Liz Truss Appoints Jeremy Hunt As UK’s New Finance Minister

London, 14/10: Newly appointed UK finance minister Jeremy Hunt is a mild-mannered political survivor who will require all of his considerable experience to calm an economy and government beset by chaos.   Mr Hunt, 55, was health minister under David Cameron, and foreign minister under Theresa May, but found himself on the sidelines after Boris…

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Suresh Gopi soon to be part of BJP’s core committee in Kerala

Thiruvananthapuram,14/10: Actor-turned-politician and former Rajya Sabha member Suresh Gopi will be inducted into the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Kerala core committee. The move to include Gopi in the highest decision-making body of the party’s state cadre is being seen as a part of BJP’s efforts to make inroads into Kerala politics.   The actor had contested…

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Varanasi court rejects Hindus’ plea for carbon dating of ‘Shivling’ inside Gyanvapi mosque

Varanasi, 14/10: A Varanasi court on Friday rejected a plea seeking carbon dating of a ‘Shivling’ claimed to be found on the Gyanvapi Mosque premises.     Hindu petitioners had during a court-mandated videography survey of the mosque premises claimed that a ‘Shivling’ was found close to the “wazookhana”, a small reservoir used by Muslim…

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Karnataka govt lays groundwork for Dalit graveyards

Bangalore, 14/10: Dalits in various parts of Karnataka continue to face discrimination over community graveyards, forcing them to demand a separate, government-allotted burial ground.     Now, the government has begun acquisition of land to develop separate Dalit burial grounds in all gram panchayats in the state.   “We have started a drive to acquire…

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