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......
'May it please your Majesty, I have neither eyes to see nor tongue to speak in this place but as the House is pleased to direct me, whose servant I am here.'Spoken by William Lenthall to an angry......
The government on Monday said 18 coal mining projects of state-owned CIL have received clearances from the Environment Ministry.Of these, 14 have received environmental clearances and four forestry......
To meet fuel supply commitments to the power sector, the government today said CIL might divert a portion of the coal meant for e-auction to power plants."Coal India Ltd (CIL) may reduce coal meant......
The number of sportspersons flunking dope tests in the first seven months this year stands at a whopping 101, the highest in the last four years. The Sport Ministry on Tuesday came out with a......
The Sports Ministry on Thursday asserted that participating countries in this year's Commonwealth Games have not raised any security concerns about travelling to India and "elaborate arrangements"......
Legal tangles might have caused some delay but more than half of the construction work at the 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG) village in New Delhi is over and the facility would be ready in March......
The Government of India has hiked the prize-money ofits annual sporting honours, including the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and Arjuna award. The Khel Ratna recipient will now receive Rs 750,000, Rs......