Not just LS, RS too to see polls to 68 seats this year

Sixty-eight Rajya Sabha members, including nine Union ministers, are completing their tenure this year, triggering a race of sorts among leaders across political parties to eye a six-year term in......

Trivedi only outgoing MP in BJP's first list of 14 RS candidates

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday named 14 candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls including former Union minister R P N Singh and Sudhanshu Trivedi -- the only outgoing MP renominated by......

BJP leads with 20 Rajya Sabha MPs among 41 elected unopposed

Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi, BJP chief J P Nadda and new party entrant Ashok Chavan and Union ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw and L Murugan were among the 41 candidates elected unopposed to......

SC rejects plea seeking intervention in Joshimath crisis

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking the court's intervention to declare the crisis in Uttarakhand's subsidence-hit Joshimath a national disaster, saying since the state......

'We are facing a loss of Rs 15,000 crore per day'

'The government has stopped our earnings due to the lockdown and must ensure that they do something for our earnings to restart.' IMAGE: A notice strung on a shopfront as stores reopened after......

Infosys gets a month to fix GSTN glitches

Group of ministers to review progress every fortnight.Raghu Krishnan reports.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The group of ministers constituted to look into technical glitches in the goods......

GST: Rush job will cause more pain later

Simplifying the processes will lead to greater efficiencies. Bad processes will not help even if implemented well, says T N C Rajagopalan. It was clear by the end of August that the government had......

World Cup: Shocking! Ace shooter Jitu fails to qualify for final

IMAGE: Jitu Rai reacts. Photograph: PTI Ace shooter Jitu Rai failed to make it to the final of the men's 10m Air Pistol at the International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup (Rifle/Pistol), in......