Ministers

Tensions rise in Belagavi amid border dispute between Karnataka and Maharashtra; all you need to know

The latest trouble started a week ago, after a pro-Kannada organization blackened the face of a pro-Maharashtra organisation Maharashtra Ekikaran Samithi (MES) leader. The MES had organised a protest demanding the inclusion of Belgaum into Maharashtra

Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot allocates portfolios to ministers, retains home and finance

Twelve new ministers were inducted and three ministers of state were elevated to cabinet rank at the recent cabinet reshuffle of Rajasthan government

Pandora papers: Time to pursue lawyers and accountants who enable tax evasion, says specialist in offshore tax havens

The Pandora papers show we are reaching the limits of what can be done with data transparency said a specialist in offshore tax havens at City, University of London

Monsoon session ends, war of words doesn't as Centre, Opposition up the ante

While Union ministers have called the Opposition behaviour "condemnable", the latter accused the Centre of having an "authoritarian attitude"

Assam indicates crippling blockade on Mizoram amid its worst COVID bout has ended; all you need to know

As most of Mizoram's supplies come via Assam through the NH-306, the no movement of vehicles for the last two weeks has hit the resources, including essential items, they said.

Sushma Swaraj hits back at Rahul Gandhi for his RSS remark, says six women ministers in Union cabinet

Responding to Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi's remark that the RSS is 'anti-women', External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj said that six ministers in the Cabinet are women

Jayalalithaa death: Retired judge Justice Arumugasamy to head commission probing former Tamil Nadu CM's demise

Tamil Nadu government Monday set up an inquiry commission headed by a retired high court judge to probe AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa's death

Yogi Adityanath, deputy CMs take oath as Uttar Pradesh MLCs after being elected unopposed

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday took oath as a member of the state Legislative Council.

Vyapam scam cases will be heard by seven special courts, as per notification by Madhya Pradesh HC

Cases related to the Vyapam scam will be heard by seven special courts in four major cities of the state instead of the earlier 16, says a recent notification issued by the Madhya Pradesh High Court

Cabinet reshuffle: Nitin Gadkari given additional charge of water resources ministry to expedite Clean Ganga Mission

Faced with the herculean task of fulfilling the BJP-led government's promise of cleaning the Ganga, the Centre needed nothing short of a silver bullet to meet the deadline for the project, which some allege, is being implemented at a snail's pace