Since Independence, Lok Sabha Speakers have been chosen by consensus. Photograph: Sansad TV If the opposition forces an election to the post of Speaker of the Lok Sabha next week, it would be the......
'...only if we sort it out with Pakistan.' IMAGE: Security personnel on the watch in Srinagar. Photograph: Umar Ganie for Rediff.com Amarjit Singh Dulat, former head of the country's external......
New Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday set up a 47-member Steering Committee that includes former prime minister Manmohan Singh and the party's ex-presidents Sonia Gandhi and Rahul......
Two women candidates; Lok Sabha Speakers; Chief Justices; A Chief Election Commissioner; drafters of the Constitution; the RBI's first Indian governor; a farm leader who unsuccessfully contested......
The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance's nominee Droupadi Murmu on Friday filed her nomination papers for the July 18 presidential election, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi......
The ten central trade unions have demanded a cash transfer of Rs 7,500 a month to all families that do not pay income tax, free ration of 10 kg per head in a month to all the needy, expansion of......
Says govt offer a positive move and Wednesday's one-day stir should be deferred; others not impressed enough, especially Left The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh-backed Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh......
All the central trade unions have called a strike to protest the changes to the labour laws and government's inaction towards their demands The government will hold a meeting with trade union......
"It’s a gift of a life time,” that is how a senior bureaucrat thanked Jyotindra Vachharajani, head -- corporate relations, Essar Energy, when the latter gifted him a special centenary......
In the run-up to the general elections, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is considering announcing a "minimum pension of Rs 1,000 (a month) for all workers covered under the EPFO (Employees'......
A day after Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi's youngest daughter got married under dramatic circumstances, the Hyderabad policesaid the groom had a criminal past. Sirish Bharadwaj, 22, who married......
IMAGE: Virat Kohli celebrates after completing his century in a Test match against England. Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty Images Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli and world champion weightlifter......
IMAGE: India’s Amit Panghal celebrates after defeating Olympic and Asian champion Hasanboy Dusmatov of Uzbekistan at the Asian Games. Photograph: Shahbaz Khan/PTI Asian Games gold......
Reader Sanjeeva Reddysent us this picture. 'I am Sanjeeva Reddy. This picture was taken when I met the great badminton player Pullela Gopichand in Hotel Taj Krishna. I spent some time......