Despite Losing Murugan Becomes Minister

He is the only one among 17 ministers from the outgoing council of ministers who lost the Lok Sabha polls to be reappointed minister. IMAGE: Senior Bharatiya Janata leader Narendra D Modi with L......

37 ministers don't find a place in Modi 3.0

As many as 37 ministers have been dropped from the government in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's third term and these include seven with cabinet rank -- prominent among them being Smriti Irani,......

24 of BJP's outgoing RS members don't get renominated

Many senior BJP leaders and outgoing Rajya Sabha MPs, including seven Union ministers such as Dharmendra Pradhan and Bhupender Yadav, have not been renominated by the party for the biennial Rajya......

Rajya Sabha bids farewell to 68 members

Fondly remembering the contribution of retiring members from the Rajya Sabha, Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday said the wisdom shared by them would be greatly missed and their departure would......

Sports Shorts: Venus settles lawsuit over fatal Florida car crash

IMAGE: Venus Williams was originally found at fault for the accident, which occurred near her home in Palm Beach Gardens days before she was to compete at Wimbledon. Photograph: Elsa/Getty Images......

Three Indian shuttlers in pre-quarters of US Open GP Gold

R.M.V. Gurusaidutt of India. Photograph: Lars Roenboeg/Scanpix Indian shuttlers Ajay Jayaram, R M V Gurusaidutt and Sai Praneeth entered the pre-quarterfinals of the men's singles event at the......

Shot putter Inderjeet seals Rio Olympics spot

World University Games silver medallist shot putter Inderjeet Singh achieved the qualification mark for the Rio Olympic Games in 2016 with a throw of 20.65m on the second day of the 19th Federation......

Swiss Open badminton: Sindhu, Kashyap, Anand advance

India’s leading shuttlers P V Sindhu, Parupalli Kashyap and Anand Pawar got off to winning starts in the singles event at the US $125,000 Swiss Grand Prix Gold tournament in Basel on......

Gurusaidutt in semis of Tata Open

Top seed R M V Gurusaidutt entered the men's singles semi-finals, but women's defending champion P C Thulasi and reigning National champion Sayali Gokhale were knocked out of the US $15,000 Tata......