Full list: Modi's New Ministers And Their Portfolios

Narendra Modi was sworn in as prime minister on Sunday evening, heading a 72-member Union council of ministers. Here is the complete list of ministers in Modi 3.0 and their portfolios:  ......

Modi sworn in as PM for 3rd time; 42 ministers from OBC, SC/STs

Narendra Modi was sworn in as prime minister on Sunday for a record-equalling third term, heading a 72-member Union council of ministers that put emphasis on continuity, youth and experience while......

UP, Bihar, Maharashtra bag most ministerial berths

Uttar Pradesh and Bihar appear to have got the maximum representation in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new council of ministers, while assembly poll-bound Maharashtra also found a significant......

Modi wins historic 3rd term, but BJP misses majority mark

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Tuesday poised to form the government for a third consecutive term with the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance getting a majority in the Lok......

Lost lustre: 1,200 Gitanjali's gems SEZ workers lose jobs

'We want the government to provide job security for all these workers,' says E S N Reddy, district general secretary of CITU. It took a week for the voices of 1,200 Hyderabad Gems SEZ workers from......

Telangana stir evens out Andhra realty

Real estate prices in Hyderabad have fallen by 20-30 per cent, while those in Visakhapatnam have risen in the same range.The real estate sector in Andhra Pradesh is stabilising. The Telangana......

SHG women use laptops for e-bookkeeping

Over 35,000 women from villages across Andhra Pradesh are now using laptops to record financial activities of their self-help groups (SHGs). Making this possible is the Society for Elimination of......

'Middle class will benefit from this Budget'

Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee marginally raised the Income Tax exemption limit, abolished Fringe Benefit Tax and Commodity Transaction Tax and announced some schemes to benefit the aam......

'Would be criminal if I stopped Saira from acting'

'On the first day of shooting, after our first shot together as co-stars was canned, a dream Saira had cherished for years, Rajinder Krishan, the poet who was watching the way Saira was following......

PIX: Mamta Mohandas's SUPERSTAR life in pictures

Happy birthday, Mamta! Mamta Mohandas turns 31 on November 14. The actress, who has mostly worked in Malayalam movies, has starred opposite the biggest superstars like Mammootty, Mohanlal, Suresh......

The HOTTEST South heroine? VOTE!

Heroines working in the Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam film industries are so gorgeous, you'll have a tough time picking the hottest gal. But we decided to put you through the test anyway!......

The 5 WORST Telugu Films

Ramcharan's Bruce Lee, The Fighter leads the list. Among the numerous Telugu film releases of 2015, many failed to live up to expectations. The ones listed below are the worst of the lot: ......

Why am I not in national camp? asks Kashyap

Photograph: Kind courtesy Parupalli Kashyap/Twitter Former Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap, on Tuesday, questioned his omission from the ongoing national badminton camp in Hyderabad,......

Saina resumes training with husband Kashyap

'Saina has just joined. She will probably start training at the Gopichand academy in a couple of weeks. She wants to get fitter and reach a decent level.' IMAGE: Saina Nehwal is one of the eight......

Sindhu, Praneeth & Sikki resume training

World champion P V Sindhu, along with B Sai Praneeth and N Sikki Reddy, hit the courts for training on Friday under strict safety protocols at the SAI Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy in......

Why Sindhu decided to play on at All England despite COVID-19 threat

IMAGE: PV Sindhu entered the quarterfinals where she eventually lost to Japan's Nozomi Okuhara at the  All England Championships. Photograph: Robertus Pudyanto/Getty Images P V Sindhu was......

Here's what went wrong for India in badminton team event

'They spilt the doubles combination, which was probably a mistake' IMAGE: Ashwini Ponnappa of India competes. Photograph: Albert Perez/Getty Images India should not have split their regular......