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Automobile dealers seek tax sops in Union Budget

Automobile dealers seek tax sops in Union Budget

Rediff.com7 Jul 2014

According to FADA, automobile retail trade and service industry comprises a network of 9,500 automobile dealers and their service stations engaged in sale, service/repair and spares of vehicles across segments, is an essential link in automotive business and a significant stakeholder.

In a first, Hero offers buyback for scooters

In a first, Hero offers buyback for scooters

Rediff.com13 May 2019

Now, you can own a two-wheeler for Rs 18.5 per day

Volkswagen chief faces grilling by board over diesel scandal

Volkswagen chief faces grilling by board over diesel scandal

Rediff.com23 Sep 2015

Volkswagen is under huge pressure to act, with its shares down more than a third in value since the crisis broke, and the bad news still coming.

Why follow China, India can prosper on its own

Why follow China, India can prosper on its own

Rediff.com13 May 2015

India must formulate a new growth path to become a top Asian economy.

Remembering Kargil: The IAF Attack on Tiger Hill

Remembering Kargil: The IAF Attack on Tiger Hill

Rediff.com23 Jul 2020

'Searching for the target with bare eyes was like searching for the needle in the haystack, but due to the technology, we had a clear picture of the seven tents perched against the rocky background on our scopes.'

India's coal, power sectors need change in mindset

India's coal, power sectors need change in mindset

Rediff.com19 Mar 2014

The economy can't grow without increasing electrification, which requires more power plants, and given coal is the cheapest form of fuel and is abundant, it makes sense that India is looking to boost the use of the fuel.

Cities can lead. Cities want to lead. Let them!

Cities can lead. Cities want to lead. Let them!

Rediff.com24 Nov 2015

'If every city had the strongest tools that are currently available only to a few, the world's climate prospects would glow far more brightly.'

After oil, equity markets are likely to crash

After oil, equity markets are likely to crash

Rediff.com3 Dec 2014

Just as very high oil prices looked an anomaly in a sluggish world, so now do record high equities.

Want to know BJP's 2019 Poll Mantras?

Want to know BJP's 2019 Poll Mantras?

Rediff.com15 Feb 2018

Nationalism, Hindutva, and war on corruption, not growth, will define Modi's politics until 2019.

Rupee tumbles for 7th day; breaches 72-mark for the first time ever

Rupee tumbles for 7th day; breaches 72-mark for the first time ever

Rediff.com6 Sep 2018

The rupee has been under immense pressure due to a host of reasons including soaring crude oil prices, sustained foreign fund outflows and widening current account deficit.

'Kapil Mishra's statement sparked the Delhi riots'

'Kapil Mishra's statement sparked the Delhi riots'

Rediff.com28 Feb 2020

'If you look through the optics of BJP leader Kapil Mishra, he was standing with a deputy commissioner of police while giving a hate speech.' 'Immediately, the message goes down that the police is 'with us' so let's start rioting.'

China broke NSG norms to help Pakistan whose nukes aren't safe

China broke NSG norms to help Pakistan whose nukes aren't safe

Rediff.com4 Aug 2016

Continued instability in Pakistan could impact safety of its nuclear weapons and materials, a latest US Congressional report has said as it described the sale of two nuclear reactors by China to Pakistan a violation of the NSG guidelines.

'I saw vehicles full of pilgrims being swept off by floodwaters'

'I saw vehicles full of pilgrims being swept off by floodwaters'

Rediff.com21 Jun 2013

Shattered and still tense from their harrowed experience, over 100 pilgrims reached in Chandigarh on Friday on two state owned buses from flood ravaged areas around the Sikh shrine of Hemkunt Sahib in Uttarakhand.

Kargil@21: When the choppers attacked the enemy

Kargil@21: When the choppers attacked the enemy

Rediff.com25 Jul 2020

'We decided that we would fire our rockets and dive into the valley and get away, making it difficult for the missiles to be fired.'

Petrol price cut by Rs 2.42, diesel cheaper by Rs 2.25

Petrol price cut by Rs 2.42, diesel cheaper by Rs 2.25

Rediff.com16 Jan 2015

Petrol price was on Friday cut by Rs 2.42 per litre and diesel by Rs 2.25 a litre after an excise duty hike limited the benefit of global crude prices slumping to six-year low.

The govt should ideally let SpiceJet fail

The govt should ideally let SpiceJet fail

Rediff.com18 Dec 2014

Any government aid to the airline will ultimately hurt the economy

Oil's slide below $30 sends shockwaves far and wide

Oil's slide below $30 sends shockwaves far and wide

Rediff.com13 Jan 2016

Traders have all but given up attempting to predict where the new-year rout will end

Can Modi strike a nuclear deal with Japan?

Can Modi strike a nuclear deal with Japan?

Rediff.com10 Dec 2015

The Indo-Japanese nuclear deal may not come easy considering India's Civil Nuclear Liability Act provisions which had earlier put off suppliers like General Electric, says Debalina Ghoshal.

US Fed begins taper but suggests easy policy

US Fed begins taper but suggests easy policy

Rediff.com19 Dec 2013

The move, which could come as a surprise to many investors, was a nod to better prospects for economy and labor market

SCARY! What Pakistan and China's nuclear weapons mean for India

SCARY! What Pakistan and China's nuclear weapons mean for India

Rediff.com20 Sep 2018

'Once the military starts to draw up plans for using nuclear weapons, then nuclear weapons could be used earlier in a crisis than otherwise.'

