Udhayanidhi Stalin elevated as TN deputy CM, Balaji back as minister

Amid a growing chorus in the party for his elevation, Tamil Nadu sports minister and son of Chief Minister M K Stalin, Udhayanidhi, was elevated as the deputy CM on Saturday with additional......

Yogi govt renames 8 railway stations in Lucknow

Eight railway stations in the Lucknow division of Northern Railways were officially renamed after saints and freedom fighters on Tuesday, officials said. IMAGE: Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath......

Andhra, Telangana rain toll at 33; flood waters recede in both states

Flood waters in several parts of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh started receding as the states have not witnessed any intense rain spells on Tuesday even as the respective state governments stepped......

'The Only Way We Can Stop Rapes...'

'Even if we have laws in place, which we must, we need a societal change.''Rather than telling our daughters that, "Listen, leave your house at so and so time, come back by so and so time," we must......

'Halwa' ceremony over; stage set for Nirmalaji's 7th Budget

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday participated in a traditional 'halwa' ceremony, marking the final stage for preparation of Union Budget 2024-25 to be unveiled on July 23 in Lok......

New leadership coming at Rail Bhavan

With Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee's landslide victory in West Bengal, the Union railways ministry is set to have a new minister soon and a revamped board.However, not much is......

Rail PPP projects move at a snail's pace

When a steering committee headed by the principal secretary to the prime minister meets on Friday regarding public-private partnership projects in the infrastructure sector, it will be faced by a......

Rail ticket plan to help rural unemployed

The railways will soon permit unemployed youth in rural areas to buy unreserved railway tickets in bulk and sell them to passengers at a profit of 50 paise per ticket.This scheme - termed the......

Railways award Rs 1.30 cr to women cricketers

IMAGE:  Captain Mithali Raj with her team-mates at a media conference in Mumbai on Wednesday, July 26, 2017. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com Union minister Suresh Prabhu on......