Of gullaks, bansuris and vanishing memories

India is celebrating one of its biggest festivals commemorating the victory of good over evil. In Bihar, which is in the middle of its biggest election campaign in recent times, poll hysteria has......

UN court ruling gives hope to UK-ousted Chagos Islanders

The exiled islanders of the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean have received a breather barely a month after the European Human Rights court ruled that they did not have a case against their......

Oil ministry mulls reinstating subsidised LPG prices

The ministry of petroleum and natural gas is evaluating a threshold at which the subsidy on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG or cooking gas) will be reinstated. According to a senior government......

EPFO dumps CSC Aadhaar services after data theft

Unique Identification Authority of India said the alleged data breach took place on a website that does not belong to it Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Confidential data from one of the......

LPG: Consumers can now switch dealers

Cooking gas consumers can now change their dealers as the government has launched liquefied petroleum gas portability scheme on the lines of mobile phone services.However, unlike cellular services......

LPG consumers need not panic: IOC, BPCL

With the festive season round the corner, oil marketing companies IndianOil Corp Ltd (IOC) and Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) today assured consumers there was no shortage of cooking gas, and the......

ISL: 10-man Mumbai City FC suffer shock defeat to Kerala Blasters

IMAGE: Kerala Blasters' Hormipam Ruivah runs past a Mumbai City FC player during their Indan Super League match in Margao on Sunday. Photograph: ISL/Twitter Kerala Blasters notched up a......

Sandhu retained India's chief boxing coach till 2016 Olympics

Gurbaksh Singh Sandhu has been retained national coach of the men’s boxing team till the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. "The Indian Boxing Federation is pleased to announce that Mr......