New Delhi Chandni Chowk MP Harshvardhan on Monday took charge as Union Health Minister and took a briefing on sector challenges.Harshvardhan cycled to work to send a message on clean environment. Harshvardhan was appointed Health Minister in the first tenure of PM Narendra Modi’s government but was shifted out inRead More

New Delhi Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday chaired a high-level security review meeting, where he was briefed about the country’s internal security situation by senior Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) officials. The meeting is seen as continuation of the tradition of regularly getting first-hand information about the prevailingRead More

Houston Several Indian-Americans in Texas have welcomed the appointment of S Jaishankar as the External Affairs Minister, saying he was instrumental in negotiating India’s civil nuclear agreement with the US. The 64-year-old former foreign secretary’s appointment to the key post is seen as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s attempt to addRead More

Patna Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday expanded his Cabinet with the induction of eight new faces—all from his Janata Dal (United). Members of allies, the BJP and LJP, were left out of the Cabinet expansion. Kumar, after the expansion, said the BJP was offered a berth in hisRead More

Mumbai A Mumbai woman IAS officer’s tweet has triggered a row by calling removal of Mahatma Gandhi’s statues from across the world, including his images from the Indian currency notes. Demanding that institutions and roads named after the Father of the Nation be renamed, she also “thanked” his assassin NathuramRead More

Islamabad Guests invited to Indian High Commission’s Iftar party in Islamabad on Saturday evening faced “unprecedented level of harassment” due to enhanced security checks by Pakistani officials who stopped some invitees on one pretext or other. Indian High Commissioner Ajay Bisaria hosted the annual event at Serena Hotel for whichRead More

Pune Former President of India Pratibha Patil has been conferred the “Orden Mexicana del Aguila Azteca” (Order of the Aztec Eagle) – the highest civilian award of Mexico given to foreigners, here on Saturday. The Ambassador of Mexico to India, Melba Pria, conferred the award on Patil – who createdRead More

Chennai As the new Narendra Modi dispensation began its second innings in Delhi, a perception took shape in southern India that the region, particularly Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, has been given a raw deal in ministerial berth allocations. Karnataka has been given three Union ministerial berths in addition toRead More

Mumbai The Punjab Mail, one of the oldest long-distance trains in the country, completed 107 years on Saturday. June 1 is also the birthday of the Deccan Queen, which connects Mumbai and Pune. The popular train completed 89 years of its operation on Saturday. The Punjab Mail or `Punjab Limited’Read More

New Delhi Defence Minister Rajnath Singh visited the National War Memorial at India Gate on Saturday morning. He was accompanied by the Chief of Army, General Bipin Rawat, the Chief of Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa and Navy Chief, Admiral Karambir Singh. Also present was Defence SecretaryRead More