Raghvendra Rao is Senior Assistant Editor. Covers Information & Broadcasting Ministry, Election Commission, Department of Personnel & Training, the Union Cabinet and Lok Sabha.

June 22, 2014 22:09 IST
Information & Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar is now taking up the matter with Home Minister Rajnath Singh.
Mon, Jun 23, 2014
June 22, 2014 12:58 IST
The process of inter-ministerial consultations should be completed within two weeks.
Mon, Jun 23, 2014
June 20, 2014 00:37 IST
Ministers won’t have say in senior-level appointments
Fri, Jun 20, 2014
June 17, 2014 01:28 IST
The Railways Ministry has maintained that since almost all these lines are financially unremunerative, it would want the operational losses to be reimbursed by the government.
Tue, Jun 17, 2014June 02, 2014 01:24 IST
The Manmohan Singh-led UPA spent another Rs 10.28 crore on outdoor publicity and Rs 7.49 crore on printed publicity.
Mon, Jun 02, 2014
June 01, 2014 01:19 IST
Mishra also said he had “unofficially” been informed that Kumar was also unhappy with a programme called 'Janadesh 2014' on LS TV.
Sun, Jun 01, 2014
May 30, 2014 01:54 IST
'To ensure that our coverage continued without a hitch, we used two digital satellite which gave us a back-up to deal with the eventuality of a sun outage.'
Fri, May 30, 2014
May 30, 2014 01:51 IST
The PM also asked Cabinet colleagues to be sensitive in dealing with issues raised by states, and to be prompt in replying to them.
Fri, May 30, 2014
May 29, 2014 22:06 IST
The PM also asked Cabinet colleagues to be sensitive in dealing with issues raised by states, and to be prompt in replying to them.
Thu, May 29, 2014
May 28, 2014 02:18 IST
In 1975, media freedom was trampled upon but we fought it, the minister said.
Wed, May 28, 2014
May 27, 2014 01:48 IST
Govt also to decide on 68 that lapsed.
Tue, May 27, 2014May 24, 2014 02:13 IST
The hearing into allegations against Madhu Koda will be taken up for hearing on May 26.
Sat, May 24, 2014May 24, 2014 02:10 IST
Broadcaster to provide sign language, commentary in regional languages.
Sat, May 24, 2014
May 19, 2014 01:10 IST
186 winners have criminal cases against them, 112 face ‘serious’ charges.
Mon, May 19, 2014
May 18, 2014 01:19 IST
BJP’s record tally a result of Modi wave, state leaders, carefully crafted alliances
Sun, May 18, 2014May 17, 2014 04:10 IST
In absolute numbers, the BJP got 17.13 crore votes till the time of filing this report, followed by Congress which got 10.66 crore votes.
Sat, May 17, 2014
May 17, 2014 01:39 IST
In the overall scheme of things, as many as 1.1 per cent voters chose not to vote for any contestant.
Sat, May 17, 2014
May 16, 2014 02:07 IST
Except for barring Amit Shah, Azam Khan and Giriraj Singh from campaigning after they made inflammatory speeches, the EC limited itself to issuing expressions of “displeasure”.
Fri, May 16, 2014May 16, 2014 00:05 IST
The Election Commission is updating final voter turnout.
Thu, May 15, 2014
May 15, 2014 01:02 IST
With around 13 lakh EVMs involved, a lot of preparation will precede these stages.
Thu, May 15, 2014
May 14, 2014 04:19 IST
Ballot more important than secret, rules EC
Wed, May 14, 2014
May 13, 2014 04:13 IST
The Centre spent Rs 3,426 crore for conducting the elections, said EC Director General (Expenditure) P K Dash. The government had spent Rs 1,483 crore in 2009.
Tue, May 13, 2014May 13, 2014 03:10 IST
The second record was established in Valsad, which took up a unique initiative, kartavyabodh abhiyan, for sending postcards to all voters.
Tue, May 13, 2014
May 12, 2014 01:55 IST
All-time high of 64% within reach as voters maintain lead heading into last leg of elections.
Mon, May 12, 2014
May 11, 2014 18:19 IST
The Commission has given Kejriwal time till May 13 evening to present his views on the matter.
Sun, May 11, 2014


