Kindle, reading......

No salary for Akash, Isha and Anant Ambani; fee for attending board meetings

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's three children as directors of Reliance Industries Ltd will be paid only a fee for attending board and committee meetings, the company said in a resolution seeking......

Aadhaar's next goal: Financial inclusion in rural areas

Since the first Aadhaar number was issued in September 2010, more than 1.33 billion Aadhaar cards have been generated till June 2022. Photograph: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com With the Aadhaar enrolment......

Indian economy in better shape to tackle Covid 2nd wave: CEA Subramanian

‘Overall, compared to the previous episode, we are in a better shape because the vaccine is already out there and vaccination drives are proceeding’ Chief Economic Adviser K V......

J R D Tata and the birth of Infosys

Mr Tata said a letter had arrived in his office from a young woman who had applied for the graduate engineering programme of TELCO Pune and been turned down.'I wouldn't interfere with your......

10 Things You Didn't Know About Gone With The Wind

Did you know Clark Gable nearly didn't say 'Frankly, my dear I don't give a damn' in Gone With The Wind?Or about the film's India connections? IMAGE: Rhett Butler and the widowed Scarlett O'Hara......

Legendary footballer Chuni Goswami no more

Iconic former India footballer Chuni Goswami, who captained the 1962 Asian Games gold-winning team and also played first-class cricket, died, in Kolkata, on Thursday after suffering a cardiac......

Sports Shorts: Mayer and Asher-Smith are European athletes of the year

A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday IMAGE: Kevin Mayer is the first Frenchman to hold the decathlon world record. Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters World decathlon......

British Airways incurs wrath of Tendulkar and his fans. Here's why...

IMAGE: Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar in a pensive mood. Photograph: Reuters When 'God' gets angry, see what happens! Sachin Tendulkar, 'God of Cricket’, was left fuming on Thursday after......