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Not just LS, RS too to see polls to 68 seats this year

Sixty-eight Rajya Sabha members, including nine Union ministers, are completing their tenure this year, triggering a race of sorts among leaders across political parties to eye a six-year term in......

Why 27,000 Litres Of Ganga Jal Was Carried to London

When Jaipur's Maharaja Madho Singh was invited to attend King Edward VII's coronation in 1902, he chartered a ship for Rs 15 lakh for the journey.He also carried 27,000 litres of Ganga jal on......

Oppn writes to President over trolling of CJI on social media

Several opposition MPs have petitioned President Droupadi Murmu for immediate action over social media trolling of Chief Justice of India Justice D Y Chandrachud while he was deliberating on a case......

Modi on stage, Manik Saha sworn-in as Tripura CM for 2nd term

Seventy-year-old Bharatiya Janata Party leader Manik Saha on Wednesday took oath as chief minister of the sensitive border state of Tripura. IMAGE: BJP leader Manik Saha takes oath as Tripura......

Justice Lalit sworn in as 49th Chief Justice of India

Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, the senior-most judge in the Supreme Court, was on Saturday sworn in as the 49th Chief Justice of India. IMAGES: President Droupadi Murmu administers oath to Justice Uday......

As major ports get autonomy, minister says no privatisation

Allaying fears that the Major Ports Authority Bill, 2020 aims at privatisation of the country's top 12 major ports, Ports, Shipping and Waterways Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday said it......

State of economy spooks BJP allies, but no one's listening

Its governing allies are not happy on the economy and complain of ignored concerns but find themselves unable to be assertive. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent address to company......

Finmin gets 2 ministers of state after 4-year break

Asked about the Congress’s opposition to the GST Bill, Santosh Kumar Gangwar said no party opposes GST outside Parliament. IMAGE: Santosh Kumar Gangwar is now minister of state......

Land bill: Rajya Sabha names 10 members to Joint Committee

Rajya Sabha on Wednesday named 10 members, including Digvijaya Singh of Congress and Trinamool Congress's Derek O'Brien, to the Joint Committee that will look into the controversial Land......

Hundred review

Hundred is all fun as it lasts, says Joginder Tuteja. There is this girl, who is in her early 20s, with a heart that is as pure as it gets. Then there is this woman in her mid-30s, who doesn't......

Shashi Kapoor passes away

'He was God's good man and a beautiful human being beyond anything else.' IMAGE: Shashi Kapoor. Photograph: Kind courtesy ANI/Twitter Shashi Kapoor, the romantic screen icon of the 1960s, 1970s......

Composer Aadesh Shrivastava dies of cancer

Bollywood singer-composer Aadesh Shrivastava, who was battling a relapsed cancer, passed away post midnight in Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani hospital in Mumbai. He was 51. Shrivastava had been......

Shashi Kapoor hospitalised due to chest infection

The National Award-winning actor had complained of acute cough and breathlessness. Veteran Bollywood actor Shashi Kapoor has been admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of a hospital here for......

Manoj Kumar undergoes successful gall bladder surgery

Veteran actor Manoj Kumar successfully underwent a gall bladder surgery this morning at a suburban hospital in Mumbai. Kumar was admitted to Kokilaben Hospital in suburban Andheri a......

Shafali Verma working on improving short-ball technique

IMAGE: Teenager Shafali Verma has been a revelation since making her debut in 2019. Photograph: Matt Roberts/Getty Images Just two seasons old in international cricket, 17-year-old Shafali Verma......

How 16-year-old batting sensation Shafali can improve

'It is just the start for her and she knows that.' IMAGE: Shafali Verma gained a plethora of fans around the world with her six-hitting ability in the T20 World Cup. Photograph: Paul Kane/Getty......

The teen who could be India's next cricketing superstar

'Even after I started playing, people said girls have no future in cricket. But dad shielded me from any cynicism and asked me to focus on cricket only.' IMAGE: 15-year-old rookie Shafali......

Sports shorts: Koreas could parade together at Winter Olympics

South and North Korea paraded together at an international sporting event for the first time at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, but have not done so since the 2007 Asian Winter Games in China. IMAGE: An......

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