Ahmedabad, 31/10: The BJP is not fighting the Gujarat state election to avert defeat but to increase its victory margins and win a greater number of seats in the 182-member assembly. In the last state election in 2017, the nation’s pre-eminent party won just 99 seats, although that figure went up to 112 through defections…
Washington DC, 30/10: Twitter will revise its user verification process, Elon Musk said in a tweet on Sunday, just days after he took over one of the world’s most influential social media platforms. “Whole verification process is being revamped right now”, Musk said in his tweet without giving more details. Twitter is…
Morbi, 30/10: A nearly century-old suspension bridge on Machchhu river in Gujarat’s Morbi city collapsed on Sunday evening, killing at least 32 people. The bridge, which was recently reopened for public after renovation, collapsed as it could not bear the weight of the people standing on it, officials said. “Due to the…
Perth, 30/10: Fifties from Aiden Markram and David Miller helped South Africa beat India by 5 wickets in Sunday’s Super-12 match at Perth’s Optus Stadium. With this, the Proteas go to the top of the table with 5 points, while India go down to the second spot with 4 points.
Hyderabad, 30/10: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Sunday accused the BJP of ‘trying to buy’ 20 or 30 MLAs of the ruling TRS and topple his government and claimed that ‘brokers’ from Delhi offered the sitting legislators Rs 100 crore each. Addressing a poll rally at the bypoll-bound Munugode segment, Rao…
New Delhi, 30/10: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear around 240 PILs, including a large batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), on Monday when it would reopen after a nine-day Diwali vacation. A bench comprising Chief Justice Uday Umesh Lalit and justices S Ravindra Bhat and…
New Delhi, 30/10: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday laid the foundation stone of a manufacturing facility in this city of Gujarat for the production of C-295 medium transport aircraft for the Indian Air Force. The aircraft will be produced by a consortium of European aerospace major Airbus and the Tata Group. …
Washington DC, 30/10: Elon Musk planned to begin laying off workers at Twitter as soon as Saturday, four people with knowledge of the matter said, with some managers being asked to draw up lists of employees to cut. Musk, who completed a $44 billion deal to buy Twitter on Thursday, has ordered the…
New Delhi, 30/10: The Congress on Saturday demanded an apology from Union minister Kiren Rijiju over his criticism of Jawaharlal Nehru’s handling of the Kashmir issue and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to rein in ministers from making “irresponsible statements”. Hitting out at Rijiju, the Opposition party said insulting the country’s first prime minister’s contribution…
Shimla, 30/10: On Saturday, the last day of withdrawal of nominations for Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections, the BJP faced stiff resistance from some rebels while it managed to pacify a few. This year the party has denied tickets to 11 legislators and faced a revolt from as many as 23 rebels over seat…
