'There is no crime and no robbery in UP now'

While conditions have improved over the last decade in western UP, there are still unfulfilled needs. IMAGE: A Samajwadi Party supporter attends a public rally addressed by party chief Akhilesh......

'PM Modi wants BJP leaders with no spine'

‘He only promotes those leaders who will never show any resistance to him in future.’ IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspects a model of the Dwarka Expressway before its......

'What is predominant in India is disguised unemployment'

'When you do some job for a few hours, you are hardly earning enough to survive.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com There was euphoria in social media about India becoming a $4 trillion......

India looks a lot like Sri Lanka: Rahul

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday hit out at the government over rising inflation and unemployment and said India looks a 'lot like Sri Lanka' and the Centre should not distract......

India Inc's profits relative to capital employed at 14-yr high

Companies are squeezing more profits from their operations relative to the capital they put to work, the highest now since 2011. Photograph: PTI Photo from the Rediff Archives Profit after tax......

Why manufacturing sector's energy bills are at 20-year low

High energy costs, long a drag on India’s manufacturing competitiveness, are finally easing. Illustration: Dado Ruvic/Reuters Power and fuel expenses accounted for 1.98 per cent of net sales in......

Manufacturing dominated new projects in Q1, share at 10-quarter high

More than half of all new project announcements in the June 2025 quarter came from the manufacturing sector. Photograph: Praveen Paramasivam/Reuters Manufacturing projects worth around Rs 2.3......

Experts sceptical about CMIE's unemployment data

Economists on Tuesday are not convinced about the latest monthly unemployment data released by the Centre for Monitoring India Economy (CMIE), particularly about the statistics of the rural areas.......