Meet BJP's 1st woman candidate for LS poll from Goa

Dempo Industries executive director Pallavi Dempo is the first woman candidate in Bharatiya Janata Party's poll history in Goa who will contest Lok Sabha elections on the party ticket. IMAGE: Goa......

Nitish back as JD-U president ahead of INDIA negotiations

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was elected Janata Dal-United president on Friday at the meeting of the party's national executive which lauded his role in bringing together opposition parties......

Nitish, Lalan attend JD-U meet amid reports of rift

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Janata Dal-United national president Lalan Singh attended a meeting of its national office-bearers in New Delhi on Thursday, a day before its national......

Amid rumours of rift in JD-U, Nitish Kumar says...

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday asserted that the Janata Dal-United's two-day conclave in Delhi was a "normal" and "annual" affair with "nothing extraordinary" about it, debunking......

The 5 men who will decide how funds get shared by Centre and states

The panel will also recommend a fiscal consolidation road map for the central and state governments, study the impact of GST on the divisible pool, and propose performance-based incentives for......

'Growth in last quarter dipped... but economy will recover'

‘Challenges will come but we will stay the course. No big step can be taken if one is afraid of criticism. We will not flinch from criticism,’ says Railways Minister Piyush Goyal. With......

Saving the heart of Make in India

Will private firms really boost Make in India in the defence sector? Ajai Shukla seeks answers. IMAGE: The Defence Acquisition Council has failed to clear a new policy for nominating private......

When it comes to PSB appointments, 'BJP flavour' is the strongest

Promises have been made in the past about cleaning up bank boards, revamping processes, purging vested interests. How far away is that Promised Land? It would turn out to be the last day at......

Mary Kom-led IOA committee to probe wrestlers' claims

IMAGE: The Indian Olympic Association formed a seven-member committee, headed by M C Mary Kom, to probe the allegations of sexual harassment against Wrestling Federation of India president Brij......

WFI chief Singh to step aside, wrestlers call off protest

'Till the investigation is over, he (Singh) will step aside and co-operate with the investigation and the oversight committee will run the day-to-day affairs of WFI.' IMAGE: The wrestlers,......

P T Usha to take over as first woman IOA president

IMAGE: P T Usha will be declared elected unopposed as the first woman president of Indian Olympic Association (IOA) during the governing body's polls on Saturday. Photograph: P T Usha/Instagram......

Historic! PT Usha set to get elected as IOA chief

PT Usha set to get elected as IOA chief, first woman occupant of top job Photograph: Kind Courtesy Sansad TV/PTI Photo The legendary PT Usha is set to become the first woman president of Indian......

P T Usha to run for IOA president's post

IMAGE: P T Usha is being seen as a candidate of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party which had nominated her as a Rajya Sabha member in July. Photograph: P T Usha/Instagram In a surprise development,......