Arun Jaitley on Wednesday returned to the Union Cabinet with three major portfolios - Law, Commerce and Industry - while Divestment Minister Arun Shourie got the key Communication and Information......
Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and other ministers took charge of their respective offices on Thursday,......
Endearing, loyal and devoted to his work, Motilal Vora was the last of the Gandhian leaders in the Congress and a long-time confidant of the party's first family. IMAGE: Congress leader Motilal......
Before he smoked the peace pipe and switched over to the ruling Biju Janata Dal in 2019, Odisha's Health and Family Affairs Minister Naba Kishore Das was among a handful Congress politicians who......
The BJP on Friday chose former deputy chief minister R Ashoka as the leader of opposition in the Karnataka assembly. IMAGE: R Ashoka addresses BJP MLAs after being elected as the leader of......
The think tank that will replace the 64-year-old Planning Commission might retain only 40 per cent of its 1,000 staff members. The rest are expected to be sent back to their parent cadres. Among......
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently extended a Rs 8,000-crore (Rs 80 billion) central support for building roads in Jammu & Kashmir, Union Cabinet's approval for the big-ticket announcement......
To check rampant under-nutrition and anaemia among women and children, the government approved on Wednesday the implementation of a Rs 1000 crore (Rs 10 billion) scheme for the welfare of mother......
The government on Friday said it intended extending coverage of its flagship health insurance scheme for poor families to auto-rickshaw drivers, cycle rickshaw pullers, street vendors and......
Jaitley’s team presents a quintessential mix of foreign-educated, intellectual technocrats and seasoned bureaucrats Less than two months before he presents the Union Budget for 2015-16,......