Maha portfolio allocation: Fadnavis gets Home, Ajit Finance, Shinde...

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday allocated portfolios to his council of ministers, retaining the crucial Home department with him. IMAGE: Maharashtra Chief Minister......

DMK govt reclaimed 6K acre of temple land worth Rs 5600 cr: Udhayanidhi

Tamil Nadu minister and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader Udhayanidhi Stalin on Sunday listed out various initiatives, including reclaiming of temple lands by the state government, in the past three......

U'khand CM Dhami allots portfolios, keeps over 2 dozen depts for himself

Nearly a week after being sworn in, ministers in the Uttarakhand government have been allotted the charge of various departments. Photograph: @pushkardhami/Twitter An announcement about assigning......

Pawan Kalyan to be Andhra dy CM; Naidu's son gets IT

The Andhra Pradesh government on Friday designated Janasena chief Pawan Kalyan as deputy chief minister. IMAGE: Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan greets Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu.......

FM in a hurry to meet 'people promises'

Elections in mind, Finance Minister Jaswant Singh is hurrying to meet his promise of garib ke pet me dana and all other people-centric announcements.Singh is readying a complete dossier on the......

Confused about the Budget proposals? Please read this

Extends fiscal deficit reduction roadmap by one year to 2017-18 Raises services tax, to implement GST by April 2016 and cut corporation tax from 2016-17 to 25% by 2020 The Government has presented......

Entire text of finance minister's Budget Speech

Budget 2010-11 provided considerable relief to income tax payers by raising the slabs at two levels but hiked the central excise duty on non-petroleum products across the board from 8 to 10 per......

Pranab Mukherjee's Budget Speech

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented the Budget for 2009-10 on July 6. Following is the BudgetSpeechof Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee: Madam Speaker, I rise to present the Budget for......

Arjuna Awardee sprinter Baruah slams Assam govt's sports policy

'Government is not identifying and picking up talents from the ground. When someone shines, only then the government comes into the picture. That is what is happening nowadays.' IMAGE: Bhogeswar......

World No 1 Suhas taking no pressure as he eyes Paris gold

'Without their (family) support I wouldn't have been what I am today. They never stopped me from pursuing my dreams in badminton. They always backed me and motivated me to achieve greater heights......

Anil Singh wins gold at athletics meet in Bhopal

Gold medalist Anil Singh from India (center), silver medalist Yamamoto Kazuki from Japan (left) and bronze medal winner Sandeep Yadav from India show their medals during an awards ceremony for the......

From escaping death to winning medals, MP archers achieve 'impossible'

IMAGE: Sonia Thakur won two silver medals in the ranking round. Photograph: Kind Courtesy, Sports and Youth Welfare Department, MP/Twitter The brave-hearted Madhya Pradesh junior archers......

Soccer: Spalletti named Napoli coach as Gattuso's successor

Luciano Spalletti has been named the new coach of Napoli, succeeding Gennaro Gattuso, the Serie A club confirmed on Saturday. The vastly-experienced Spalletti left his last role with Inter Milan......