Congress, SP watch as MLAs help BJP win extra RS seats

The Congress on Tuesday suffered a major upset in Himachal Pradesh at the hands of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Rajya Sabha elections which were marred by cross-voting in all the three states......

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......

Pradeep Kumar Sinha appointed new cabinet secretary

Power Secretary Pradeep Kumar Sinha was appointed as the next cabinet secretary of the country on Friday. He will succeed Ajit Seth who has been holding the position for the last four years. Sinha,......

Nepal quake: PM directs immediate dispatch of rescue, relief teams

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday directed immediate dispatch of relief and rescue teams to earthquake-affected areas of the country as well as Nepal and ordered proper arrangements for......

Three finance secretaries in 15 months!

The way the present government has dealt with appointments of civil servants remains to be a cause for concern, notes A K Bhattacharya. Facts should speak for themselves. The Narendra Modi......

Tata firms to collaborate for better performance

Tata Sons, holding company for the Tata group, is working on building a centralised rural business platform that could be leveraged for the entire group’s benefit, instead of each company......

Ficci seeks progress report of 287 infra projects cleared by CCI

Industry chamber Ficci has sought details from the government about the "actual progress" of the mega infrastructure projects cleared by Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI)."We have asked for the......

FDI proposals drop after multi-brand flip flop

The value of foreign investments sought in December 2011 dropped to a fourth of those in November 2011. That's quite a contrast with the continuous increase in the value of FDI proposals reaching......

Will Yuvraj go unsold at 2019 IPL auction?

Yuvraj Singh managed just 65 runs in eight games for Kings XI Punjab and no wonder that the team decided to release him. IMAGE: Yuvraj Singh has put himself in the Rs 1 crore base price bracket......