Modi wants the BJP to gets an additional 10% of the vote share from what it won in 2019.Plans are afoot to get new faces to replace MPs with poor chances of winning. Sources say more than 100 MPs......
Polyglot, statesman and scholar, the inscrutable PV Narasimha Rao was often referred to as the Chanakya of Indian politics, the prime minister known for initiating far-reaching economic reforms and......
Most politicians and even non-politicians have been honoured because of what they were purported to be electorally worth for the ruling party of their time, argues N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE:......
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asserted India developed strong relations with Islamic nations like Saudi Arabia after he assumed office in 2014 and said Congress claim of tampering with......
This doctor couple put their faith in India. And in return India has put faith in them. IMAGE: The Parikhs in Paris in 1984. On December 5, 1988, a cold winter evening, an Air India plane touched......
Next time you go to a star hotel, look closely at the number of flowers -- or even the kind -- in the arrangement on the restaurant table. Or count the number of towels in the bathroom and the......
The number of centrally sponsored schemes have increased to 35 in FY22 from 30 in FY21 and central sector schemes have increased to 704 from 685 in the previous year, reports Dilasha Seth.......
Sustained rural poverty can't be eradicated without capacity building. The Union Budget for 2016-17 has a greater focus on rural areas and local government than many of its predecessors. This is......
A parliamentary panel finds 'glaring disparity' between targets set and achieved for the 11th Plan period. While the government is pushing for the use of renewable energy in rural areas to address......
Millions across the country may soon get benefits of various government schemes, like cooking gas subsidies and old age pension, targeted at them with the launch of the much-awaited Aadhaar-enabled......
The 12th Rajiv Gandhi awards were held at the National Centre for Performing Arts (NCPA) in South Mumbai, and was well-attended by film personalities and politicians alike. The event was......
IMAGE: President Pranab Mukherjee honours tennis player Sania Mirza with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna 2015 at a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Photograph: PTI The sports ministry has extended the......
Mumbai Indians all-rounder Dwayne Bravo celebrates after running out Kings XI Punjab batsman Irfan Pathan during the 2009 Indian Premier League in Centurion, on Tuesday. Bravo smashed a quickfire......
The Sports Ministry doubled the cash awards for gold medal winners to Rs 20 lakhs for the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games to encourage sportspersons to come up with an improved performance in......
Over the last few years, National Sports Awards have been in the news for creating controversies, but Sports minister Sarbananda Sonowal has said there is no need to review the selection policy for......
Rio medal winners to be considered for Khel Ratna, Arjuna IMAGE: Bollywood actor Salman Khan, centre, with boxer M C Mary Kom, right, and India hockey captain Sardar Singh during a function......