New Delhi, 20/1: BJP has taken into consideration caste and other factors while choosing a woman Chief Minister and six other ministers in Delhi where it has returned to power after a gap of 27 years. While Chief Minister Rekha Gupta belongs to the trader’s community, the ministers in her cabinet include a Jat, a…
New Delhi, 20/2: Rekha Gupta was sworn in as Delhi Chief Minister on Thursday at an event in the iconic Ramlila Maidan. Lieutenant Governor of Delhi V K Saxena administered the oath of office and secrecy. BJP’s Parvesh Sahib Singh, Ashish Sood, Manjinder Singh Sirsa, Ravinder Indraj Kapil Mishra and Pankaj Kumar Singh also take…
Bhubaneswar, 20/2: The Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) in Odisha has announced a scholarship in memory of Prakriti Lamsal, the 20-year-old Nepalese student of the private engineering institute who died allegedly by suicide at her hostel room on February 16..leading to unrest on the campus. The announcement was made by KIIT and KISS founder…
Bengaluru, 20/2: Namma Metro’s average weekday ridership has fallen by 90,000 following the recent fare hike, data shows. However, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) says ridership has begun to recover — albeit marginally — after a fare recalibration on February 14 capped the maximum hike at 71.43 per cent.
New Delhi, 19/2: After elaborate discussions, the BJP on Wednesday picked Rekha Gupta for the post of Delhi Chief Minister. The BJP came to power in Delhi after 26 years, defeating the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the February 5 Delhi Assembly polls. The saffron party got 48 seats out of a total of 70….
Mysuru, 19/2: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, his wife B M Parvathy, brother-in-law Mallikarjuna Swamy and J Devaraju, who sold the land, were given clean chit in the Mysuru Urban Urban Development Authority (MUDA) alternate site allotment case investigated by Lokayukta Police of Mysuru. In a notice issued to complainant Snehamayi Krishna on Wednesday, Lokayukta Police…
Mumbai, 19/2: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Wednesday claimed that Uddhav Thackeray planned to make Eknath Shinde the chief minister of Maharashtra after the 2019 polls, but first the BJP and later the MVA allies, including Sharad Pawar, played a spoilsports . The BJP did not fulfill the promise of sharing the CM’s…
Washington,19/2: When Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine nearly three years ago, then-US President Joe Biden took a firm stand in solidarity with Kyiv, forged a bulwark of European allies and set veteran advisers to the task of isolating Moscow economically and diplomatically. Washington’s approach changed dramatically with Tuesday’s initial meeting between…
Dubai, 19/2: India vice-captain Shubman Gill on Wednesday dethroned Babar Azam of Pakistan from the No. 1 spot in the ICC ODI Rankings for batters on the back of his strong show against England in the recent home series. The ICC issued the latest rankings just ahead of the start of the eight-team Champions Trophy…
Bengaluru, 19/2: The Cubbon Park police have arrested a suspect who obstructed the convoy of Union Minister of Defense Rajnath Singh recently in Bengaluru, police officials said on Wednesday. The arrested is Ahmed Dilwar Hussain. According to the police, Hussain, who was on his motorcycle, tried to mow down Dinesh, a constable on duty. …
