Patna, 29/12: Lalan Singh on Friday resigned as the Janata Dal (United) President, following the party’s national executive meeting in Delhi. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has reportedly been elected as the new party chief. JD(U) leader K C Tyagi initially said Kumar has been elected as the new party chief, he later said…
Mizoram, 29/12: The Mizoram government has granted general consent to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe offences in the state. In a gazette notification on Thursday, the state government said, “In exercise of the powers conferred by section 6 of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946, the Government of Mizoram hereby accords…
New Delhi, 29/12: Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Thursday refuted a report by a US daily, which claimed Indian authorities had demanded that technology major Apple help in softening the political impact of hack warnings issued in October. The Minister of State for IT and Electronics described the report as “half facts, fully embellished”, and…
Bangalore, 28/12: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday said Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi should become the prime minister and that only Congress can address India’s problems. Siddaramaiah was speaking at the Congress’ 139th foundation day. The CM’s push for Rahul Gandhi came even as a section of the I.N.D.I.A alliance wants AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge…
Andhra, 29/12: Former Indian cricketer Ambati Rayudu on Thursday joined the ruling YSRCP in Andhra Pradesh. He was inducted into the party in the presence of Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, Deputy Chief Minister K Narayana Swamy and Rajampeta Lok Sabha member P Mithun Reddy. “In the presence of Chief Minister Y S…
Bhubaneswar, 28/12:As per the direction of Chief Minister Sri Naveen Patnaik, Chairman 5T and Nabin Odisha, Sri. V.K. Pandian visited Angul & Dhenkanal District to review the progress of various developmental works in the district and interact with general public. Sh Pandian reviewed the progress of Development of Ananta Sayan near Sarang. He…
Islamabad, 28/12: Pakistan’s election commission on Thursday accepted former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s nomination for the 2024 elections, weeks after a court overturned two graft convictions, ARY News reported. But Sharif still needs the removal of a life ban on holding any public office to qualify to stand, so it was not immediately clear how…
Mumbai, 28/12: Purchase of three plots of land in Haryana in 2005-06 by Congress leader Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra from a real estate agent is being probed along with a land deal made by his wife Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the ED claimed in a recently filed money laundering case. The federal agency filed the…
Doha, 28/12: A Qatar Court has commuted the death sentence given to eight former Indian Navy personnel in an alleged case of espionage, the External Affairs Ministry said on Thursday. We have noted the verdict today of the Court of Appeal of Qatar in the Dahra Global case, in which the sentences have been reduced,”…
Kolkata, 28/12: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday conducted simultaneous raids at nine different places in the city in connection with its investigation into the alleged teachers’ recruitment scam, a senior official said. Nine teams of ED officers conducted raids at offices and residences of different people located in the city’s busy Burrabazar area, Kakurgachi…
