Bandana Preyashi, the bold and fearless IAS officer from Bihar, is the court-appointed mentor to 18-year-old Sakshi, who had fled home to follow her IAS dream. IMAGE: Bandana Preyashi is Bihar's......
The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad, in the aftermath of the recent Red Fort blast in Delhi, has stepped up its monitoring efforts and sought comprehensive details of madrasas, their students,......
'These children possess catastrophically low birth weights -- often 1.4 kgs or less. Such extremely low birth weight results in profoundly compromised neo-natal immunity.' 'The escalation to 97......
Gripped by fear and confusion over the Special Intensive Revision process, sex workers in Sonagachi, Asia's largest red-light district, have written to the state's chief electoral officer, pleading......
A controversy erupted in Uttar Pradesh's Jaunpur after a Muslim woman alleged that a doctor at the district hospital refused to treat her on religious grounds, an accusation denied by hospital......
These are the highlights of the Union Budget 2025-26 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament on Saturday. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com DIRECT TAX No personal......
'Our attempt to honour the taxpayer has been since 2014 and more actively since 2019-2020 onwards.' IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Finance Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey address a......
Universal basic income or social security? Economist Nitin Desai feels we need a blueprint for universal health care and pensions to help the vulnerable section. IMAGE: All Indians need access to......
Photograph: Kind courtesy Akshay Kumar/Instagram Akshay Kumar's long-standing but largely unpublicised initiative to provide insurance coverage for stunt artists has gained renewed attention......