Modi's top 4 retain portfolios; Nadda gets health, Shivraj agri

Signalling continuity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday retained Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman and S Jaishankar in charge of the four high-profile ministries -- home, defence,......

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,......

AI translates PM's speech at Tamil meet in real time

Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached out to the visitors from Tamil Nadu at the Kashi Tamil Sangamam in Varanasi with the initial part of his speech being translated for them in real-time using......

Full list: Modi's New Ministers And Their Portfolios

Narendra Modi was sworn in as prime minister on Sunday evening, heading a 72-member Union council of ministers. Here is the complete list of ministers in Modi 3.0 and their portfolios:  ......

Railways tops in corruption complaints: CVC

As many as 12,394 complaints of alleged corruption were received against railway employees.     Railways has topped a list of government organisations against which complaints of alleged......

10 key secretaries to retire in August

Within 75 days of the formation of the new government, as many as 10 secretaries in key central ministries will be retiring from service. And in another three months, 10 more secretaries will leave......

Is India's economy crashing?

Or do we need to retool our country, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Open any newspaper or news Web site and the bad news is unrelenting. It looks like a whole slew......

Marans' luck runs out, can they bounce back still?

With the home ministry rejecting the renewal of broadcast licences to Sun group, is it end of the road for Maran brothers? R Ramasubramanian reports from Chennai. It’s black Monday for the......

'National Awards fiasco did Smriti Irani in'

'Till late on the night before the National Awards ceremony, Smriti was in talks with the President's office, hoping to make the President change his mind.'Subhash K Jha reports. IMAGE: President......