Rajya Sabha clocks 100% productivity in first week

Rajya Sabha this week clocked 100 per cent productivity, with the Upper House making full use of the available time in the ongoing Budget session in the absence of any adjournments. IMAGE:......

Parl panel on raising women's marriage age bill has only 1 woman member out of 31

The parliamentary panel assigned to examine the landmark bill which seeks to raise the legal age of marriage for women to 21 has only one woman MP out of 31 members. Photograph: ANI photo The......

Modi to reshuffle team in Sep; Scindia, Fadnavis in?

The RSS wants three nominees inducted: Tejaswi Surya, the young BJP MP from Bengaluru South, Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, a Rajya Sabha member, and former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis,......

Arnab Goswami, S Jaishankar appointed to Nehru Memorial Museum

The Centre has appointed journalist Arnab Goswami, former Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar, Bharatiya Janata Party MP Vinay Sahasrabuddhe and Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts chairman Ram......

'Farmers can no more be hoodwinked'

The Bharatiya Janata Party is gearing up to counter opposition to the land acquisition Bill by reaching out to the people in a big way and cultivating a pro-poor image. BJP’s vice-President......

Modi wants to revamp Cabinet, but can't find the people

  Pressure is mounting on Modi to revive his party's fortunes After a drubbing in Bihar poll in November, Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to overhaul his Cabinet to weed out......

PM Modi faces a bureaucratic test

Here comes the moment of truth. Modi prides himself on offering an "incorruptible" government. Will he dilute the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill to coax the administration's fealty and......

Dhoni named in 15-member defence ministry panel on NCC

IMAGE: MS Dhoni's Dhoni's inclusion in the high-level panel came days after he was appointed mentor for India's T20 cricket world cup team. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters Cricket......

Expect a run feast in Gwalior: Curator

In what would come as music to the ears of swashbucklers like Virender Sehwag, curators at the Captain Roop Singh Stadium have promised a "batting paradise" for the second India-South Africa ODI......

Asian TT Qualifiers: Ghosh, Manika book their Rio Olympic berths

Indian table tennis players Soumyajit Ghosh and Manika Batra booked their Olympic tickets by winning their respective groups in the Asian Qualifiers inHong Kong. With no other country from the......