Leo Varadkar, The PM Who Likes Jalebis

'When my father travelled 5,000 miles to build a new home in Ireland, I doubt he ever dreamed that his son would one day grow up to become its leader.' Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff.com profiles Dr......

Do lawmakers merit immunity if criminality is attached to their acts, asks SC

The Supreme Court said on Wednesday it will examine whether the immunity granted to lawmakers from prosecution for taking bribe to make a speech or vote in Parliament and state legislatures extends......

'Destitution and starvation will go...'

'We cannot leave our entire unorganised sector to the vagaries of market forces.' IMAGE: A scene from Rajasthan. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters The Ashok Gehlot government in Rajasthan passed a......

Opposition uniting against BJP's crackdown on corruption, charges Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday linked opposition parties coming together against the Bharatiya Janata Party to his government's campaign against corruption, and asserted that the clampdown......

Housing sales to breach pre-pandemic levels in 2022

India's residential market is expected to sustain demand momentum despite rise in mortgage and property rates as sales this year across the top 7 cities are likely to breach pre-pandemic level of......

UP, Bihar, J'khand among poorest states; Kerala, Goa have lowest poverty: Niti

Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh have emerged as the poorest states in India, according to Niti Aayog's first Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) report. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com As......

How Modi's SVAMITVA scheme aims to help rural property holders

SVAMITVA is a new government project that primarily aims to demarcate abadi areas that includes inhabitant land, inhabited areas contiguous to abadi and wadis/basties in rural areas, using drone......

US adds 4.8 million jobs as unemployment falls to 11.1%

But, the Wall Street Journal said that the US labour market is operating with millions fewer jobs than in February, the month before the coronavirus pandemic struck the country's economy. The US......

Is Nayattu anti-Dalit? Is Karnan pro-Dalit?

'If questioning and dethroning hierarchies is your primary motive, why not put an end to the practice of announcing your shining star, your box office draw, in big flaming letters and mentioning......

Modi to inaugurate 37th National Games in Goa

IMAGE: Goa's Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and Goa's Sports Minister Govind Gaude, the Sports Secretary of Goa and senior officials of the state at a meeting in Panaji on Friday. Photograph:......

Asian Games: Chopra-led India set to showcase its sporting prowess

IMAGE: Led by golden boy Neeraj Chopra, India will hope to register a record medal haul at the 19th Asian Games . Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters Led by Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra,......

The Moment Neeraj Chopra Won Gold

IMAGE: And Neeraj Chopra hurls the javelin to 88.17 metres to become the first Indian to win a gold medal in the World Athletics Championships. All Photographs: Reuters Neeraj is only the second......

Meet India's medallists at Birmingham CWG

Indian athletes are on a roll at the ongoing Birmingham Commonwealth Games. With 55 medals thus far, India are 5th on the list of medal winners.    Rediff.com introduces you to the......

Shastri@60: 'You won't hear one negative word out of his mouth'

Former India batter and national selector Jatin Paranjpe regards Ravi Shastri as one of his mentors. Jatin, who made his debut for Mumbai in domestic cricket under Shastri's captaincy, hails......