Rampur bypolls: BJP woos Pasmanda Muslims to capture Azam Khan's fortress

Five months after it wrested Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan's stronghold of Rampur Lok Sabha seat, the Bharatiya Janata Party is now trying to further shore its position by wooing Pasmanda Muslim......

'Yogiji believes in a very strong rule of law'

'In the last five years of UP government, the UP police were given a fair environment and the rule of law always remained supreme.''In these five years, nobody within the BJP dared tell a police......

UP polls 2022: SP to tie up with RLD, regional parties, says Akhilesh

The Samajwadi Party, the Rashtriya Lok Dal and some smaller parties will contest the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly polls together, and an announcement in this regard would be made soon, SP chief......

'Yogi is more of a challenge to Amit Shah than Modi'

'The central BJP has worked out an arrangement -- Yogi manages the state while Modi manages the Centre.' IMAGE: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Ajay Mohan Bisht aka Yogi Adityanath with Prime......

Why India's healthcare system is near collapse today

An analysis of Budget speeches made by finance ministers over 75 years also offers a glimpse of how low on the priority list healthcare has featured for the political class and policy-makers, which......

Another GDP shocker for India, S&P pegs it at 5.2%

For the current fiscal which ends on March 31, it put the real GDP estimate at 5 per cent. S&P Global Ratings on Monday cut its estimate for India's GDP growth in the fiscal starting April 1 to......

S&P retains India's rating at 'BBB-' with stable outlook

The rating agency, however, pointed out that India's fiscal position remains precarious, with elevated fiscal deficits and net government indebtedness. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Global......

S&P reaffirms India's rating, retains outlook at 'stable'

S&P has maintained a stable outlook on the basis of their expectation that over the next two years the growth will remain strong and India will maintain its sound net external position and fiscal......