Modi's top 4 retain portfolios; Nadda gets health, Shivraj agri

Signalling continuity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday retained Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman and S Jaishankar in charge of the four high-profile ministries -- home, defence,......

Full list: Modi's New Ministers And Their Portfolios

Narendra Modi was sworn in as prime minister on Sunday evening, heading a 72-member Union council of ministers. Here is the complete list of ministers in Modi 3.0 and their portfolios:  ......

Govt ushers in de-layering in bureaucracy, jt secretary reports to secretary

The Centre has taken a major step towards increasing efficiency in decision-making by empowering joint secretaries to report to secretaries directly, officials said on Wednesday. Joint secretaries......

'It's Cold-Blooded Murder'

'Look at the post mortem reports. Every body (of the 10 Kuki-Zo youth who were killed) has almost 12 bullet marks on it.''Why do they have to fire so much even if they wanted to kill them?''One or......

Forest land: As India Inc cheers, rude shock awaits the tribals

As per revised rules every four tribals is likely to be displaced or affected by projects, as their habitations were rich in natural resources Image: Dongria Kondh tribe from the sacred Niyamgiri......

Green laws to the wind! Industry will soon be able to fell trees without tribal consent

Environment ministry readies draft to dilute tribal rights to help India Inc Image: After the Prime Minister’s Office overruled the tribal affairs ministry, the environment ministry has......

Changes in tribal rights and green rules 'save' 130 mines

The changes were made to several regulations in a coordinated manner by the environment ministry, the tribal affairs ministry and the mines ministry over a year, says Nitin Sethi. The government......

Ramesh Awaits FAC report on Posco

Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh would decide the fate of the Rs 54,000-crore (Rs 540-billion) Posco steel project in Orissa after the Forest Advisory Committee......