Mumbai, 4/7: NCP supremo Sharad Pawar’s nephew Ajit Pawar was elected as the Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Monday. Pawar (62) is a one-time MP from Baramati and a seven-time MLA from Baramati. A four-time Deputy Chief Minister, he has held portfolios like Finance and Planning, Irrigation/Water Resources, Rural Development….
Bombay, 4/7:Your next big star might come from a public ground,” the Bombay High Court told the BCCI, the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) and state authorities on Monday, while holding that these bodies must provide basic facilities such as toilets, drinking water and medical assistance at public grounds. A bench of Justices Anil Menon and…
Patna, 4/7: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav has alleged that Riaz Akhtari — one of the accused in the Kanhaiya Lal murder case — has links with BJP after his pictures with the saffron party leaders appeared on social media. In two back-to-back tweets on Sunday night, Tejashwi said: “Some photographs appeared in public domain indicating…
Mumbai, 4/7:The Uddhav Thackeray-led camp of Shiv Sena on Monday moved the Supreme Court challenging the newly appointed Maharashtra Assembly Speaker’s action of recognising the whip of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde group as the whip of Shiv Sena. Narwekar late on Sunday recognised the appointment of Bharat Gogawale from the Shinde camp as the chief…
Bangalore, 4/7: With former chief minister Siddaramaiah followers announcing his birthday bash at Davangere on August 3, the Congress high command is apprehending that it may cause further vertical split in the party state unit. The party leaders are not worried if Siddaramaiah holds his 75th birthday bash at Davangere alone, but their…
Kashmir, 3/7:One of the two Lashker-e-Taiba militants, who were overpowered by villagers and handed to the police in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, was reportedly associated with the BJP. LeT commander Talib Hussain, a mastermind behind the recent IED blasts in the Reasi district, and his associate Faizal Ahmad Dar were nabbed…
Birmingham,3/7: India bowled out England for 284 in their first innings on the third day of the rescheduled fifth Test here on Sunday. Jonny Bairstow was the most successful batter for England as he smashed 106 off 140 balls. He added 66 with skipper Ben Stokes (25) before forging a 92-run partnership with…
New Delhi, 3/7: Giving a clarion call to BJP workers to make India “shreshtha” (great), Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted on Sunday that the party’s goal should be “fulfilment of all” as against the opposition’s politics of appeasement. Addressing the BJP national executive meeting, Prime Minister Modi also said the country was fed…
UP, 3/7: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav Sunday dissolved the party’s all national, state and district executive bodies including the youth and the women’s wing, days after the SP lost two Lok Sabha seats considered its bastions to the BJP in bypolls. Though the party has not given any reason for the decision, which comes…
New Delhi, 3/7: Senior BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah asserted on Sunday that the next 30 to 40 years will be the era of his party and India will become a “vishwa guru” (world leader). While proposing the political resolution at the BJP national executive meeting here, Shah said “Dynastic…
