Saluting P V Narasimha Rao For 1991!

It is thanks to the policy of liberalisation conceived by Manmohan Singh and enforced by P V Narasimha Rao that the Indian economy has now become the world's 5th largest economy by nominal GDP,......

MPLADS Fund: 14 Assam MPs Get Highest Share

'The pace of disbursement and project recommendation picks up as the tenure of the House draws near and usually all amount is released.' Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Nearly a third of the......

Sanjay Raut's aide turned witness tells ED of MP's financial dealings

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut routed his unaccounted money through various shell companies opened in the name of his family members and associates, his former aide and prime witness in the money......

Why 'Bulldozer Politics' Won't Work

The Modi leadership could lose Election 2024 if a communal flare-up becomes cause for all-round catastrophe, warns N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: The demolition underway at Jahangirpuri, New Delhi,......

Demonetisation has hit at the heart of businesses

From farmers to cement, steel, logistics, transportation and automobiles, the back-end is struggling to get going due to the liquidity crisis.  Viveat Pinto & Aditi Divekar, Chandan Kishore......

6 I-Day promises from 2014 that Modi (partially) fulfilled

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered his second Independence Day speech, IndiaSpend and FactChecker reviewed the implementation of key pronouncements he made in his first Independence Day......

Railways to take MP funds, support from NGOs to set up toilets

The Ahmedabad division of Indian Railways will get funds from Members of Parliament along with help from various NGOs to set up sanitation facilities at Ahmedabad railway station. "For the first......

Model villages: Lessons from Adarsh Nangla

Villagers attribute Adarsh Nangla’s 'fall' to a combination of government apathy and decline of the collective spirit “You are returning from Adarsh Nangla? It was declared a model......

Sachin Tendulkar donates his Rajya Sabha salary to PM's Relief Fund

Tendulkar has drawn nearly Rs 90 lakh in salaries and other monthly allowances IMAGE: Legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Photograph: Sachin Tendulkar/Twitter......

New school, water supply, toilets: Tendulkar set to transform Donja village

Sachin Tendulkar will adopt the Donja village in Osmanabad, where he will oversee the development of a new school building, a water supply scheme that would provide potable water to each household,......