Cyclone Montha: 2 killed, crops damaged, transportation hit in Andhra

Cyclone Montha, which crossed the Andhra Pradesh coast past midnight on Tuesday, left two persons dead, damaged standing crops over 1.50 lakh acres and disrupted power and transportation. The......

'Nitish Kumar may switch sides after Bihar elections'

Election strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor on Wednesday claimed that Janata Dal-United president Nitish Kumar will contest the upcoming assembly polls in Bihar in alliance with the......

After Malik another NCP min faces ED heat, Tanpure's 94-acre land attached

The Enforcement Directorate on Monday attached over 94 acres of land belonging to Maharashtra minister Prajakt Tanpure and others in connection with its money-laundering probe into the alleged scam......

Diabetic Kejriwal eating mangoes, sweets to get bail: ED

Delhi cabinet minister Atishi Thursday claimed there was a plot to kill Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in the excise policy case, by denying......

Adi Godrej, Thyagarajan in list of Padma awardees

Ramamurthy Thyagarajan, the man behind the Tamil Nadu-based Shriram financial services group, and Adi Godrej, who heads the Godrej group, were on Friday awarded the Padma Bhushan. The Padma Shri......

Panel wants ban on commodity futures

India's Parliamentary Standing Committee on Food and Consumer Affairs has called for a complete ban on futures trading in essential commodities like wheat, rice and sugar. The committee has also......

How India can become a hub of software products

Policy lays out a 5-year road map seeking creation of 3.5 mn jobs and promoting 10,000 start-ups. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The Cabinet on Thursday cleared a policy to make India a......

'No one in India will die of starvation because of Centre's laxity'

'There is no foodgrain shortage in the country as our total storage capacity is more than 81 million tonnes, while the public distribution system requirement is 61 million tonnes.' 'I can protect......