PIX: President Kovind confers Padma awards on 73

President Ram Nath Kovind presented Padma awards to 73 individuals, some posthumously, at a ceremony held in the Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Monday. IMAGE: President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice......

Why Atal's niece is taking on the BJP

'Vajapyeeji's BJP was democratic.''It was a BJP that belonged to its party workers. Every worker, every member was an Atal Bihari.''Today's BJP belongs to businessmen.''Modi and Amit Shah have......

Modi in lead, BJP plans to blitz Gujarat with Union ministers and CMs

The BJP hopes to highlight the "insulting" Congress meme on social media that had described the PM as a 'chaiwala', reports Archis Mohan. The Bharatiya Janata Party leadership has already started......

Ford Foundation officer connived with Sabrang for fund grant: CBI

Programme officer of Ford Foundation connived with director of Sabrang Communication and Publishing Pvt Limited for granting around $2.9 lakh (Rs 1.94 crore) foreign donations in violation of......

No headway on Land Bill, parties to meet on April 18

An all-party meeting to iron out differences on the contentious land acquisition Bill on Tuesday failed to make much headway amid divergent views, though the parties did express willingness to get......

Govt admits mismatch between procurement, storage of grains

Amid vociferous protests by the Opposition on the plight of farmers due to lack of storage for record production of foodgrains, government on Monday admitted a mismatch between procurement and......

Chaos behind the screens

It's a story with more twists and turns than a bad television soap. On one side are the cable operators and the powerful Multi Service Operators who are determined to push through the Conditional......

Shourie, Jaitley get plum portfolios

Divestment Minister Arun Shourie bagged the communication and IT ministries, while Arun Jaitley on Wednesday returned to the Union Cabinet with three major portfolios of commerce and industry, and......

Harmanpreet credits her Supernovas for T20 Challenge win

IMAGE: The Supernovas celebrate with the Women's T20 Challenge trophy and coach W V Raman after defeating Velocity in the final, at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, in Jaipur, on Saturday. Photograph:......

IPL money laundering case: ED seeks legal assistance 'overseas'

Former IPL Chairman Lalit Modi with the owner of Royal Challengers Bangalore Vijay Mallya. Photograph: Getty Images The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has sought legal assistance from Singapore......