The state government said the order got lost in translation and promised to bring a revised version.
'To this day, women, especially housewives, come up to me to tell me how much Arth matters to them.'
The mood in India is upbeat as it celebrates R-Day.
Apple and Google got a judicial rap on the knuckles recently for indulging in 'silly' patent battles.
Apple and Google got a judicial rap on the knuckles recently for indulging in 'silly' patent battles.
Proponents of FDI in retail have argued that the story of corporate retail will be quite different in India since our social and economic patterns are in some ways unique.
A 22-year-old woman, winner of a national bravery award, has been booked for allegedly posting abusive comments on Chandigarh traffic police's Facebook page.
'With running water our two hands play, In and out the colourful soap dances away! It bubbles and froths between our fingers Under our nails it cleans and lingers Then all the soap we wash away!'
McDonald's is adopting differential pricing, new formats and designs to stay relevant to customers who are spoilt for choice.
Taking inflation into account, China and Vietnam at 4.9 per cent lead the way, while Japan at 0.5 per cent and India at 2 per cent are among countries offering the smallest raises.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday expressed confidence that the day is not far when the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act will be withdrawn from the state very much during the tenure of his government.
Instead of just being angry or dismayed by last week's blackouts we could all look more closely at some unconventional, out-of-the-box, solutions that have enormous long term promise.
Bhilar, a strawberry farming hub in Maharashtra, has been transformed into India's first 'books village'.
Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front Chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik and 15 activists were detained as the separatist group tried to take out a march here to protest the killing of a youth by Army in Bandipora district of north Kashmir on Tuesday.
"The force is to maintain peace and tranquillity at the border but it will not shy away from flexing its muscles, if the need be," Gen Rawat said.
The Supreme Court on Thursday sought a response from the Centre and the Odisha government on a petition seeking to restrain the release of jailed Maoists in exchange for captive Biju Janata Dal MLA Jina Hikaka.
Hours before the deadline set by Naxals for release of their jailed members in exchange of an abducted Orissa Member of Legislative Assembly, a retired army officer on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court to restrain the state government from meeting Maoists' demands. Major General (retired) Gangurdep Bakshi pleaded with the apex court that the state government should be restrained from releasing the Naxals as they had been captured by security forces.
As a grand spectacle, of the kind that grabs headline news, 'Occupy' has indeed gone into the background even though the 'occupation' of Wall street continues at Union Square a few blocks uptown.
"I am a five-time legislator and it has been allotted to me as a senior member of the state assembly," he said.
The JV, Voltbek Home Appliances, aims to take on LG, Samsung as well as home-grown players such as Godrej among others head on with a slew of products that hopes to combine the best of both worlds -- European technology and design, with Indian pricing and delivery.
If IOC is not allowed to run its own affairs, then we can see it close down in the next 10 to 15 years, warns Sudhir Bisht.
On a chilly January morning, Rediff.com's Sheela Bhatt and Sharat Pradhan traveled off National Highway 24 to probe rustic Indian minds on corruption, weeks ahead of the election in Uttar Pradesh.
Experts question Nestle's silence over Maggi controversy.
Bad weather on Wednesday night forced cancellation of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's return to Delhi from Lucknow as his plane could not take off.
Meghalaya government on Wednesday confirmed 'bird-flu' in a government-run poultry farm in East Garo Hills district and more than 5500 birds is suspected to have been affected within a radius of three km near the farm.
S P Balasubrahmanyam sang songs about life and loss with enough soul to break your heart, notes Sukanya Verma.
According to C V Madhukar, a senior member of PRS Legislative Research, an independent Delhi-based think-tank, 'the debate on the Lokpal Bill reflected how Parliament functions about 80 percent of the time.' Rajni Bakshi on how we can engage better with Parliament.
In another setback to the Left in West Bengal, Trinamool Congress on Sunday won the by-election to the prestigious Kolkata South Lok Sabha seat by a record margin of 2,30,099 votes over Communist Party of India-Marxist, emerging victorious from the constituency for the seventh consecutive time.
The operation to fully sanitise the Pathankot base, which was attacked by six terrorists last Saturday, is in its final phase.
There is need for trans-national political mobilization in favour of more equitable systems, says Rajni Bakshi.
According to data compiled by media research agency TAM, the rate of growth of advertising on television in terms of the number of hours was half during the January-June period this year in comparison with the corresponding period last year.
Over the last twenty years it has even more passionately been argued that the future of India depends on rapid expansion on four fronts.
Patole wrote that he was resigning as the chairman of the Kisan Congress and 'dismissing' the unit.
Sushmita Sen looks back at the day that changed her life.
Many people who recognise the grave implications of climate change find it difficult to grapple with it. The problem is too big and thinking about it can be unbearable, says Rajni Bakshi.
Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Yasin Malik and his associate Shoukat Bakshi were arrested on Thursday for allegedly ransacking a police station in Maisuma area in Srinagar, and attacking personnel.
This IPL would have been Dhoni's comeback tournament after eight and a half months. He would have again led the side -- face not giving away anything but unbridled joy when Chennai Super Kings does something.
While this apparent obsession with 2012 may largely be an internet phenomenon there is something more happening here that predates our age of hyper-connectivity.
Indian consumer durable market faces competition from Korean dealers.
What is urgently needed are transparent and highly credible mechanisms for mapping actual impacts on the ground -- and sifting the truth from claims made by different sides of the dispute, says Rajni Bakshi.
© 2026 Rediff.com - Advertise with us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy - Sitemap - Feedback - About us - Terms of use - Grievances