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Olympic medallist Rajyavardhan Rathore is India's new sports minister

Athens Olympic silver medallist shooter Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore was on Sunday appointed the new sports minister in place of Vijay Goel, who has been made the minister of state for......

No proposal to control social media: Government

There is no proposal to control social media, the government said on Monday in Rajya Sabha when asked if it was planning to do so. In a written reply, Minister of State for Information and......

Govt bans broadcast of Delhi gang-rape documentary

The government will "not allow any organisation to leverage" the rape incident "for commercial use", Home Minister Rajnath Singh said in Parliament on Wednesday The government on Wednesday said it......

FTII stir: Students threaten hunger strike, Chauhan meets Rathore

On the warpath over the appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as FTII chairman, students of the premier institute on Monday threatened to launch a hunger strike for his ouster as the fast by a faculty......

J&K govt asked to stop 'unauthorised broadcast' of Pak, Saudi channels

The Centre on Friday asked the Jammu and Kashmir government to take immediate steps to stop the unauthorised broadcast of Pakistani and Saudi Arabian channels in the state. Information and......

MoS Rathore's 8-year struggle to get Gurgaon flat from Parsvnath ends

The Supreme Court on Friday directed Parsvnath developers to hand over possession of a flat in its Gurgaon project to Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore......

Uncertainty looks large for FM stations

The third phase of the FM radio auctions is stuck in limbo. Already delayed by three years, the auctions were supposed to be held in the October-December quarter but the industry is yet to get a......

How the I&B minister can clean up the media

The growth of a credible, objective news media business in India requires political will and a belief in free speech, says Vanita Kohli-Khandekar. On an hour-long Facebook interaction last week,......

Censor Board Leela Samson quits because films like PK and MSG were passed

Censor Board of Film Certification chairperson Leela Samson's sudden resignation was apparently prompted by the release of several recent films that she was not in favour of certifying without the......

Cannes Diaries: A touch of Punjab in Cannes

Chauthi Koot is the first of two Indian films in Un Certain Regard. A prime afternoon slot and a full theatre were promising for a start. Then, Gurvinder Singh with his Chauthi......

National Awards 2017: An important day in Akshay's life

Akshay Kumar and Sonam Kapoor dressed traditionally at the 64th National Awards, held at the Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. M Venkaiah Naidu, Union Minister for Urban Development, Housing &......

Censorship, Udta Punjab and the state of Indian cinema

Much as we'd like it to, all hasn't changed.In our country, the revolution must be polite and careful not to offend.Still, Raja Sen assures, there is hope. The masterful Iranian filmmaker Asghar......

PIX: Kangna, Dhanush, Vishal Bharadwaj attend National awards

Check out the winners!The 62nd National Film Awards saw President Pranab Mukherjee felicitate the best of Indian cinema from last year.Take a look: Photograph: The President of India's official......

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......

How India plans to prepare medal winners for 2024, 2028 Olympics

IMAGE: Rajyavardhan Rathore interacts with students at KIIT University in Bhubaneswar. Photograph: Rajyavardhan Rathore/Twitter Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Rajyavardhan......

Your accomplishments are truly inspiring: PM Modi to Paes

Leander, your accomplishments are truly inspiring and they make us very proud: PM Modi India's Leander Paes and Switzerland's Martina Hingis celebrate. Photograph: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images A......

Lok Sabha elections: Ziva Dhoni asks people to vote

Go and vote just like mumma and papa did, says Ziva IMAGE: Cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni with his family at a polling booth in Jawahar Vidya Mandir in Ranchi, Jharkhand. Photograph: PTI Photos On......

'People called me mad when I was preparing for winning at Olympics'

Taking a walk down the memory lane, Olympic silver medallist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore says people called him a ‘mad’ when he first started dreaming about basking in glory at the......