Belagavi, 26/12: Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar said on Thursday that the centenary celebration of the 1924 Belgaum (now Belagavi) Congress session was not a party event but one for the entire country. Speaking to reporters in Belagavi, Shivakumar noted that the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting would start at 3 pm on Thursday…
New Delhi, 26/12: Senior Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit on Thursday complained to Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena about the AAP’s ‘Mahila Samman’ scheme, claiming that the ruling party was committing fraud with the women of Delhi. In the complaint filed by Dikshit, he alleged that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers were collecting phone numbers…
New Delhi, 26/12: The Aam Adami Party will consult other parties to ‘expel’ the Congress from the I.N.D.I.A. alliance. Sources on Thursday said that AAP is upset with the remarks made by Ajay Maken and other Delhi leaders. Delhi chief minister Aitshi and AAP leader Sanjay Singh will hold a press conference at 1 pm….
Melbourne, 26/12: Virat Kohli’s conduct came under the microscope in the Boxing Day test in Melbourne on Thursday after a clash of shoulders with teen debutant Sam Konstas but the incident did little to knock the Australian wonder boy off his stride. With Konstas well on top of India’s bowlers on day one, Kohli was…
Bengaluru, 25/12: BJP MLA and former state minister Munirathna’s first public appearance at a major public event after release on bail took a dramatic turn after he was targeted with egg on his head on Wednesdays. The R R Nagar legislator was walking to his car after attending Vajpayee birth anniversary celebrations in Lakshmidevi Nagar,…
New Delhi, 25/12 With the governments doing barely anything on regulating the charges of medical services in private hospitals, mandated by a law passed 14 years ago, at least two groups of doctors have now decided to intensify their campaign to nudge the Centre and state governments to implement the patient-friendly law.
New Delhi, 25/12: Senior leader Ajay Maken on Wednesday said Congress’s support to Arvind Kejriwal’s 40-day government in 2013 is the main reason for the “weakening” of the party in the national capital and there is a need to rectify the repeated mistake of aligning with AAP in the recent Lok Sabha elections. Calling Kejriwal…
Imphal, 25/12: Gunfight broke out between two armed groups in Manipur’s Imphal East district on Wednesday morning, police said. Armed men fired from the hilltops of Kangpokpi district, targeting the Sinam Kom village. Armed ‘village volunteers’ deployed at the foothills retaliated, leading to the gunfight, they said.
Telengana, 25/12: Actor Allu Arjun and the makers of ‘Pushpa 2’ have announced a compensation of Rs 2 crore to the family of the child who was critically injured in the stampede during a screening of the movie in Telangana. Rs 1 crore will be given by Allu Arjun and Rs 50 lakh each by…
Moscow 25/12: An Embraer passenger plane flying from Azerbaijan to Russia crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan on Wednesday with 67 passengers and five crew on board, Kazakh authorities announced, saying 12 people had survived. Unverified video of the crash showed the plane, which was operated by Azerbaijan Airlines, bursting into flames as…
