Modi pays tribute to Babu Jagjivan Ram

It appears that all is not well between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath . The Mahant of the Gorakhnath Math isn't used to taking orders from anyone and this has become clear less than three months into his tenure ...

Nitish should be portrayed as an upholder of political dharma, a leader who had the heart to not sack his senior partner's son even though he was tarnishing his clean image, argues Sudhir Bisht. Ever since Nitish Kumar resigned as Bihar chief minister, only to resume duties in less than 24 hours, he has been labeled a 'pretender of morality who eventually shunned the pretence and showed his true colours'. Rediff.com published articles that were downright critical of Nitish Kumar's jumping off ...

Janta Dal (United) (JD(U)) leader Nitish Kumar has become the chief minister of Bihar for the sixth time as he jilted an uncomfortable ally in the Rashtra Janata Dal (RJD) and joined hands with the BJP after four years, yet again demonstrating his political ...

'He was No 2 to Laloo Prasad in the last government and he will be No 2 in the new one as well, not to Sushil Modi, but to the other Modi in Delhi.''In the process, Nitish Kumar will have to forget any role which he may have secretly entertained about playing a larger role on the national stage,' says Amulya Ganguli. Nitish Kumar's journey from the 'communal' camp to the 'secular' and then back to 'communal' again within the space of four years is not going to enhance his reputation for ...

Gautam Datt City: New Delhi The experiment with Bihar’s successful coalition template, the Mahagathbandhan, is over. Two years after the Mahagathbandhan, the political experiment of a grand alliance that stopped Narendra Modi’s juggernaut after his ...

'...getting drenched in the rains, doing farm work, labour and sweating it out so that they can get their evening meals.''I want to tell them that this Ram Nath Kovind of Paraunkh village is going to Rashtrapati Bhavan as their representative.'Archis Mohan reports. In the fourth week of May, Ram Nath Kovind was called to New Delhi to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The 71 year old assumed that the meeting had something to do with his gubernatorial assignment in Bihar, but was surprised to ...

Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar, Ajit Wadekar, Dilip Vengsarkar, Vijay Manjrekar and Eknath Solkar are among the 17 cricketers from Maharashtra who have the 'Kar' suffix in their surnames and have played Test cricket for India, points out Gulu Ezekiel. IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar, left, with Sunil Gavaskar. Photograph: Babu AD/CP/Reuters Nagavkar, Dokarkar, Talkar, Razpurkar... all cricketers but not a line-up of the Mumbai or Maharashtra Ranji Trophy teams -- they are all members of the Israeli ...

The Goods and Services Tax (GST), Indias biggest tax reform since Independence, rolled out past midnight Friday in the precincts of the hallowed Central Hall of Parliament to usher in a new indirect tax regime in an event that sought to evoke memories of the ...

A picture of Union minister Radha Mohan Singh urinating in the open has gone viral, with people trolling him on social media and raising questions over the government's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. In the picture, Singh is seen urinating against the wall of a building as his security officers stand guard. A vehicle with red beacon is also seen in the TV footage aired by some news channels. The picture has gone viral on social media and has drawn sharp criticism for ...