Mamata sweeps Bengal; LDF retains Kerala; DMK wins TN after 10 yrs

Mamata Banerjee fended off a spirited challenge by a resurgent Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal with a landslide victory for her Trinamool Congress on Sunday for a third consecutive term and......

These are the first-time ministers in Modi Sarkar 2.0

As many as 20 ministers of the 58 who took oath on Friday will assume the ministerial role for the first time. IMAGE: BJP president Amit Shah is the most notable inclusion in the second Modi......

The Women Who Made A Difference

Sandeep Pandey salutes women who have contributed to social transformation in India after 1980.   Medha Patkar Photograph: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Probably the best known woman activist in......

All poll promises will be fulfilled in remaining 3 years: Shah

IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party Chief Amit Shah during a press conference at party headquarters in New Delhi on Friday. Photograph: Subhav Shukla/PTI Presenting a report card of two years......

Maharashtra opposes pension for new govt employees

The proposal is currently with the finance department and is expected to be placed before the Cabinet in the coming days.  The Maharashtra finance department, in its projection of pensions to......

To play long innings in banking, Vodafone needs to do a few things

The telecom company, which has a licence to start a payments bank, can leverage its wide distribution network. Access to formal banking remains a pipe dream for a large number of Indians: less than......

Pension may be linked with inflation index: Govt

Old age pension is likely to be linked with inflation index on the pattern of MNREGA besides being made universal by doing away with above poverty line and below poverty line criteria, the......

A pension for the poor and elderly

Proponents of universal pension coverage argue that India is now a rich country with a large population of poor people. So resources are available but not adequately channeled to those who need......