Alok Sharma, an Indian-origin former UK minister, has been knighted for his contribution to combatting climate change through his leadership at the COP26 summit by King Charles III in his first New......
Somnath Chatterjee -- legendary parliamentarian and arguably the finest Lok Sabha Speaker in recent years -- passed into the ages on Monday, August 13, 2018.In these two interviews published on......
'How can middlemen disappear as long as our political parties are sucking in massive amounts of black money?''There is an old political art well practised in New Delhi -- people create artificial......
Laying down a host of criterion for the selection of candidates for the coming Lok Sabha elections, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has made it known that no tainted leader will be given......
'Youth has the power to change whatever it wants. They are the future. Youth has the power to set fire to water,' says champion boxer Akhil Kumar, in Rediff.com's continuing series where well-known......
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented the Budget for 2009-10 on July 6. Following is the BudgetSpeechof Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee: Madam Speaker, I rise to present the Budget for......
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who is also managing the finance ministry, presented the Interim Budget for 2009-10 in Parliament on Monday. Following is the text of the entire Budget......
Mr. Speaker, Sir It is my privilege to present the Budget for 2007-08. I. A MID-TERM REPORT CARD ON THE ECONOMY 2. In November 2006, the UPA Government crossed the midpoint of its term of office. A......
I joined the 800-strong audience in giving actor-director Nagesh Kukunoor's 3 Deewarein a standing ovation after a special screening at Mumbai's Sterling Cinema on July 28. That most people in the......
Photograph: Kind Courtesy SAI Media/Twitter Lovepreet Singh and Purnima Pandey finished on the podium on the final day as hosts India wrapped up the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships with a......
Six-time Asian Championships medallist Shiva Thapa will spearhead the Indian squad in the men's World Boxing Championships even as last edition's silver medallist Amit Panghal will miss out on the......
IMAGE: Weightlifter Bharali Bedabrate, 15, lifted a total of 267kg(119kg+148kg) to finish third. Photograph: International Weightlifting Federation/Twitter India's weightlifter Bharali Bedabrate......
IMAGE: Indian hockey midfielder Salima Tete was honoured with the award for her spectacular performance in 2022. Photograph: Hockey India The Indian Women's Hockey Team midfielder Salima Tete was......
IMAGE: Nikhat Zareen has cut down her weight from 52kg -- the weight category in which she found glory last year in Turkey -- to 50kg after her preferred weight categories was scrapped for the......