Congress first list has 60% names from SC/ST/minorities, Rahul from Wayanad

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will contest the Lok Sabha polls from Kerala's Wayanad again, the party announced on Friday as it released its first list of 39 candidates. IMAGE: Congress......

Congress, SP watch as MLAs help BJP win extra RS seats

The Congress on Tuesday suffered a major upset in Himachal Pradesh at the hands of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Rajya Sabha elections which were marred by cross-voting in all the three states......

Karnataka RS race: Cong to lodge MLAs in a hotel

Apparently aimed at keeping the flock together ahead of the Rajya Sabha polls, all ruling Congress MLAs in Karnataka will stay put together at a hotel in Bengaluru on Monday after the budget......

BJP leads with 20 Rajya Sabha MPs among 41 elected unopposed

Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi, BJP chief J P Nadda and new party entrant Ashok Chavan and Union ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw and L Murugan were among the 41 candidates elected unopposed to......

Govt raises income bar for EWS, LIG housing

Government has decided to raise the bar on annual income required to qualify for benefits under its existing housing schemes for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) and Lower Income Groups (LIG), a......

Will shooters benefit from Rathore's rise to sports minister?

Rathore will add value to growth of sports: NRAI president IMAGE: Rajyavardhan Rathore with his wife Gayithri Photographs: Rajyavardhan Rathore/Facebook The National Rifle Association of......

Sports Bill may stop BCCI from using 'India' as team name

The Board of Control for Cricket in India could be again set on collision course with the Sports Ministry as a contentious clause in the Draft National Sports Development Bill states that only......

BCCI should agree to come under RTI: Maken

Against the backdrop of allegations of spot-fixing during IPL matches, Union Minister Ajay Maken said the Board Of Control For Cricket In India - the national governing body for cricket in India -......

'India lacks sports medicine experts'

The number of sports medicine experts required to improve the standard of sports is desperately lacking in the country, lamented Indian Federation of Sports Medicine president Dr P S M Chandran.......

Miffed Kalmadi demands Maken's resignation

Faced with mounting pressure to drop his Olympic trip to London, a defiant Suresh Kalmadi has hit back at Ajay Maken, accusing the Sports Minister of carrying out a vilification campaign against......