Nitish Kumar: Running strong despite twists and turns

The longest-serving chief minister of any Hindi- speaking state, Nitish Kumar seems to have acquired an aura of indispensability when it comes to the highest seat of power in Bihar. IMAGE: Bihar......

'Chanting Ambedkar's name makes Dalit leaders cross over to BJP'

'The BJP stems from the RSS that craves, notwithstanding its myriad camouflages, to re-establish their supremacist regime.''They believe in everything that India had in its ancient 'Vedic' past,......

Lt Gen Surendranath new chief of staff, Southern Command

Lt Gen K Surendranath took over as chief of staff of Southern Army Command on Monday. He was commissioned into 71 Armoured Regiment in 1975 and later went on to command the same regiment, a defence......

Lt Gen Lamba takes over as Army vice chief

Lieutenant General Arvinder Singh Lamba, a senior Artillery officer with commando training, took over as the Army's vice chief. He replaces Lieutenant General P C Bharadwaj, who retired on November......

From layoffs to cost-cutting, start-ups brace for long funding winter

On a cloudy Monday this month, Mohammed Irshad flew from Kochi to Gurugram to attend an exclusive investor networking event. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Among a handful of founders......

Rajaratnam: Ex Galleon staff admits giving tips

A former trusted colleague of Raj Rajaratnam told the jury that he dug up insider information to give "an edge" to his boss, the Galleon Group founder, who is the main accused in the largest......

New twist in Wall Street insider trading case

Former McKinsey director Anil Kumar told a jury on Monday that he provided confidential information to Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam on a 'super-confidential' deal involving the......

McKinsey director testifies against Rajaratnam

Former McKinsey director Anil Kumar on Friday testified against his ex-Wharton classmate and Sri Lankan-born billionaire Raj Rajaratnam in the biggest insider trading case to hit US courts in......