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Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur speaks in Lok Sabha during the ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament, amid the coronavirus pandemic, in New Delhi, Friday, Sept. 18, 2020. (LSTV/PTI)

Anurag Thakur's remark on Nehru-Gandhis sets off Lok Sabha furore

Thakur accused Gandhis of corruption after Opposition criticised Centre for PM-Cares Fund

19 Sept 2020 12:04 PM IST

Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur speaks in Lok Sabha during the ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament, amid the coronavirus pandemic, in New Delhi, Friday, Sept. 18, 2020. (LSTV/PTI)

Anurag Thakur takes charge as sports minister

He comes into office at a time when the nation's athletes are in the final stage of their preparations for the Olympic...

8 July 2021 5:36 PM IST

Those parties for whom Indians voted but are not part of government are treated with disdain, as if their voters are irrelevant. Representational Image. (AP)

Aakar Patel | What India will we leave for future generations? Some...

The people are useful for the State as they give it legitimacy, but they are also seen as a nuisance that gets in the...

17 Aug 2021 2:52 AM IST

Its not fully depleted, but its hard to escape the feeling that solving the problems of 2020 and 2021 will require something special which at the moment is not on view. (AFP)

Aakar Patel | Does Modi govt know what to do to tackle 2020 & 2021...

The most significant aspects of this period were the nationwide lockdown

10 Aug 2021 2:07 AM IST

There are lurking doubts about Himachal Pradesh where anti-incumbency and the rebel factor have queered the pitch for the ruling party. (DC Image)

Anita Katyal | Nadda, Anurag sleepless on HP; Shah lobby plans to...

BJP president J.P. Nadda has reason to worry because a defeat would reflect poorly on him as he hails from the hill...

27 Nov 2022 12:00 AM IST

BJP National President JP Nadda, Union Minister Anurag Thakur and Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur during a roadshow in Shimla, Saturday, April 9, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Nadda blows poll bugle, AAP Himachal Pradesh chief, two others join...

Assembly elections in the state are scheduled by the year end

10 April 2022 8:44 AM IST

Generally, milling copra is used to extract oil, while ball/edible copra is consumed as a dry fruit and used for religious purposes. (AA FIle Image)

Cabinet approves increase in Copra MSP for 2024

The states like Kerala and Tamil Nadu are major producers of milling copra, whereas ball copra is produced predominantly...

28 Dec 2023 12:52 AM IST

File photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo:PTI)

Pavan K Varma | Successors & rising stars: Cabinet rejig to reveal all

What are the power dynamics in BJP under Narendra Modi? Whose stock is rising, and whose is declining?

8 Jan 2023 12:10 AM IST

Security personnel detain wrestler Sakshi Malik during wrestlers protest march towards new Parliament building, in New Delhi, Sunday, May 28, 2023. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Govt needs to deliver on its promises to wrestlers

It does not cover the govt with glory that it took the intervention of the SC for the police even to register an FIR...

9 Jun 2023 12:15 AM IST

Sports minister Anurag Thakur (PTI Photo/Vijay Verma)

PM eBus Sewa to Boost Bus Ops in Cities

The 'PM-eBus Sewa,' will lead to introduction of 10,000 e-buses using the PPP (public-private partnership) model

17 Aug 2023 1:10 AM IST

Union Minister Anurag Thakur. (PTI)

Centre Ends Early Election Speculation, Vows Full Term for Modi...

The Union minister also said that the government had set up a committee on the ONOE proposal

3 Sept 2023 11:57 PM IST

The government is considering a proposal of the parliamentary panel on information technology to call postman as postperson for the sake of gender neutrality. (Photo courtesy: ippbonline)

Proposal under consideration to call 'postman' as 'postperson'

The committee agreed that word 'dakia' is gender neutral but said it is a Hindi vocabulary.

8 Aug 2018 5:57 PM IST