Naveen Babu doesn't understand importance of Ayushman Bharat: PM in Odisha

IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public meeting after the foundation stone laying ceremony of the Talcher Ferlitiliser Plant, Angul in Odisha on Saturday. Photograph: PTI Photo......

How Manmohan Singh became 'conspirator number 3' in coal scam

A change in recommendation in favour of Birla did certainly happen but the question is whether it was a bona fide decision.  Jyoti Mukul reports Former PM Manmohan Singh has been summoned as......

Was Birla allocated coal blocks as per norms: Court asks CBI

A special court on Monday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation to clarify whether "rule of law" was followed in allocation of coal blocks to top industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla's Hindalco.......

Bandh: Oppn fuels public angst over price hike

The combined Opposition's call for a Bharat Bandh on Monday has brought most of the country to a near standstill. Rediff.com correspondents report from across the country: Mumbai: Senior BJP leader......

Coal scam: Who was 'conspirator number 3'?

A change in recommendation in favour of Birla did certainly happen but the question is whether it was a bona fide decision If former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is literally in the dock for a......

How Modi plans to end India's power mess

Image: Trucks move in the Mahanadi coal fields, near Talcher town, in Orissa. Photograph: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters India could allow commercial coal mining by foreign companies if they set up......

Coal block investments: Rs 2.86 lakh cr impact figure highly inflated

The Supreme Court recently termed all captive coal blocks allocated by the government from 1993 to 2010 illegal. A verdict on their future is likely this week. What might be the cost implication if......

Rise of Naxalism: Blame India's skewed mining policy

It is the low cost of iron ore extracted from their adivasi homeland mines that enables steelmakers like Tata Steel and Essar, and miners like NMDC, not only to be among the most......