In a surprise development, S Jaipal Reddy was on Wednesday made the petroleum and natural gas minister in the reshuffle and expansion of the Cabinet, which saw the elevation of three ministers to......
Rediff.com takes a look at the revamped Cabinet of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh: Dr Manmohan Singh Prime Minister and also in-charge of the Ministries/ Departments not specifically allocated to......
The National Democratic Alliance on Thursday termed the Presidential address to the joint session of Parliament as "totally disappointing" and said there was "nothing new" in it. "There is nothing......
Two thousand five hundred years ago the Roman republic created a class of officials known as 'tribunes.' If a tribune thought some act passed by the aristocratic Senate was against the interests of......
Three Union Ministers and senior Congress leaders on Thursday compared Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi with Adolf Hitler and accused him of misleading the people with regard to the Centre's......
It is hoped that the decision of India's apex court will send a signal to politicians and their cronies from the world of business that the rule of the law does eventually prevail, says Paranjoy......
The sad part is that it is corporate war that is exposing the chink within the system.Subodh Kant Sahay, a cabinet minister writes a letter to the Prime Minister on February 5, 2008 stating, "I......
Having given up the prime minister's post in preference to an economist, Congress President Sonia Gandhi has nevertheless evinced keen interest in the management of the country's economy in the......