Sitharaman, Goyal, Pradhan become members of key Cabinet committees

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal and Petroleum Minister Dharmandra Pradhan have become members of key Cabinet committees reconstituted after the September 3......

Voting begins in Goa, Punjab

The assembly polls are seen as a test of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity, especially in the wake of demonetisation. The AAP, which had won four Lok Sabha seats in 2014 in Punjab,......

After HRD, now Smriti Irani out of government panel

Union Ministers Smriti Irani and D V Sadananda Gowda have been dropped from Inter-State Council, official sources said on Wednesday. Irani and Gowda were permanent invitees to the council headed by......

Rameswaram included under AMRUT as tribute to Kalam: Centre

Commemorating the first death anniversary of former president Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, his life-size statue was unveiled here today, while the Centre also announced inclusion of his hometown......