Kamal Haasan's first manifesto: Rs 3k to homemakers, Rs 5k to elders

Bettering the promise of monthly payouts to homemakers by the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the DMK, Kamal Haasan's Makkal Needhi Maiam on Friday assured Rs 3,000 "value rights......

No mystery over Jaya's death: EPS

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edapaddi K Palaniswami on Friday asserted that there was no mystery over the death of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief J Jayalalithaa, as was being made out......

Is Maharashtra's new internal security law draconian?

Want to live in Maharashtra, follow these eight rules or get jailed. Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com on the proposed Maharashtra Protection of Internal Security Act. Opposition parties are calling......

'I am ambitious, want to be the CM of Maharashtra'

Nationalist Congress Party leader and former deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar tells Sanjay Jog the allegation of corruption against his party is a political conspiracy. Edited excerpts: NCP seems......

Mumbai Infrastructure: Stuck in red tape

Image: Mumbai; Photograph: Reuters Industrialists Mukesh and Anil Ambani on Friday asked the Centre and the Maharashtra government to expedite infrastructure projects in Mumbai -- stuck in red......

Infrastructure betterment tax likely in Mumbai

Mumbaikars residing along or in the vicinity of the upcoming transport infrastructure projects might have to pay a betterment tax. The state-run Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority,......

What public transport tickets cost across the world

India offers one of the world's cheapest public transport services. Mapping the prices of public transport across the world, Deutsche Bank lists out the minimum fares for single rides in metro......

India's first monorail gets rolling

Mumbaikars currently commuting in heavily crowded suburban trains and Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking (BEST) buses will have yet another public mode of transport in the form......

ICC must act fast on 'fixing' scandal: Kapil

India's 1983 World Cup-winning captain Kapil Dev on Thursday expressedanguish overthe spot-fixing scandal, sayingthethree tainted Pakistan cricketers have brought shame totheir country andfans. "I......