Rajan effect: FIIs bought shares worth $1 bn

Rajan effect: FIIs bought shares worth $1 bn

Rediff.com17 Sep 2013

According to the global financial services major, FIIs have recouped around 25 per cent of the outflows seen over the June-August period, when the country witnessed its sharpest bout of FII outflows since the global financial crisis.

Remembering Kargil: 'Bombs on Target!'

Remembering Kargil: 'Bombs on Target!'

Rediff.com21 Jul 2020

One can only imagine how it is at the receiving end of the bomb. The sound is deafening, splinters and rocks fly like missiles and the blast sucks in the air around asphyxiating everyone. The shock waves can be felt for miles around.

72 dead as Super Cyclone Amphan devastates West Bengal

72 dead as Super Cyclone Amphan devastates West Bengal

Rediff.com22 May 2020

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday that at least 72 people have died due to Cyclone Amphan and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit the affected districts and provide help to 'rebuild those areas from scratch'

Petrol, diesel prices depend on govt, not crude rate!

Petrol, diesel prices depend on govt, not crude rate!

Rediff.com7 May 2020

'I have no problems with the finance ministry or with state governments treating petrol pump prices as the last resort for meeting their ambitious spending targets with very limited revenue resources.' 'But let's do away with this smokescreen of free pricing of petrol and diesel and go back to administered pricing regime,' says Dr Sudhir Bisht.

'I don't love my wife or kid. Please help'

'I don't love my wife or kid. Please help'

Rediff.com27 Oct 2020

Mind/life coach, NLP trainer and Mental Health Guru Anu Krishna encourages you to talk about your problems and offers solutions.

'Mamata turned a peaceful demonstration into a battlefield'

'Mamata turned a peaceful demonstration into a battlefield'

Rediff.com23 Jun 2017

'The CM seems to have forgotten that she is dealing with the Gorkhas, people known for their valour and loyalty to India.' 'It is shameful that Mamata Banerjee and her administration treated them like insurgents, choosing to use live bullets instead of other ways and means to control crowds.'

North Korea keeps the world on edge

North Korea keeps the world on edge

Rediff.com15 Sep 2017

North Korea warns the US that it will soon 'suffer the greatest pain it ever experienced in its history'. Rajaram Panda looks at the latest twist in the North Korean crisis.

Death toll in Nepal hits 4,000 amid hunt for survivors

Death toll in Nepal hits 4,000 amid hunt for survivors

Rediff.com27 Apr 2015

The death toll from Nepal's earthquake has risen to over 3,700, two days after the devastating earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter Scale struck the Himalayan nation.

SpiceJet's contract still stands: Boeing

SpiceJet's contract still stands: Boeing

Rediff.com13 Feb 2015

SpiceJet had last year announced a $4.4-bn deal for 42 Boeing 737 Max.

A babu shows how it can be done

A babu shows how it can be done

Rediff.com2 May 2016

The information and broadcasting ministry's business-like and result-oriented handling of several issues has set a template for other ministries to follow, says A K Bhattacharya.

'Modiji, do not test our patriotism'

'Modiji, do not test our patriotism'

Rediff.com18 Nov 2016

'If standing in a bank or ATM line is a test of patriotism, why is not a single leader standing in that queue too?'

The challenge before India

The challenge before India

Rediff.com29 Sep 2017

A must-read excerpt from former RBI governor and former Rajya Sabha member Bimal Jalan's India: Priorities For The Future.

The conflicts that rocked the world

The conflicts that rocked the world

Rediff.com26 Dec 2018

From the political maelstrom in Washington to the humanitarian disaster in Yemen to the deadly unrest along the Israel-Gaza border, photographers captured a world in turbulent transition.

They still won't say the 'C' word

They still won't say the 'C' word

Rediff.com16 Dec 2016

Donald Trump denied it. Hillary Clinton avoided saying it. But the Climate Change crisis is frighteningly real, says Sunita Narain.

Petroleum minister rules out sudden, steep price hikes

Petroleum minister rules out sudden, steep price hikes

Rediff.com5 Jul 2014

The government does not seem inclined, at least in the petroleum sector, to effect sudden and steep upward price revisions to tame its huge subsidy burden and rein in fiscal deficit.

War isn't a walk through a Hamley's toy shop

War isn't a walk through a Hamley's toy shop

Rediff.com20 Mar 2019

'Even if your soldiers are Sunny Deol and Vicky Kaushal, Pakistanis are no Johnny Walkers.' 'The one lot who never takes them lightly is India's professional soldiers.' 'That's why they keep winning the real wars,' says Shekhar Gupta.

Can Modi government defy global challenges?

Can Modi government defy global challenges?

Rediff.com18 May 2015

World trade has been growing slower than world GDP since 2012.

Modi can't ignore why the youth are angry

Modi can't ignore why the youth are angry

Rediff.com25 Dec 2017

'So far the youth were Modi's strength.' 'It now seems under pressure, and for good reason: Crisis in education, jobs, slowdown in manufacturing, and thereby trading,' points out Shekhar Gupta.

Dunkirk Review: Redefining heroes and humanity

Dunkirk Review: Redefining heroes and humanity

Rediff.com20 Jul 2017

'It's not combat, but deliverance that dictates the action in Dunkirk,' notes Sukanya Verma.

'In 15 years, India will be what China is today'

'In 15 years, India will be what China is today'

Rediff.com5 Jan 2015

Arvind Panagariya speaks about climate change, globalisation and India's economy.