'Praful Patel was almost in tears'

'Praful Patel said his residential building was sealed, and the investigative agencies have shifted their office to his house, and that he was in a helpless condition.' IMAGE: Praful Patel, seated......

Ajit Pawar, Praful Patel meet Shah amid tussle over portfolios

Nationalist Congress Party leaders Ajit Pawar and Praful Patel met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leaders late on Wednesday night amid a tussle over the allocation......

Reshuffle buzz: Praful Patel likely to be made central minister

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a meeting of the Union Council of Ministers on Monday amid a heightened buzz about the likelihood of a Cabinet reshuffle following a series of meetings of......

Ajit Pawar, Praful Patel in Delhi to meet Shah amid standoff over portfolios

Amid a standoff over allocation of portfolios in Maharashtra, senior Nationalist Congress Party leaders Ajit Pawar and Praful Patel arrived here on Wednesday evening for a meeting with Union Home......

Ex-airline CMD flagged Praful's favour to rivals

The letter was sent as an early warning of what was then widely being perceived as a plunder of national resources.Anjuli Bhargava reports. Even as the Enforcement Directorate began questioning......

Meet Girish Chandra Murmu: PM Modi and Amit Shah's go-to man

A 1985-batch IAS officer with a reputation for industriousness, Murmu is currently special secretary in the revenue department. There was one crucial way in which Gujarat cadre bureaucrat Girish......

Jet Airways designed airline's business class seat in garage

Stiff competition pushed the airlines to take to Naresh Goyal's garage in his London home Have you ever heard of an airline's business class seat being developed inside a garage? That's what stiff......

Will Modi find a buyer for Air India?

'Industry observers are certain the next attempt will succeed even if they have to browbeat someone into buying as the government has put its might behind it,' predicts Anjuli Bhargava. Aviation......

'Simran to Simran, it's been a journey'

'You guys use the word "rebel", "ladaku".''I don't take offence to that.''But I will take what is my right, be it by fighting or any other means.' "Has my journey really been unusual or is it only......

Simran Review: Kangana is adorable!

'If you have never seen Kangana Ranaut on screen before, and instead know more about her in real life and the spirited controversies that seem to happily follow her about, you realise that the......

Ranji Trophy: Jaiswal warms up for SA series with big hundred

IMAGE: Yashasvi Jaiswal's 156 off 174 balls against Rajasthan contained 18 boundaries and a six. Photograph: BCCI Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal warmed up nicely for the upcoming Test series against......

PM Modi to attend opening day of U-17 World Cup

IMAGE: AIFF president Praful Patel, centre, with Indian team. Photograph: Indian football team/Twitter Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be a part of the FIFA U-17 World Cup's opening day......

Tendulkar tweets support to Indian cricket team after WT20 loss

IMAGE: Actor Anil Kapoor, NCP leader Praful Patel, Industrialist Mukesh Ambani and cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar watch the ICC WT20 semi-final match between India and West Indies at Wankhede......

PHOTOS: CM Mamata felicitates Atletico de Kolkata team

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee with the players of Atletico De Kolkata during a felicitation ceremony, in Kolkata on Wednesday. Photograph: PTI The members of the victorious inaugural......

FIFA tells AIFF to hold elections to avoid ban

World governing body FIFA has told India's football association to complete changes to its constitution and elect new office bearers by Sept. 15 to avoid being banned, officials said. India's......