NEW DELHI: Women may only account for 11% of all Lok Sabha MPs but they fared better when it came to representation in the Cabinet. Six women were sworn in as senior ministers on Monday, accounting for 25% of the Cabinet. They include Sushma Swaraj, Maneka Gandhi, Najma Heptulla, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Uma Bharti and Smriti Irani.
NEW DELHI: Women may only account for 11% of all Lok Sabha MPs but they fared better when it came to representation in the Cabinet. Six women were sworn in as senior ministers on Monday, accounting for 25% of the Cabinet. They include Sushma Swaraj, Maneka Gandhi, Najma Heptulla, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Uma Bharti and Smriti Irani.
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hit the ground running on Tuesday when he holds "courtesy meetings" with leaders of all Saarc countries and also his Mauritius counterpart Navinchandra Ramgoolam. His most significant meeting, though, will be with Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif which is scheduled for 12.10 pm.
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hit the ground running on Tuesday when he holds "courtesy meetings" with leaders of all Saarc countries and also his Mauritius counterpart Navinchandra Ramgoolam. His most significant meeting, though, will be with Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif which is scheduled for 12.10 pm.
NEW DELHI: Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif will meet senior BJP leader and three-time prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee On Tuesday. The meeting is expected to take place shortly after Sharif's bilateral with PM Narendra Modi at Vajpayee's Krishna Menon Marg bungalow.
NEW DELHI: Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif will meet senior BJP leader and three-time prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee On Tuesday. The meeting is expected to take place shortly after Sharif's bilateral with PM Narendra Modi at Vajpayee's Krishna Menon Marg bungalow.
DEHRADUN: In Uttarakhand, Modi swearing-in ceremony in which 44 ministers took oath in Delhi, has brought cheers mixed with pangs of sorrow for several BJP leaders who were expecting at least two newly-elected MPs to get the cabinet berths.
DEHRADUN: In Uttarakhand, Modi swearing-in ceremony in which 44 ministers took oath in Delhi, has brought cheers mixed with pangs of sorrow for several BJP leaders who were expecting at least two newly-elected MPs to get the cabinet berths.
NEW DELHI: A petition seeking immediate release of former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, who was sent to jail after he refused to furnish bail bond in a criminal defamation case against him, was moved before Delhi high court on Monday.
NEW DELHI: A petition seeking immediate release of former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, who was sent to jail after he refused to furnish bail bond in a criminal defamation case against him, was moved before Delhi high court on Monday.
For Mumbai Indians, the league stage of IPL 7 has been a tournament of two halves. First a forgettable leg in UAE, where they lost all five games and second, a resurgent leg in India,
For Mumbai Indians, the league stage of IPL 7 has been a tournament of two halves. First a forgettable leg in UAE, where they lost all five games and second, a resurgent leg in India,
London: Joe Root has said England's much-vaunted attempt to rebuild their standing with their fans, let alone the rest of the cricket world, will come to nothing if they suffer yet more humiliation during the ongoing one-day series with Sri Lanka.
London: Joe Root has said England's much-vaunted attempt to rebuild their standing with their fans, let alone the rest of the cricket world, will come to nothing if they suffer yet more humiliation during the ongoing one-day series with Sri Lanka.
The Wankhede Stadium has seen some captivating innings down the years, from Clive Lloyd's splendid 242 not out in the first Test played at the venue to Ian Botham's Jubilee Test
The Wankhede Stadium has seen some captivating innings down the years, from Clive Lloyd's splendid 242 not out in the first Test played at the venue to Ian Botham's Jubilee Test
NEW DELHI: Encouraged by the overwhelming response to the experiment of running premium trains on dynamic fare pricing, railways has decided to run such trains on 36 new routes in a bid to cater to the rush during summers and also to generate extra revenue.
NEW DELHI: Encouraged by the overwhelming response to the experiment of running premium trains on dynamic fare pricing, railways has decided to run such trains on 36 new routes in a bid to cater to the rush during summers and also to generate extra revenue.
