New Delhi, 21/10: It was a high-stakes election, intended to signal a change in the functioning — and hopefully, in time, the fortunes — of the Grand Old Party. But Congressmen and women, presented with an opportunity to revitalise the party, acted predictably. Instead of voting for Shashi Tharoor and the possibility of change, earlier…
Bangalore, 21/10: Rainwater gushed into at least 200 homes on Wednesday night when residents were asleep and destroyed household items. Houses located in several city neighbourhoods remained submerged as late as Thursday afternoon. The BBMP’s conservative estimates revealed that 60 locations, including those in the IT hub, have been engulfed by water.
London, 21/10: Soon after the resignation of British Prime Minister Liz Truss within 6 weeks of her swearing-in, the name of Indian-origin Rishi Sunak has become favourite among the bookies to take over as the prime minister. The election for Liz’s successor will be held by October 28, as reported by the news agency AFP….
Kolkata, 20/10: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday targeted her guns on the BJP-led Central government for allegedly depriving former Indian cricket skipper Sourav Ganguly by not nominating him for the ICC chairman’s post, terming it an act of “shameless political vendetta”. Banerjee, who said she would have spoken out on…
London,20/10: Britain’s third female Prime Minister, Liz Truss, is out of office on Thursday after one of the shortest tenures at 10 Downing Street in London and without a cherished India-UK free trade agreement (FTA) under her belt as a Brexit prize. Truss, who until Wednesday insisted in Parliament that she was a…
Deoghar, 20/10: Today Sri Bijayananda Sahu, Jr. Engineer, Tileibani Block, Dist-Deogarh has been apprehended by Odisha Vigilance while demanding and accepting bribe of Rs.8000/- from a Complainant (Contractor) for facilitating release of the final bill of the work executed by him. The entire bribe amount of Rs.8000/- has been recovered from the accused Sri Sahu…
New Delhi, 20/10: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s office said on Thursday he would launch a drive this weekend to give government jobs to 10 lakh people, starting with 75,000 immediate appointments, as he tries to tackle criticism of widespread unemployment. Joblessness in the country of 140 crore people has stayed around 7 per…
New Delhi, 20/10: The BJP on Thursday accused the Congress of rigging its presidential polls to make Mallikarjun Kharge win so that he can be remote controlled by the Gandhi family. The saffron party, which has been attacking Kharge even before he was elected the grand-old party’s president, is now terming him to…
New Delhi,20/10: Sports minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday said the home ministry will take a call on Indian cricket team’s travel to Pakistan for the Asia Cup next year since the players’ security is an important matter. Thakur though is expecting that Pakistan team will come to India to compete in the 50-over…
New Delhi, 20/10: The rupee depreciated 6 paise to a record low of 83.06 against the US dollar in opening trade on Thursday due to a stronger greenback overseas and unrelenting foreign fund outflows. Besides, a sell-off in domestic equities and risk-averse sentiments weighed on the local unit, forex traders said. At…
