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Time to confront forces of hatred and prejudice, Sonia tells CPP

Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday called for unity at all levels of the organisation, while noting that the road ahead for the party is more challenging than ever before and the spirit of......

Raghuvansh Singh: An astute lawmaker

It was under his stewardship of the Union Rural Development Ministry that NREGA, the flagship rural livelihood scheme, was implemented. IMAGE: Notwithstanding his political successes,......

Day after quitting RJD, Raghuvansh reaches out to Nitish

After exiting the Rashtriya Janata Dal on Thursday, former Union minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh wrote to Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar seeking extension of MGNREGA benefits to the farm......

End of an era in Bihar politics

It is now a different time in Bihar. It is a different place -- one in which Raghuvansh Prasad Singh's options are very limited, notes Aditi Phadnis. IMAGE: Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, PhD, who......

Will you buy 1 lakh rakhis for India's soldiers?

And, in turn, help 1,000 Indian artisans earn Rs 5,000 at a time when they are struggling to cope with financial hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic. Girls tie rakhis on the wrists of Border......

Despite huge outlay MGNREGA ends FY22 with Rs 20,000 cr negative balance

The negative balance is largely on account of pending material cost for the work done under the programme during the year and even earlier. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Despite the......

Almost 92% casual workers didn't get wages during lockdown: Survey

A Covid widow, who lost her job due to the pandemic, saw her five children being admitted to a hospital in Aligarh on June 15 for apparently going without food for days, according to PTI. IMAGE:......

Modi's $5 trn economy is a useless target: Jean Dreze

'The function of this target is to pander to the super-power ambitions of the Indian elite.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com India might be heading towards a "serious livelihood crisis" as......

Despite slew of records, problems still plague MGNREGA

MGNREGA scheme: A significant Rs 17,370.58 crore has been carried forward over to the next financial year as unpaid dues as demand for work continued unabated for the scheme in rural areas.......

'Government this time has said outright privatisation'

'They want (the ownership and management of PSU banks) to pass into the hands of a private sector entity.''Ownership of these banks will go from the public sector to private sector.' IMAGE: Prime......

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