BJP LS list: Shivraj, Scindia included; Pragya Thakur left out

The Bharatiya Janata Party announced its initial list of 24 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Madhya Pradesh, showcasing prominent names such as former Chief Minister Shivraj Singh......

SC/STs not homogeneous, observes top court in quota within quota hearing

The Supreme Court, examining whether states can sub-classify Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes for grant of quota inside quota, on Wednesday said all SCs and STs may not be homogeneous in terms......

MP: Vijayvargiya, Prahlad Patel among 28 ministers sworn-in

As many as 28 legislators, including former Union minister Prahlad Patel and Bharatiya Janata Party national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya, were on Monday inducted into the Madhya Pradesh......

BJP decides all 12 MPs elected to state assemblies will quit Parliament

Union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar and Prahlad Singh Patel resigned from Lok Sabha on Wednesday as the Bharatiya Janata Party decided that all of its 12 MPs recently elected to state assemblies......

Modi needs to listen to our economists

We have a government with an extremely weak economic team advising a PM who hardly pays attention to their thoughts, says Jayanta Roy. Photograph: Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   I......

Rs 100,000-cr power projects in 11th Plan

The Union Cabinet would shortly sanction Rs 100,000 crore (Rs 1000 billion) worth projects for the eleventh Plan period under two key reform tools in the power sector in India the Accelerated......

CII, CEA chart power sector reforms

The Central Electricity Authority and industry body CII will present a white paper on power sector reforms to the government by the end of this month, a senior government official said. "We will......

NPC, NTPC may tie up for nuclear power plant

A group of experts reviewing the power ministry's and Central Electricity Authority's report on the restructuring of National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd has recommended that the power PSU enter......

PIX: Madhuri mingles with Rekha at a wedding

Madhuri Dixit looked gorgeous in red, as she graced the wedding reception of her former secretary Rakesh Nath's daughter Shaina in Mumbai. Quite a few celebrities -- including Rekha, looking......

Madhuri beats Amitabh, SRK

Senior functionaries of Sony Entertainment Television, the general entertainment channel, are ecstatic. No less than 5.6 per cent of homes with cable and satellite television watched dance reality......

Madhuri to sizzle onstage?

Buzz isthat Madhuri Dixit, whorecently gave birth to a baby boy, will perform with singing sensation Adnan Sami in the US, where Sami is on an extensive tour.Dixit's secretary Rikku Rakesh Nath is......

Ash to play Draupadi

Paro is now DraupadiVickey LalwaniAfter playing the award-winning role of Paro in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Devdas, Aishwarya Rai has bagged the powerful role of Draupadi in Rajkumar Santoshi's Rs......

HI Polls: Tirkey to face UP Hockey's Katyal, Jharkhand's Bhola Nath

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Dilip Tirkey/Twitter Former India captain Dilip Tirkey, who is the frontrunner for Hockey India president's post, will be up against Uttar Pradesh Hockey chief Rakesh......

Dilip Tirkey is new Hockey India president

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Hockey India/Twitter Former India captain Dilip Tirkey, who was the front-runner for the post of Hockey India president, was elected unopposed for the top job on Friday.......

Kalmadi re-elected IOA president

In whatturned out to be a formality, the Indian Olympic Association elections returned the same office-bearers, with Suresh Kalmadi as president for a fourth consecutive term. The long list of......

Hazare Trophy: Yusuf ton guides Baroda to victory

India discard Yusuf Pathan played a captain's knock with a strokeful 116 as Baroda scored a narrow one-wicket win over Saurashtra in a thrilling high-scoring West Zone leg of the Vijay Hazare......