Modi sworn-in for 2nd term; Shah joins govt, may get finance

Other big names who were sworn-in as cabinet ministers are Rajnath Singh -- who retains home ministry -- Nitin Gadkari, Nirmala Sitharaman and Smriti Irani.Sushma Swaraj opted out of the......

At mega TMC rally, united Oppn vows to oust Modi

In a show of strength, a galaxy of Opposition leaders attended a mage rally organised by West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata. Over 20 political......

'Alok Verma was also playing politics'

'Alok Verma can say he was helpless, but he could have made representations to the CVC, the Chief Justice of India or the prime minister in writing.''He could have told them that his number 2 was......

When Vajpayee appeared on the Rediff Chat

Archana Masih recalls that December evening 22 years ago when Atal Bihari Vajpayee logged into the Rediff Chat. It was Christmas Eve, on the eve of Atal Bihari Vajpayee's 72nd birthday. He had......

Social media as a governance tool? Learn it from our ministers!

The Prime Minister has been regularly seeking people’s inputs through mygov.in Recently, a passenger on a Delhi-Chandigarh Shatabdi train clicked the picture of a  waiter asking for a......

No word from govt on pension, insurance Bills: BJP

In the entire month’s recess during Parliament’s Budget session, said the Bharatiya Janata Party, the major opposition grouping, none from the government spoke to it on any of the major......

Companies, Pension bills: Govt, BJP reach agreement

Government and the Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday reached a broad agreement on the Companies Bill and the Pensions Fund Regulatory Development Authority Bills paving the way for their passage in......

An overdose of intention

When Sushma Swaraj, the telegenic and articulate Union health minister, announced in a room packed with TV cameramen a month back that she would seek the death penalty for those peddling fake......