Bankers have the impression that "lending to industry is good. Housing loan is good. Refrigerator loan is good, scooter loan is good. But farm loan is bad."\n\n
The vast Udupi-Chickmagalur parliamentary constituency, which belonged to the Bharatiya Janata Party in the years 1998, 1999, 2004 and 2009, slipped out of its hands in 2012. While the Hindu factor may or may not work in its favour here, the party remains sure of a win. Vicky Nanjappa gives you an inside view of who is who in the political fray in this region
Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar takes a tour of banks in a Chennai suburb and finds that nothing has changed in one month since demonetisation.
The high speed bullet train is expected to cover 508 km between in about two hours.
The Tamil activist has been charged under the Indian Arms Act and Karnataka Forest Act and for allegedly taking part in a 'criminal conspiracy' with Veerappan.
Pay homage to the soldiers who lost their lives in the Siachen avalanche
Nalco plans to export aluminium valued at over Rs 2,000 crore to China during the current fiscal, even as the industry is making efforts to boost domestic consumption, C Venkataramana, chairman and managing director, Nalco, said in Bangalore.
The proposed campus will come up on around 125 acres, which the company will acquire from airport authorities, and would house as many as 3,000 employees.
Two-wheeler maker TVS Motor Company Ltd will enter the three-wheeler segment in an year's time, its chairman Venu Srinivasan said on Friday.
Caste composition is going to be a huge determinant for winning the constituency where Vokkaligas and Lingayats constitute a vast majority, which puts Siddaramaiah in a weaker turf given that he belongs to the Kuruba community.
Software major Infosys has sought 300 acres of land in Bangalore for setting up its new campus, Infosys CEO and president Nandan Nilekani said on Tuesday.
Focus has to be a lot about self-learning, says Nasscom Senior VP Sangeeta Gupta.
Govt sets up task force to monitor circulation of fake currency; suspicious Jan Dhan accounts under scanner.
Harmanpreet Kaur ended with match figures of nine for 85 as India women thrashed their South Africa counterparts by an innings and 34 runs on the fourth and final day of the one-off Test match in Mysore.
India Women inched closer to victory as they bundled out their South African counterparts for a meagre 234 and then reduced them to 83 for six after forcing a follow-on on day three of the one-off Test match in Mysore.
The Australian women's team won the second ODI by three wickets to go 2-0 up in the seven-match series.
The Karnataka high court charged the papers with publishing reports about a sex scandal in Mysore without due care, reasonable basis and verification of facts.
The Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, and Central Food Laboratory, Kolkata, were on Monday asked by JPC to explain why their sample test results on pesticide residues in soft drinks were at variance
The offer is applicable to airline's all domestic destinations, including Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai, a company official said.
Kolkata Knight Riders' mystery spinner Sunil Narine underwent in Chennai on Thursday in order to get his off-breaks cleared for the remaining matches of the Indian Premier League.
To cut costs, Air India is pruning the number of its foreign and local offices.
'According to politicians, farmers are the fourth grade citizens of India.' 'We farmers could meet the prime minister and ministers during Congress rule.' 'But none of the BJP ministers want to even meet us.' 'The prime minister has time only for foreigners, but has no time to meet us farmers.'
Green-coloured ballot papers will be there for members of Parliament and pink for MLAs who vote in the election.
Rediff readers share their experience of eating on the Indian Railways.
Mallya said he bought the majestic sword at an auction from the descendants of Major General Baird, who was presented with it through the then army commander Lt General Harris more than 200 years ago.
A high-level judicial inquiry committee said it found 'no evidence' against them.
Celebrate this festival season with traditional mithais.
Government acts against hoarders, over 5,800 tonnes of pulses seized
