Ahmedabad, 10/10: Billionaire Gautam Adani-controlled Adani Group is in advanced talks with debt-laden Jaiprakash Power Ventures Ltd to buy its cement unit, people familiar with the matter said. The ports-to-power conglomerate could pay about Rs 5,000 crore for a cement grinding unit and other smaller assets, one of the people said, asking not…
UP, 10/10: Former Uttar Pradesh CM and Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav passed away at the age of 82. In a tweet, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav announced the passing away of his father and party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav. “Mere adarniya pitaji aur sabke netaji nahi rahe – Akhilesh Yadav,” the…
New Delhi, 10/10: India does not want to say in advance how it will vote at the United Nations General Assembly on a likely draft resolution condemning Russia’s proclaimed annexation of parts of Ukraine, Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar said on Monday. “As a matter of prudence and policy, we don’t predict our votes…
Bhubaneswar, 9/10: In a major development, CM Naveen Patnaik approved the appointment of Advisors and Chairpersons of different Boards, Councils and These appointments are as follows Advisor to Departments: Rama Chandra Panda, Advisor, Agriculture and Farmers Empowerment Department Anubhav Patnaik, Advisor, E & IT Department Patnaik Sudhir Das, Advisor, Biju Swasthya Kalyana Yojana…
Patna, 9/10: Poll strategist-turned-activist Prashant Kishor on Sunday alleged that age was catching up with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who was also feeling “politically isolated, after being surrounded by people whom he did not trust”. Kishor made the stinging remarks in response to the statement by 71-year-old Kumar the day before that…
Chennai, 9/10: M K Stalin was elected unopposed as the President of DMK for a second consecutive term at the party’s general council meeting in Chennai. His election as the DMK President was announced by Arcot N Veerasamy, the incharge for elections for the President’s post on Sunday. Senior leaders Durai Murugan and…
New Delhi, 9/10: The national capital received the second highest rainfall since 2007 in the last 24 hours till 8.30 am, according to the India Meteorological data on Sunday. The city weathered near ceaseless rains – measuring 74mm till 8.30 am on Sunday – that brought the maximum temperature on Saturday down by…
Mumbai, 9/10: The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena on Saturday termed the Election Commission’s order barring both the Thackeray and Eknath Shinde factions from using the party name and election symbol in the coming Andheri East Assembly bypoll as “injustice”. The group led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, on the other hand, termed…
Patna,8/10: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday claimed that poll strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor had asked him to merge his JD(U) with the Congress. Speaking to reporters in Sitab Diara, the birthplace of socialist icon Jayaprakash Narayan, Kumar claimed that Kishor was working for the BJP. “He came to meet me recently…
New Delhi,8/10: Veteran Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday said that the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) cannot become a national party by changing its name. Kharge, a contender for the Congress party’s presidential elections, told reporters that several regional parties in the past changed their names to go national but nothing happened. …
