Why the Congress needs to buckle up

In a decision that will come as a breath of fresh air to a large number of embattled Congressmen, the party leadership in a change of strategy has decided to play aggressive and defend party......

'China-Pak relations are not hunky-dory'

Chinese President Hu Jintao left Mumbai for Islamabad on Thursday afternoon after a three day official visit to India. What did his visit -- the second ever by a Chinese head of state -- achieve?......

'We don't need a government'

What do you think needs to be done by the government and the great people of Mumbai to ensure such a disaster does not occur again? Tell us!Earlier responses: 'Stop blaming the rains''Mumbaities......

Power Minister tells Rediff: '24/7 power in every home by 2019'

  'This country has become cynical, the country has lost hope. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is getting back hope in this country.' 'We are deconstructing the past which had corruption,......

West Bengal burdened with bumper paddy crop

Uttam Majumdar is unable to sell his 330,000 kg of paddy. He is under pressure from moneylenders from whom he had borrowed over Rs 1 lakh at an interest rate of 60 per cent a year.Long known as......

Mobile phone companies doing a Nano

Mahipal flaunts his Motorola W215 mobile phone fondly to the fellow peasants sitting in village chaupal. He earns his living from two kilas he owns in Ladpur village of Haryana. And he is most......

Developing tastes

A few months ago in Punjab, as grain farmers set fire to harvested rice fields to clear their land, Jagroop Singh spent the afternoon reflecting on his good fortune farming cows. Singh, a tall Sikh......

Reigning in the rain

Mumbai's dirt track champion Rustom Patel, riding a Honda Activa, overcame unyielding conditions and a strong field to emerge triumphant in the 20th Gulf Monsoon Scooter Rally, organised by......