Relief to ex-BSP MP Afzal Ansari as SC conditionally suspends conviction

The Supreme Court on Thursday conditionally suspended the conviction of former Bahujan Samaj Party MP Afzal Ansari in a 2007 Gangsters Act case, saying his Ghazipur constituency will be deprived of......

MPLADS Fund: 14 Assam MPs Get Highest Share

'The pace of disbursement and project recommendation picks up as the tenure of the House draws near and usually all amount is released.' Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Nearly a third of the......

Court humare kabze mein...: Shah on CBI, ED 'misuse'

'If India got the leadership of G20 under PM Modi and if the summit is organized successfully and with aplomb, then PM Modi should get the credit' 'We have not changed the name of even a single......

'Students from the south will be forced to study in Hindi'

'They have brought out a provision whereby the medium of education in the Hindi speaking states will be Hindi even in the higher education institutions like IIT, IIM, etc.''Think about the students......

Commerce minister plans to push the idea of co-working spaces

To tap into the growing demand for offices, several global and Indian co-working entities are creating stock in the top cities. At least one central minister is taken by the latest fad among......

2,376 railway stations lack passenger amenities: Govt

As many as 2,376 railway stations lack minimum essential amenities for passengers, the government said on Wednesday. As many as 2,376 out of 8,472 railway stations have shortfall in amenities,......

NPAs a challenge, not crisis: Arun Jaitley

  The Finance Minister blames steel industry, state power companies for bad debts of public sector banks With key Bills stuck in Parliament, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday reached......

6 I-Day promises from 2014 that Modi (partially) fulfilled

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered his second Independence Day speech, IndiaSpend and FactChecker reviewed the implementation of key pronouncements he made in his first Independence Day......

New school, water supply, toilets: Tendulkar set to transform Donja village

Sachin Tendulkar will adopt the Donja village in Osmanabad, where he will oversee the development of a new school building, a water supply scheme that would provide potable water to each household,......

'Not yet thought of pulling out of London Olympics'

Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Wednesday said the government has not yet thought of pulling the Indian athletes out of London Olympics due to row over Dow Chemicals' sponsorship but said they have......