Top-level bureaucratic reshuffle at Centre, Pant named new health secretary

Senior IAS officer Sudhansh Pant has been named as the new health secretary as part of a top-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre on Tuesday. IMAGE: : Prime Minister Narendra Modi......

Pradip Tripathi moves to Cabinet Secretariat as govt effects major bureaucratic rejig

Senior bureaucrat Pradip Kumar Tripathi has been appointed as secretary (coordination) in the Cabinet Secretariat as part of a major bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre on Monday. A......

How Many Children do BJP MLAs in UP have?

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......

Rich tributes paid to Ambedkar, Modi calls him 'yug purush'

Senior Parliamentarians pay tributes to Dr BR Ambedkar in Parliament House in New Delhi. Photograph: PTI Photo The 124th birth anniversary of Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar on Tuesday was observed with......

Alok Kumar in final of IBSF World Billiards

Alok Kumar stormed into the final of the IBSF World Billiards Championship in Leeds on Friday and set up a title clash with Englishman David Causier. The Indian cueist easily beat compatriot......

Asian Billiards: Alok, Devendra off to good start

Defending champion Alok Kumar managed to defeat his opponent Sri Lanka's A Jayarathne in a match which could have gone either way in the ongoing 11th ONGC Asian Billiards Championship, 2012. The......

Rookie Pandya stuns Sethi to enter quarters

Young Rishabh Pandya stunned ace Geet Sethi 4-2 to enter the quarter-finals of the Matunga Gymkhana-BSAM-Pidilite 6-Red All India Open Snooker Championship in Mumbai on Sunday. Sethi's early exit......

Joshi shocks defending champion Alok Kumar

Asian Billiards Champion Devendra Joshi of Petroleum Sports Promotion Board defeated defending champion Alok Kumar 608-599 in a pulsating senior billiards pre-quarter-final encounter to steal the......