Oppn alleges caste being asked in Agnipath recruitment, govt denies

Several opposition leaders and a Bharatiya Janata Party ally alleged Tuesday that the army was using caste as a factor for recruitment under the Agnipath scheme, a charge swiftly rejected by......

Will Droupadi Murmu Be A Consensus President?

From the point of view of qualification, Murmu is probably educationally the least qualified among India's recent Presidents.But then, with the BJP in command, she will be required to do little but......

Could This Man Be India's Next President?

Sunil Gatade and Venkatesh Kesari reveal that Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar's name is now doing the rounds as President Kovind's likely successor. IMAGE: Haryana Chief Minister......

RCP Singh should heed message and resign from Cabinet: Nitish aide

Union minister RCP Singh, who was recently denied another term in the Rajya Sabha by the Janata Dal-United he formerly headed, should "heed the message" and resign from the Union Cabinet, a key......

Why a flop called SEZ remains attractive to politicians

SEZs account for just about a third of India's merchandise exports (and roughly the same proportion of services exports). Yet, the notion of creating global manufacturing centres of the kind that......

How India Inc is making the most of PM-CARES

'As long as there is PM-CARES, it's money that will do the talking,' notes Kanika Datta. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com< Corporate India may be wallowing in forced inactivity, but its......

Net closing in on PNB, IL&FS, ICICI-Videocon, AugustaWestland

'The web of transactions is so complex that it requires expertise to understand the strategies involved in each fraud.'Shrimi Choudhary reports. IMAGE: India expects Nirav Modi, who is currently......

4 key reasons why markets are unaffected by election results

In prior elections, not only have opinion poll forecasts been very different from the results, the error margin has increased over time. One need only look at the charts that show the Sensex half a......