Removal of this status means India can now enhance customs duties to any level on goods coming from Pakistan.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office verdict for the week.
Concerned by GDP slowdown and unrealistic tax targets, the economists urged Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to implement long-term structural steps like land and labour reforms. Warning against any off-Budget financing the economists said the government should prepare a statement of intent for its social, rural and welfare sector expenditure.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday released its second list of candidates for the Lok Sabha polls. The Election Commission has cleared 52 candidates of which 20 are from Karnataka.
Counting of votes is underway in assembly byelection to 58 seats in 11 states including Madhya Pradesh where the results will decide the fate of the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government.
Mohan Chandra Pandey, who is himself a retired army officer, said that Pakistan is responsible for the death of his son.
As India celebrates its 67th Republic Day, Rediff.com takes a look at some brave men who stood their ground to protect their country from those who sought to bleed it.
Party believes Nitish-Lalu alliance beatable, but wary of self goals.
As we eagerly wait to see what 'farq' it makes when it hits the screens on June 28, Sukanya Verma looks at the few occasions caste came up in Hindi movies.
The Lalu Prasad-led Rashtriya Janata Dal MPs, including his daughter Misa Bharti and Manoj Jha, also staged a protest at Mahatma Gandhi's statue inside the Parliament complex and contended that despite being the chief opposition party in Bihar and the single largest party in the Assembly, it was not invited.
The young RJD leader is yet to earn the trust of the crowd and many senior party members believe he is no patch on his father.
The second list has named 16 candidates from Uttar Pradesh and five from Maharashtra.
India needs to make use of this opportunity to significantly enhance its exports especially in information and communications technology and the automotive sector.
Aseem Chhabra picks the finest Indian films in the 2010-2019 decade.
We celebrate Independence Day with this special feature, published on Rediff.com in January 2013.
'They take each and every election with seriousness.' 'No other political party has that kind of cadre who is strongly aligned with the reason, motto and ideology of their party.'
Hazarika and Deshmukh were given the Bharat Ratna posthumously.
According to survey Gonda in UP is India's most dirtiest city.
Although his left hand is paralysed, Bijay Kumar Shahu dressed in stylish biking gear has cycled over 1,500 kilometres across 11 districts and 25 Vidhan Sabha constituencies to campaign for the BJP.
'You won't find such an apathetic indecisive party in the world.'
'Amitabh Bachchan Sir said some nice and encouraging things about the trailer, the way I directed it and, of course, about Abhishek's performance.'
Three key instruments that can help you meet your financial goals, while also allowing you to enjoy tax deductions are ELSS, term cover and health cover.
Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, PM Modi, Rajnath, Advani, Sushma, Shah and several other leaders visited the AIIMS to enquire about the ex-PM's health.
The court also directed the police to go for arrest if required in the course of investigation in Maggi row.
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday held a one-on-one meeting with senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader L K Advani, with whom he is not on the best of terms since the party patriarch opposed his elevation as poll campaign head.
Lashing out at Congress President Sonia Gandhi for "playing with the lives of Telugu people" and "murdering democracy in broad daylight", YSR Congress chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy on Saturday called on Telugu people to give 30 Lok Sabha seats to his party in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections to stop the division of Andhra Pradesh.
Mohan's wife and former MP Lovely Anand and three others were awarded life terms. The court had earlier found Mohan and his wife guilty of inciting a mob to lynch district magistrate Krishnaiah in 1994.
The election to the post is mostly decided by consensus, but opposition leaders complain that the Narendra Modi government was yet to reach out to them, reports Archis Mohan.
With opinion polls predicting a hung assembly in Karnataka and the possibility that the JD-S could be the 'king maker' after the polls, H D Deve Gowda stays mum about his party's post-election strategy.
The court to announce punishment against Lalu tomorrow at 2 pm via video conferencing.
While the Indian delegation would represented by DIG BSF, Jaisalmer, K R Patel, the Pakistani side will be led by Khushnood Mahmood, Director General of Sindh Rangers.
Irked by India's status as the world's biggest arms importer, Modi wants to build an advanced defence industry
Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire.
Lava Kusha will appeal to the fans of Upendra and Shivaraj Kumar, but it is not a well made entertainer. Director Sai Prakash flaws and Guru Kiran's average music contributes heavily to the film's major minus points.
Nagarjuna hosts a star-studded reception for his son and daughter-in-law.
'I regret the years that I did not work. I took a break at the peak of my career. I should not have done that. You lose contact with people and to start all over again is a struggle.' Rajnigandha actress Vidya Sinha looks back at her life.
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