Plagiarism row: HC bars publication of defamatory material against historian Sampath

The Delhi high court on Friday restrained the publication of any defamatory material and the letter written to the Royal Historical Society in London alleging plagiarism by historian Vikram Sampath......

Delhi HC orders Twitter to take down Truschke's tweets against Vikram Sampath

The Delhi high court has directed Twitter to take down certain defamatory tweets posted by academician Dr Audrey Truschke against historian Vikram Sampath over allegations of plagiarism. IMAGE:......

The politics of vegetarianism

'The non-vegetarian share of the population fell from 75 to 71 per cent between 2004 and 2014, no doubt in anticipation of the lotus blooming.''Three years of saffron authoritarianism may have......

Modi's Bengal strike rate: Less than 50%

The BJP's star campaigner could not help even half the number of candidates for whom he campaigned in his aggressive 'Didi-o-Didi' style in Bengal, reveals Rediff.com's Syed Firdaus Ashraf. IMAGE:......

RBI's autonomy and image 'dented beyond repair'

RBI staff tell Governor Urjit Patel that the central bank's image of efficiency and independence has 'gone into smithereens in no time.' Feeling 'humiliated' by events since demonetisation,......

'Urjit Patel is the right man to succeed Raghuram Rajan'

'RBI and the economy will gain tremendously from Urjit Patel's experience in both private and public sectors' Hailing Urjit Patel's appointment as RBI Governor as "vote for continuity", India Inc......

How IIT Kharagpur researchers are leading a 'green revolution'

Indrani Roy/Rediff.com traces how researchers at IIT-Kharagpur have managed to turn barren land of surrounding villages to multi-crop farmland Image: Dr P B S Bhadoria of IIT-Kharagpur speaks to......

'RBI has been against demonetisation'

'It is like bombing a building with 200 people to kill 5 terrorists.' It is 60 days and counting since the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi......

'They call me King of Disco'

'Oscar has been given to A R Rahman.' 'Ringa Ringa Ringa, Choli ki peeche kya hai -- What's the difference? Exactly the same.''Also, Jai ho.''I did Ramba ho in 1985.''Rahman combined three of my......