Mamata assigns portfolios to council of ministers

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday allocated portfolios to her newly sworn-in council of ministers, keeping to herself nine departments, including Home, Land and Land Reforms. Her......

What Dr Singh's Cabinet looks like now

Rediff.com takes a look at the revamped Cabinet of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh:Dr Manmohan Singh Prime Minister and also in-charge of the Ministries/ Departments not specifically allocated to the......

Congress cautions TC over violence among workers

The Congress in West Bengal cautioned that the hold-up of a party leader from membership drive allegedly by Trinamool Congress activists in East Midnapore district of West Bengal could cast a......

Give us work, junior ministers tell PM

Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh spent around 75 minutes on Tuesday afternoon listening to his junior ministers unburden themselves and complain about the 32 cabinet ministers In his opening......

'Bhoot will make audiences uneasy: Ram Gopal Varma

A master at thrillers (Satya, Kaun, Daud, Jungle and Company), Ram Gopal Varma had told rediff.comin an earlier interview that he wanted to bring 'horror into the homes of people'. With Bhoot, he......

SAI reaches out to London Olympics hopefuls

With the London Olympics around the corner, the Sports Authority of India (SAI)on Wednesday reached out to athletes, who are part of the body's 'Olympic Hopeful' scheme, by providing them with......

Sahara announces monetary support for archers

Their relationship with the Indian cricket board (BCCI) may be in troubled waters but Sahara India Pariwar has announced its support to Indian archers, on Saturday, by offering them a total cash......

Narang named for Khel Ratna, Zaheer for Arjuna

Ace Indian shooter Gagan Narang, who won four gold medals at last year's Commonwealth Games, is set to be conferred the country's highest sporting honour -- the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna -- after......

Verdict on Bhutia-Bagan row next week

The arbitrator who was appointed to decide on the suspension row between Bhaichung Bhutia and Mohun Bagan will give his verdict next week after the oral hearings between the two parties ended in......

Bagan ridicules Bhutia's defamation charge

Mohun Bagan on Thursday ridiculed Bhaichung Bhutia's defamation charge against the club saying the Indian football captain has become a "laughing stock" in the bargain.Reacting to Bhutia's claim of......