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:  ......

Number of women ministers in Modi govt down from 10 to 7

Seven women, including two in the Cabinet role, have been inducted into the new council of ministers in the 18th Lok Sabha. IMAGE: BJP leader Nirmala Sitharaman takes oath as the cabinet minister......

UP official, who failed to recognise Smriti Irani over phone, faces probe

A probe has been ordered against a lekhpal, who failed to recognise Amethi MP and Union minister Smriti Irani over phone, for not discharging his duties, officials said on Monday. Photograph: ANI......

How Many Children do BJP MLAs in UP have?

Given the controversy over the Uttar Pradesh government's population control policy, Hemant Shivsaran/Rediff.com digs deep to find out how many children BJP legislators in UP have. IMAGE: Uttar......

The changing face of family business splits

The Jindals did it. The Munjals followed. Now, the Goenkas are following suit. Indian business families are amicably carving up their empires among the next generation, and yet retaining a common......

Billionaire in a banian

Some Very Important Visitors -- or at least visitors who considered themselves very important -- came one evening to meet OP Jindal at his Delhi house.The guard pointed to a man in a banian (vest)......

PHOTOS: Parents breathe a sigh of relief after court's verdict

Cricketer Ajit Chandila being welcomed at his home by his mother in Faridabad. Photograph: PTI Slapped with charges including that of organised crime, India's Test discard S Sreesanth and two......

Our prayers are answered, say Sreesanth's parents

Shantakumaran Sreesanth with his parents. Photograph: Twitter Cricketer Shantakumaran Sreesanth's parents could not find enough words to express their elation as a Delhi court dropped all charges......

Hockey India cuts senior women's probables' list to 33

Hockey Indiapruned down the list of core group probables of the senior women's team to 33after a two-day selection trial at the Aish Bagh stadium in Bhopal. Hockey India selectors B P Govinda,......

Ritu to lead India in Junior Women Asia Cup

Mid-fielder Ritu Rani was on Tuesday named captain of 18-member Indian hockey team for the sixth Junior Women's Asia Cup to be held in Bangkok, Thailand from June 27. The squad features two......