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Wed, Sep 6, 2017
Madam Raksha Mantri, this is what you need to do first!

'She must first change the Rules of Business 1961 that makes the defence...

Reshuffle was based on anything but performance

Non-performers were not punished, performers were not rewarded, points out...

Army's 'big bang' welcome for Nirmala

The 155-millimetre, 52-calibre Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System, which was...

Tue, Sep 5, 2017
'The Modi government is in panic mode'

'Modi and his team have read the message from the ground.''People have...

Why BJP seniors are rattled by Nirmala's elevation

The BJP's faces for 2019 will be Dharmendra Pradhan, Piyush Goyal, Nirmala...

Mon, Sep 4, 2017
BJP never said that beef cannot be eaten, says Modi's new minister

bureaucrat-turned-politician Alphons Kannanthanam said that beef would...

PHOTOS: After reshuffle, new ministers get down to work

A day after being sworn-in, the new ministers took charge of their...

Nitish slams media for 'dragging' JD-U in reshuffle episode

He said his party was neither expecting nor planning to discuss the expansion

Mr PM, what were you trying to tell the nation?

'The BJP has sent out a message that its allies are at its mercy.''The allies...

The Reshuffle: What it says about Modi

'While Piyush Goel, Dharmendra Pradhan, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore and a...

Meet the new CCS

Rediff.com's Dominic Xavier introduces you to the new look CCS, the most...

Reshuffle caught the media napping!

'Till the time the MSM and Modi don't trust one another, expect more Nirmala...

What the Raksha Mantri needs to do

'It is the government's most important duty to ensure that when war breaks...

How Modi chose Nirmala

Sushma Swaraj startled Modi when she said she would like to be defence...

Not a ministry reshuffle for 2019

'The days when less government, more governance were spoken of are well and...

Sun, Sep 3, 2017
Sitharaman, Goyal biggest gainers in Cabinet reshuffle

Sitharaman, who was holding the Commerce portfolio (Independent charge), was...

The messages from Sunday's reshuffle

Nirmala Sitharaman's elevation not only to full Cabinet minister but also...

Why Gadkari was given the job of cleaning the Ganga

Only 40 of the 160 projects under the Namami Gange Mission -- a Rs 20,000...

Shift to commerce ministry from railways no demotion: Prabhu

Prabhu was moved out of the important railway ministry and was handed over...

Sitharaman becomes India's first full-time woman defence minister

The 58-year-old Rajya Sabha MP will face several challenges, including...

How Suresh Prabhu's term was derailed

Aslam Hunani analyses the train mishaps that will mark Suresh Prabhu's tenure...

Modi 3.0: Nirmala Sitharaman gets defence, Piyush Goyal gets railways

In the third reshuffle since coming to power, Prime Minister Modi raised the...

How do you rate Modi's ministers?

What do you, dear readers, think of Modi's reshuffle of his ministers?

Madam Raksha Mantri: Where's the money for guns, warships?

'An expanding army, rising salaries due to the 7th pay commission, and raised...

Meet Ananth Kumar Hegde -- Taekwondo enthusiast and known to slap a doctor

A five-time Member of Parliament from Uttara Kannada Lok Sabha constituency...

When President corrected Pradhan: All that happened at Rashtrapati Bhavan

Here are all the sidelights from the swearing-in ceremony.

What the reshuffle means for UP

Ministerial expansion: Focus on Purvanchal, Brahmin voters in UP.

Delhi's 'Demolition Man' takes oath as Modi's MoS

The former IAS officer was sworn-in as Minister of State (Independent Charge)...

RK Singh, who arrested Advani 26 years ago, is new power minister

The 1975 batch IAS officer joined the BJP after his retirement in 2013.

Seasoned diplomat, now a minister

During his college days, Hardeep Puri was a student leader who was active in...

Is S P Shukla's entry a check on Adityanath?

The induction of Shiv Pratap Shukla, a Brahmin face in the BJP, is being seen...

9 new ministers join Modi government

The new Ministers of State sworn in by President Ram Nath Kovind at a...

Satyapal Singh -- tough cop becomes minister

The 61-year-old former top cop from Mumbai changed professions after...

Team Modi reshuffle: 4 ministers promoted to Cabinet rank

Dharmendra Pradhan, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Nirmala Sitharaman and Piyush Goyal...

Meet Modi's new ministers

Here are their short profiles.

Sat, Sep 2, 2017
Modi's reshuffle: Who's in, who's out

The theme of the reshuffle is to fulfill Modi's earlier promise of 'maximum...