'I didn't want to spend the rest of my life as Om Birla's slave'

'The people of Kota will show Om Birla his place.' IMAGE: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, right, at the Central Hall of Parliament. Photograph: ANI Photo   Two-time ex-Bharatiya Janata Party MLA......

Govt using probe agencies to do hafta-vasooli: Cong

The Congress on Friday alleged that probe agencies were being misused to 'extort' donations for the Bharatiya Janata Party from private companies and demanded a Supreme Court-monitored probe into......

Oppn, Dhankar in spat over Jayant Singh speech on Charan Singh

Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Jayant Singh on Saturday showered praise on the Modi government for bestowing Bharat Ratna on his grandfather Charan Singh, saying only a government rooted in ground......

Uniform Civil Code bill tabled in Utt'khand assembly amid Jai Shri Ram chants

The Uttarakhand government on Tuesday tabled in the assembly the Uniform Civil Code bill, the first such move in any state after independence that could be followed by similar legislation in other......

Offshore syndication of loans at 15-yr high, zooms to $21 bn in '23

Funds raised by India Inc. through offshore loan syndication hit a 15-year high in 2023 with companies and banks raising $21.4 billion, the highest since 2007. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com......

Adani slips to No 30, group stocks lose Rs 12 lk cr in 1 month

Gautam Adani was the world's third and Asia's richest man a month back but a damning report by a US firm triggered a massive sell-off in shares of his apples-to-airport group, plunging his own......

Banks Made Profits of Rs 1.57 Trillion!

If the banks throw caution to the winds for building loan books, the hydra-headed bad loans may resurface and spoil the party, warns Tamal Bandyopadhyay. Kindly note the image has only been posted......

Will RBI Rescue Banks Again?

Many banks' profits will take a hit and a few of them could even end up being in the red because of treasury losses, triggered by a sudden spike in government bond yields in the rising interest......