South Tamil Nadu under water after downpour, villages cut off

Villages, towns, roads and highways in several regions of southern Tamil Nadu including Tirunelveli and Thoothukudi just resemble rivers in spate. IMAGE: Tamil Nadu's Sivaganga was among the......

'Trapped workers played cricket'

'I decided to send a bat and a ball which was smaller in size so that it shouldn't get stuck in the pipe. And with that, they had a little good time.' IMAGE: The workers inside Uttarkashi's......

Govt ushers in de-layering in bureaucracy, jt secretary reports to secretary

The Centre has taken a major step towards increasing efficiency in decision-making by empowering joint secretaries to report to secretaries directly, officials said on Wednesday. Joint secretaries......

Full text: President Murmu's address to Parliament's Budget Session

‘Wherever in the world there is political instability, those countries are beset with severe crises today. But India is in a much better position than the rest of the world due to the......

New migrant plan: 12 ministries, 125 days, Rs 50,000cr

Ahead of the launch of the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan scheme, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that central and state governments have meticulously mapped the skill sets of the migrant......

Nitin Gadkari's ambitious 5-year roadmap

The minister said that the priority for him will be "rolling out all stuck highway projects that include many of the IL&FS projects within 100 days". A go getter in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's......

How Gadkari plans to bolster India's economy

Gadkari said that the MSME sector contributes significantly in pushing the country's economic growth and creating employment. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Bolstering country's......

Ganga to get country's first inland waterway

The project would facilitate the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) to put in place infrastructure and navigation services needed to develop the waterway. The Union government and the......