'A large portion of youngsters who aspire to join the civil services are not motivated by the spirit of public service and idealism of which the civil services offer in abundance.' 'When they join......
With the new Parliament building inaugurated, the focus now shifts to the construction of the Vice President Enclave, Common Central Secretariat buildings, Defence Enclave, MPs' chambers, and prime......
Given the controversy over the Uttar Pradesh government's population control policy, Hemant Shivsaran/Rediff.com digs deep to find out how many children BJP legislators in UP have. IMAGE: Uttar......
The Congress took out marches and observed bandh at several places on Saturday to protest against rising fuel prices. IMAGE: Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh along with party workers......
'Governments, democratically elected governments, are custodians for a short- specified time.''Parents don't let baby sitters decide the course of their child's future.' IMAGE: An aerial view of......
In a multi-city protest on Monday, a large number of company secretaries (CS) and chartered accountants (CAs) came together to seek extension of the deadline for annual filing due to glitches in......
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved revision in guidelines for providing direct to home (DTH) services in the country under which licenses would be issued for 20 years, Union minister......
RIL-BP currently produce gas from Dhirubhai-1 and 3 field and oil and gas from MA field, three of the over one-and-half dozen discoveries made in KG-D6 block Image: Reliance Industries chairman......
It is being touted as a major 'corporate espionage' story involving large business houses, but it was an amateurish rushed job by players on the ground that blew the lid off a long-running......
The drama over the theft of confidential documents from the petroleum and natural gas ministry continued on Friday, with the crime branch of the Delhi Police arresting seven more persons on charges......
Aamir Khan-starrer 3 Idiots was chosen as The Best Popular Film, as Amitabh Bachchan won The Best Actor award for his role in Paa and Malayalam film Kutti Srank won the award in the Best Feature......
Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal (right) with Manoj Kumar. Photograph: PTI Commonwealth Games gold medallist boxer Manoj Kumar on Wednesday lashed out at Kapil Dev, saying the Arjuna Award is a......
Sports minister Sarbananda Sonowal (right) with Sachin Tendulkar. Photograph: PTI Batting legend Sachin Tendulkar discussed the way forward for L Sarita Devi with Sports Minister Sarbananda......
Having emerged successful with his plea in the Delhi high court, India pugilist Manoj Kumar was conferred the Arjuna award by Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal at his Shastri Bhawan office in......
Olympic medallists Vijay Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt will be jointly conferred the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award -- the country's highest sporting honour -- while an unprecedented 25 sportspersons......
Veteran Congress leader and parliamentarian Sunil Dutt took charge of the Union Sports Ministry on Tuesday and promised facilities at par with international standards for the sportspersons of the......