Cong list: Ajay Rai from Varanasi; suspense over Amethi, Raebareli continues

The Congress on Saturday released its fourth list of 45 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, fielding its Uttar Pradesh unit chief Ajay Rai from Varanasi to take on Prime Minister Narendra......

Gandhis, Mamata, Kejri, Nitish stay out of INDIA coordination panel

The Opposition INDIA bloc on Friday finalised a 14-member coordination-cum-election strategy committee comprising members of various parties, and it will function as the alliance's highest......

Top-level bureaucratic reshuffle at Centre, Pant named new health secretary

Senior IAS officer Sudhansh Pant has been named as the new health secretary as part of a top-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre on Tuesday. IMAGE: : Prime Minister Narendra Modi......

BJP changes strategy in MP, puts focus on lost seats

In its first list for the upcoming assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has focused on seats it lost in 2018 and some of them even in 2013, and has reposed faith in......

Jaitley gives Rs 40,000 standard deduction to the salaried

Experts, however, said that it is a very nominal benefit to the salaried class. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Giving a relief to salaried class, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday......

Claims worth Rs 3.13 lakh cr under insolvency proceedings

The Reserve Bank had identified 12 accounts, each having more than Rs 5,000 crore of outstanding loans accounting for 25 per cent of total NPAs or bad loans of banks, for immediate referral for......

The unsung heroes who made GST a reality

As many as 30 sub-groups and committees worked tirelessly to devise rules and laws as well as fix tax rates for over 1,200 goods and services.   IMAGE: Even as politicians took centrestage to......

Will states bite the fiscal bullet on Modicare?

Experts believe that states will be in a predicament because of their tight fiscal position and reluctance to replace their own health schemes with this newly announced National Health Protection......

Alok Kumar in final of IBSF World Billiards

Alok Kumar stormed into the final of the IBSF World Billiards Championship in Leeds on Friday and set up a title clash with Englishman David Causier. The Indian cueist easily beat compatriot......

Asian Billiards: Alok, Devendra off to good start

Defending champion Alok Kumar managed to defeat his opponent Sri Lanka's A Jayarathne in a match which could have gone either way in the ongoing 11th ONGC Asian Billiards Championship, 2012. The......

Joshi shocks defending champion Alok Kumar

Asian Billiards Champion Devendra Joshi of Petroleum Sports Promotion Board defeated defending champion Alok Kumar 608-599 in a pulsating senior billiards pre-quarter-final encounter to steal the......

Advani shines after losing opening outing at World billiards

Pankaj Advani lost his opening outing to defending champion Peter Gilchrist but later recovered and scored two straight victories in World Billiards Championship, in Leeds, on Tuesday. The former......

World billiards: Rupesh Shah upsets Sethi, enters into pre-quarters

Rupesh Shah caused a major upset at the World Billiards Championship when he defeated seven-time World champion and compatriot Geet Sethi in the 'Long up' format and advanced into the pre-quarters......