Kolkata, ,18/10: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday backed former BCCI President Sourav Ganguly and said that she would request PM Modi to let him contest the ICC election. “Don’t be politically vindictive towards former cricketer and outgoing BCCI president Sourav Ganguly,” the Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief told the Centre. …
Mumbai, 17/10: The BJP on Monday withdrew its candidate Murji Patel against Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena candidate Rutuja Latke in Andheri East bypolls following appeal by MNS chief Raj Thackeray, NCP chief Sharad Pawar and MLA Pratap Sarnaik. The development comes a day after NCP President Sharad Pawar, MNS President Raj Thackeray and…
New Delhi, 17/10: Ahead of his questioning by the CBI in the excise policy matter, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Monday claimed that the case against him was “fake” and linked the development with campaigning in poll-bound Gujarat While extending support to his deputy, Delhi Chief Minister and AAP convener Arvind…
New Delhi, 17/10: Around 9,300 leaders and workers on Monday will choose between Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor as to who will be the new Congress president, as the party will witness the first contest in the last 22 years and sixth in its 137-year-old history. The counting of votes will be held…
Kyiv, 17/8:Several explosions were heard Monday morning in Kyiv, exactly a week after Russian missile strikes on the Ukrainian capital, AFP journalists said. Three blasts occurred between 6:35 am and 6:58 am. Air raid sirens sounded shortly before the first explosion.
UP, 16/10: Amid a series of pet dog attacks, the Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation has banned residents from keeping the Pitbull, Rottweiler and Dogo Argentino breeds as pets. The civic body issued a host of other guidelines on Saturday for pet-owners according to which they will have to get a licence for their dogs,…
UP, 16/10: A senior IAS officer in rain-hit Uttar Pradesh was caught rebuking people of a flood-affected village who complained about unavailability of food, saying that the government was not “running Zomato service”, even as the Yogi Adityanath-led establishment came under fire for poor flood management and for failing to take measures to provide succor…
Bhubaneswar, 16/10: CM Naveen Patnaik today inaugurated IBM’s Client Innovation Center (CIC) at O-Hub, Chandaka Industrial Estate in Bhubaneswar, further expanding IT ecosystem in the state. The new centre will position Odisha as a technology resource hub of India. The Innovation Centre will have capacity for 500 employees as the company is looking to expand…
Bhubaneswar 16/10:: Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium,is enabling thousands of rural women with skills, financial literacy, access to resources, technology & market, and welfare schemes, making them equal participants in the national socio-economic development. The company works on the fundamental principle that rural women’s involvement in sustainable development goals will be crucial to…
New Delhi, 16/10: Food importers from Africa to Asia are scrambling for dollars to pay their bills as a surge in the US currency drives prices even higher for countries already facing a historic global food crisis. In Ghana, importers are warning about shortages in the run up to Christmas. Thousands of containers…
