New Delhi, 29/12: Former Delhi Chief Minister and AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday wrote a letter to the New Delhi District Electoral officer on what he has termed a ‘significant’ rise in applications for voter addition/deletion in his New Delhi constituency I am writing to bring to your immediate attention a significant rise in…
Mumbai: Former minister and four-time MLA Ravindra Chavan is likely to be the next Maharashtra BJP President. Chavan (54) may be anointed as the next BJP President during the grand state-level convention in the temple town of Shirdi on January 12, 2025 coinciding with the birth anniversary of the legendary monk-philosopher, Swami Vivekananda.
New York,29/12: India’s Koneru Humpy bagged an epochal second World Rapid Chess Championship title, beating Irene Sukandar of Indonesia here on Sunday. Humpy had won the event back in 2019 at Georgia and the Indian No 1 is only the second player after China’s Ju Wenjun to clinch the title more than once. The 37-year-old…
New Delhi, 28/12: Mauritius has announced that its national flag will fly at half-mast at all government offices and institutions till sunset on Saturday as a mark of respect to India’s former prime minister Manmohan Singh. In a note, Mauritius Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam’s office also urged the private sector to fly the flags at…
New Delhi, 28/12: India bid a tearful adieu to one of its illustrious former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday, as his mortal remains were consigned to flames at the Nigambodh Ghat with full state honours amid the chanting of religious hymns. His eldest daughter Upinder Singh lit the funeral pyre as his admirers chanted…
Mumbai, 25/12: One worker was killed and another seriously injured after they were hit by Marathi actor Urmila Kothare’s car in Kandivali area of Mumbai in the wee hours of Saturday, police said. The actor and her driver were also injured in the accident, an official said. The incident took place when Kothare was returning…
Moscow, 28/12: Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologised to Ilham Aliyev, the president of Azerbaijan, for a “tragic incident” which happened in Russian airspace involving an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane that crashed on Wednesday. Flight J2-8243 crashed on Wednesday in a ball of fire near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan after diverting from southern…
Melbourne, 28/12: Youngster Nitish Kumar Reddy rose up to the occassion as he scored his maiden Test century (105 in 176 balls) on Day 3 of the 4th Test in Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Play has been interrupted due to rain for the second time on Day 3 and remains…
New York, 28/12: Five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen was first fined and then disqualified from the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship here for his refusal to comply with FIDE’s dress code after turning up in jeans. Defending champion Carlsen was fined $200 for wearing jeans, which are “explicitly prohibited” under tournament regulations and when…
New Delhi, 28/12: The government will allocate space for a memorial of former prime minister Manmohan Singh and this has been communicated to his family and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, the Union home ministry said on Friday night. In a late-night release titled “Facts of the matter regarding memorial for Former Prime Minister Late Dr…
