'In certain sectors we want to become catalysts, in others we want to encourage.' S D Shibulal discusses Axilor Ventures with Ayan Pramanik and Raghu Krishnan.
'Our priority will be to settle land disputes in Bihar, which I believe is the root cause of almost all crime in the state.'
Indian tax laws offer start-ups ways to save taxes.
Smart cities must be very well equipped with technology and security systems alike.
'We are facing a crackdown for more than a year. Our permission to collect funds was cancelled. Our bank accounts were frozen.' 'We believe that our work in India is very important. We want to be the environment watchdog. We do not want to waste time fighting legal battles.'
The Mahindra group's Igatpuri plant becomes the first in India to be declared carbon-neutral. Ashish Narsale / Rediff.com finds out how this was achieved.
Besides a great idea, it takes pluck, and some luck, to get going.
The apex court's five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said Aadhaar is meant to help benefits reach the marginalised sections of the society and takes into account the dignity of people not only from personal but also from community point of view.
The concept of gold as an asset capable of getting anytime money is evaporating.
Start-ups in the information technology domain are quite common these days. But three young entrepreneurs have ventured into a comparatively lesser known area of food: snacks. Arul Murugan, co-founder, Chloroplast Foods, tells Shobha Warrier/Rediff.com, how he is bootstrapping his start-up.
Singh's remarks come in the backdrop of a renewed buzz in the Congress circles about Rahul Gandhi's sooner than later elevation as party president.
The manifesto was unveiled by Jayalalithaa at a public rally, in a departure from usual practice of release at party headquarters in Chennai.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
Reddi has so far made 10 investments in the US.
The biggest winner was Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan who ran her ship with self-confidence and aplomb.
'The BJP certainly has an edge as the BJP has gone ahead of the Congress in pleasing the trading community.'
In first major growth in 5 years, 2,000 advertisers were added in Jan-Sep 2015.
'We need uranium to fuel our reactors. Our scientists and engineers have been handling uranium safely since 1967. They must not feel disheartened by the activities of well motivated local or foreign agencies.'
The choice clearly is between prompt corrective action and slow but sure destruction, says Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Telangana's Rythu Bandhu policy is an embryonic UBI, or rather embryonic QUBI (a quasi-universal basic income, pronounced Kyoo-Bee). And it could potentially also be the future of agricultural policy in India, says Arvind Subramanian.
Villagers attribute Adarsh Nangla's 'fall' to a combination of government apathy and decline of the collective spirit
'The only positive I see are the youth of India who were earlier just after money. The young now want to do something for society.'
India's freedom, its rambling but working Constitution, its parliamentary democracy, its lumbering administrative machinery all have many a father, but its greatest claim to fame, especially today, that of being a modern state, is due to but one person: Its first and longest-serving prime minister, Nehru, says Shreekant Sambrani.
Start-up Belong.co uses an unconventional way of hiring that trusts more on data available on social media or tweets than the resume.
Sidhu said that the corridor would promote peace and erase "enmity" between India and Pakistan and create infinite possibilities between them, including the resumption of cricket ties.
Modi govt must bring about reforms to kick-start big-ticket infra projects.
Biju Janata Dal members had staged a walk-out while NDA ally Shiv Sena did not participate in the voting.
Cabinet sub-committee to review the situation and take necessary steps.
These events would include celebrating the centenary of Mahatma Gandhi's Champaran Satyagraha in Bihar in a big way. It was Gandhi's first mass agitation in India, where he had led a protest of peasants against forcible cultivation of indigo.
After selling out to Google, the 27-year-old has now turned into an angel investor.
Agri experts are meeting FinMin ministry officials on Monday to give their inputs on the Budget.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
An average team even with a great idea can spell the death of a start-up.
They sleep in public parks, talk to strangers and dare to walk alone into the night. Geentanjali Krishna reports on the non-profit public art initiative that is working for freedom from fear and restrictions for women.
Ajit Mishra, Vice President, Research, Religare Broking, answers readers' queries on stocks they own or want to buy.
N Sundaresha Subramanian digs deeper into what Catalyst, an Indo-US project, brings to the payments ecosystem.
Rudrani Chettri wants to help transgender models gain acceptance in mainstream fashion...will she succeed?
Defence Secretary R K Mathur should take to Prime Minister Narendra Modi just five simple measures that would create or catalyse dramatic improvements across the wider defence arena, says Ajai Shukla.
LocalOye is a Bengaluru-based marketplace for local household and personal service providers.
Just one year after taking office, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing a challenge that could come to haunt him.
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