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No action likely against Shanta Kumar

The Bharatiya Janata Party may not take any disciplinary action against Union Minister for Rural Development Shanta Kumar for his anti-party utterings in the immediate aftermath of the BJP's defeat......

Shanta Kumar resigns from Cabinet

Union Minister for Rural Development Shanta Kumar on Sunday evening submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who forwarded it to President A P J Abdul Kalam......

Kejriwal attacks BJP leader Shanta Kumar

Activist Arvind Kejriwal on Monday attacked Bharatiya Janata Party leader Shanta Kumar for asking them to include Priyanka Vadra's property in their fight on DLF-Robert Vadra issue, saying the......

BJP lets Shanta Kumar off the hook

The Bharatiya Janata Party high command has decided not to take any punitive action against Rural Development Minister Shanta Kumar for his alleged anti-party comments in the media soon after the......

BJP issues show cause notice to Shanta Kumar

In the first action against indiscipline in the wake of the electoral drubbing in Himachal Pradesh, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday issued a show cause notice to Rural Development Minister......

Food subsidy bill rises 20% in April-January

While presenting the Economic Survey in the Parliament, finance minister Arun Jaitley Food said that the food subsidy bill rose 20 per cent in April-January 2014-15 at Rs 1.07 lakh......

Agri Bills: Why Punjab and Haryana farmers are leading the protests

Data shows that the current system of decentralised marketing and centralised procurement helps Punjab and Haryana farmers the most, while its efficacy in other states has been poor. Experts and......

Here's how to fix the public distribution system

Food ministry is needlessly wary of reforms The report of the Shanta Kumar committee on food management contains several cogent recommendations and these have been submitted to the Prime......

'Modi@1: It has been a good year for the economy'

The Modi government's first year was certainly better in terms of economic policy initiatives than any of the 10 under the previous government, notes Shankar Acharya In less than a fortnight the......

Ministries clash over cap on foreign stakes in drug firms

The finance ministry is resisting pressure from other departments to cap foreign ownership of domestic drug makers, fearing such a move would discourage potential investors, a senior ministry......

5 roles that define Waheeda Rehman

Subhash K Jha gives us the very best of Waheeda Rehman. I have not seen Waheeda Rehman step out of her comfort zone to display the staggering range of Madhubala, Geeta Bali, Nutan or Sridevi, says......

PIX: Kangna, Neil Nitin Mukesh, David Dhawan attend a prayer meet

Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar's mother Shanta passed away over the weekend following a heart attack. She was 79. Several film industry folks turned up to attend the prayer meet, held in Mumbai......

'Saira was more beautiful than I thought'

'I can still recall my eyes falling on Saira, looking breathtakingly beautiful in a brocade sari.''She had indeed grown to full womanhood and was in reality more beautiful than I thought she was.'A......

Kanika Kapoor, Gauahar Khan, Ayushmann at Mirchi Music Awards

It was time for the music industry to take over the red carpet! The music industry made sure to make its presence felt at the Mirchi Music Awards, held over the weekend in Mumbai. Quite a few......

Delhi Dazzlers crush Imphal Rangers

Gurcharan Singh scored three goals as title aspirants Delhi Dazzlers outplayed Imphal Rangers 5-2 in the Tier II Premier Hockey LeaguematchatHyderabad on Sunday.Gurcharan Singh (17th minute, 64th......

1st Test vs Bangladesh: Test of Rahul's captaincy

IMAGE: KL Rahul hasn't been exactly exceptional in terms of cricketing smarts as far as captaincy is concerned and this series where he is likely to get two games will be an acid test as far as......

Stalemate over Indo-Pak World T20 match in Dharamsala continues...

IMAGE: India's captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni shakes hands with his Pakistan counterpart Shahid Afridi at the end of their Asia Cup match. Photograph: Solaris Images. Uncertanity over the marque......

World Jr Athletics: Anju's protege Shaili storms into long jump final

IMAGE: Long jumper Shaili Singh topped the qualification round with an effort of 6.40m in the Under-20 World Athletics Championships in Nairobi on Friday. Photograph: SAI Media/Twitter Young long......