'...only if we sort it out with Pakistan.' IMAGE: Security personnel on the watch in Srinagar. Photograph: Umar Ganie for Rediff.com Amarjit Singh Dulat, former head of the country's external......
New Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday set up a 47-member Steering Committee that includes former prime minister Manmohan Singh and the party's ex-presidents Sonia Gandhi and Rahul......
Two women candidates; Lok Sabha Speakers; Chief Justices; A Chief Election Commissioner; drafters of the Constitution; the RBI's first Indian governor; a farm leader who unsuccessfully contested......
The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance's nominee Droupadi Murmu on Friday filed her nomination papers for the July 18 presidential election, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi......
When elected on July 18 -- which is almost a certainty, given the NDA's numbers in the electoral college -- Droupadi Murmu will be the first President born after Independence. IMAGE: Droupadi......
The ten central trade unions have demanded a cash transfer of Rs 7,500 a month to all families that do not pay income tax, free ration of 10 kg per head in a month to all the needy, expansion of......
Says govt offer a positive move and Wednesday's one-day stir should be deferred; others not impressed enough, especially Left The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh-backed Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh......
All the central trade unions have called a strike to protest the changes to the labour laws and government's inaction towards their demands The government will hold a meeting with trade union......
"It’s a gift of a life time,” that is how a senior bureaucrat thanked Jyotindra Vachharajani, head -- corporate relations, Essar Energy, when the latter gifted him a special centenary......
In the run-up to the general elections, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is considering announcing a "minimum pension of Rs 1,000 (a month) for all workers covered under the EPFO (Employees'......
A day after Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi's youngest daughter got married under dramatic circumstances, the Hyderabad policesaid the groom had a criminal past. Sirish Bharadwaj, 22, who married......
IMAGE: Virat Kohli celebrates after completing his century in a Test match against England. Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty Images Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli and world champion weightlifter......
IMAGE: India’s Amit Panghal celebrates after defeating Olympic and Asian champion Hasanboy Dusmatov of Uzbekistan at the Asian Games. Photograph: Shahbaz Khan/PTI Asian Games gold......
Reader Sanjeeva Reddysent us this picture. 'I am Sanjeeva Reddy. This picture was taken when I met the great badminton player Pullela Gopichand in Hotel Taj Krishna. I spent some time......