Complete list of Padma awardees, 2021

The Narendra Modi government on Monday announced the prestigious Padma awards for 2021.   In all 119 Padma awards were announced, of which the Padma Vibushan, the second highest civil award in......

Did India's secularism die on August 5?

'Indian secularism doesn't deserve a tombstone. It needs a new shrine,' argues Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi along with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Sarsanghchalak......

All-party meet: Oppn raises Farooq's detention

IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi, Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad and others attend an all party meeting......

Govt reconstitutes various cabinet panels, Shah in all of them

IMAGE: Amit Shah takes charge as Minister of Home Affairs at North Block in New Delhi, last week. Photograph: Manvender Vashist/PTI Photo The government on Thursday announced constitution of......

Surprise packages in PM's Cabinet

I don't know who you thought would emerge as stars in the Manmohan Singh Cabinet when it was sworn in eight months ago.Two surprise packages so far have been Mani Shankar Aiyar at petroleum and......

Manmohan Singh may be FM till Budget

Although former Finance Minister P Chidambaram's name was in circulation on Thursday for the post of finance minister, there were indications that Prime Minister-designate Manmohan Singh might keep......

Ritwik, Joshna retain titles

Top seeds Ritwik Bhattacharya and Joshna Chinappa lived up to their reputations as they retained the men'sand women's Open titles respectively, in the 64th CCI-Western India Open Squash......

Ritwik warms up with fluent victory

Top seed Ritwik Bhattacharya announced his arrival with a fluent 3-0 Men's Open first round win, in the 64th CCI-Western India Open Squash Championship, co-sponsored by Lifebuoy, at the CCI on......