Nitish keeps home, Tejashwi gets health; JD-U ministers get depts back

Portfolios were on Tuesday allocated in the new Bihar cabinet headed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar who, predictably, retained the all-important home department which helps him keep direct control......

MUST READ: How much ministers splurged on petrol

The information technology and telecom ministries spent a whopping Rs 53.14 lakh on fuel in two years, according to a RTI report.A look at what various other ministries spent on fuel. The petrol......

Railways, forest dept join forces to save wild elephants

Meet to devise strategy to minimise elephant deaths due to train hits. K Anurag reports The Northeast Frontier Railway and West Bengal Forest Department have chalked out a joint strategy to save......

A red letter day for Postal dept

The old familiar red coloured letter boxes which adorned Indian streets for more than a century will soon be replaced by larger fibre glass bodied containers that would enable posting of larger......

Govt depts to add over 1.4 lakh jobs between 2019 and March 1, 2021

Over 1.4 lakh jobs are estimated to be created between March 2019 and March 2021 in various central government departments, according to the Union Budget presented on Monday. Illustration: Dominic......

How I-T dept plans to increase tax mop up

The government has set a target of adding 1.3 crore income tax filers in the current financial year against 1.1 crore new filers added last year. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The Income......

I-T dept to use tech to beat manpower blues

The I-T department will rely on data analytical tools and run models to separate black money holders and genuine taxpayers based on the large data base being shared by banks.Dilasha Seth/Business......

IT dept officials grill Ringing Bells' management

The panel's report is expected this week. The ministry of communications and information technology on Monday quizzed the management of Noida-based firm, Ringing Bells, which came into the......

Readers on where India has gone wrong

M KRISHNANAND:Dear SirI appreciate your efforts in getting valuable feedback from people on the reasons for India's poor form in ODIs and how we can improve it . Now that the Pakistan series is......