US Ambassador Richard Verma's tips to the Indian states.
Ritika Kochhar finds out how Indian miniatures, which were once buried in manuscripts, ended up drawing collectors the world over.
Indian economy about to take-off
In Delhi, the wholesale price is now Rs 48-52 a kg; the retail one is Rs 80 a kg.
Analysts say traders have been building long positions on expectations the BJP would sail through in the five Assembly elections
The national carrier has drawn a blueprint to cut the number of recognised unions in the airline from 15 to two -- one for pilots and another for the rest of the employees.
Giants like Pepsi and Coke are fast losing shelf-space to healthier, functional options.
Investors cheered a sharp decline in the Current Account Deficit, which stands at a 4 year low as exports picked up and gold imports reduced.
Though Muslims have been trusted allies of Jats since the days of former Prime Minister Charan Singh, experts feel the alliance has had its share of strains following his death in 1987
An industry of scamsters is operating in the guise of call centres in India.
The challenges authorities face in cleaning Ganga and other holy rivers in Varanasi.
This Budget plans for an increase to 10.3% of GDP from 9.9%.
The country has produced a record harvest, but many farmers in the onion bowl of Maharashtra have lost a large share of their crop damaged in storage, adding to the country's inflation woes.
Arun Jaitley will aim for jumps in other revenue streams for the government.
India on Wednesday asserted there can be no military solution to the lethal Syrian conflict and societies cannot be "re-ordered from outside" as people have the right to choose their own destiny.
On the pitches of ramshackle football academies across West Africa, teenage boys chase one another in pursuit of the ball, the chance to impress, and the prospect of a lucrative contract with one of Europe's top teams.
As India celebrates its 70th Independence day, Rediff.com pays homage to millions who laid their lives for the country's freedom.
It will be difficult for the Indian equity to outperform overall growth to the extent bullish observers expect.
Here are some of the best images of winners and finalists.
China's intended role for AIIB is not so different from the existing Western lenders like the World Bank.
Exchange used new investors' money to pay returns to old ones, finds FMC's forensic audit.
The only two truly successful private airlines in India - Jet Airways and IndiGo - have been set up and run by people who knew the ins and outs of the trade well before they took to the skies.
With the weaker-than-expected agreement at the recent Climate Change Conference at Lima, there is an urgent need to highlight endeavours in civil society and business for a sustainable global economy with grassroots empowerment, say Rajni Bakshi.
With the threat of disease outbreak lurking in flood-ravaged Jammu and Kashmir, efforts have been initiated on a war-footing to provide medical staff and medicines even as rescue operations were slightly hampered on Sunday due to return of rains in the Valley.
Biggest ever share sale by any private or public sector co in India.
A delayed monsoon and abundant cotton in the international market could spell trouble in the state's suicide zone.
New Delhi and Beijing are the only two regional capitals that have commented on US President Donald Trump's speech on August 21 outlining the way forward in Afghanistan. The Indian foreign ministry statement was effusive in praise, while the Chinese statement has been one of cautious and guarded hope. Delhi has identified itself with Trump's Afghan strategy, whereas the Chinese stance is calibrated -- observant and objective, keeping a distance, says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Chief economic advisor Arvind Subramanian discusses the Budget, goods and services tax, Centre-state relationship and larger issues facing the economy
These refineries, commissioned mostly in the 1950s and 1960s during India's early industrialisation push, are inefficient and costly to maintain compared to their modern counterparts on the coast mainly operated by private companies.
The PM on Tuesday officially announced his visit to China from May 14 to 16.
Any delay in passing the coal bill may cause a crisis in the coal sector which would also affect the power sector.
This is the joint statement issued by the ministry of external affairs on the visit of US President Barack Obama to India.
With Beijing having had a profound rethink on India's admission as a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, the tectonic plates of the geopolitics of a massive swathe of the planet stretching from the Asia-Pacific to West Asia are dramatically shifting. That grating noise in the Central Asian steppes will be heard far and wide -- as far as North America, says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
State after state has imposed an alcohol ban, and has had to retreat, unable to address the financial and administrative fallout. Are we set for more of this cycle, asks Aditi Phadnis.
Hinduja brothers have been ranked as Britain's richest Asians in 2014 with a total worth of 13.5 billion pounds, an increase of one billion pounds over the previous year.
Opposition said saying it lacked vision and road map to execute ideas.
Darjeeling is on the boil over the demand for a separate Gorkhaland state. June and July are bad months to have a strike. Tea picking during its most valuable season has been affected. Those consequences will be felt all over the world and ultimately damage Darjeeling tea.
Here's everything you need to know about the Goods and Services Tax Bill.
Two weeks ahead of October 1 deadline, Sebi likely to relax certain conditions.
