Former Union Minister and Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat Shashi Tharoor (File). New Delhi: The Congress’ Shashi Tharoor is bidding for a four-peat of wins from Thiruvananthapuram, but arguably faces his toughest test yet in Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar. Mr Tharoor queued up at a polling booth in the city to cast his vote this morning. … Read more
The BJP’s Rajeev Chandrasekhar is the junior Union Electronics and IT Minister (File). New Delhi: Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar hit back at the Congress Thursday morning amid the ongoing row over a surprising detail on his election affidavit – that his taxable income for FY2021/22 was Rs 680, compared to Rs 17.5 lakh for FY20 … Read more
Rajeev Chandrasekhar is the Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology (File). New Delhi: The Election Commission has directed the CBDT, or Central Board of Direct Taxes, to verify potential mismatch – between actual and declared assets, and income – in affidavits filed by the BJP’s Rajeev Chandrasekhar ahead of his candidature for the Lok … Read more
India risks losing out to China and Vietnam as it seeks to become a major smartphone export hub and must “act fast” to lure global companies with lower tariffs, the deputy IT minister said in government documents seen by Reuters. Smartphone manufacturing is a key plank of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitions to boost the … Read more