New Delhi, 18/5: Anil Baijal, who shared a rocky relationship with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, has resigned as Delhi Lieutenant Governor citing personal reasons after having served a long tenure of five years and four months. Sources said 75-year-old Baijal, a former Union Home Secretary who was linked to influential right-wing think-tank Vivekananda…
New Delhi, 18/5:The rupee fell 16 paise to close at a record low of 77.60 against the US dollar on Wednesday, It had opened 6 paise lower as a surging American currency in the overseas markets and persistent foreign fund outflows weighed on investor sentiment.
New Delhi, 18/5:The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered release of A G Perarivalan, a life term convict in the 1991 Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, after noting inordinate delay on remission and his poor medical conditions. A bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and B R Gavai used its extra ordinary power under Article 142…
Ahmedabad, 18/5: In a major blow to the Congress, the party’s Gujarat working president Hardik Patel has resigned from the grant old party months before Assembly elections. This comes days after he complained about being sidelined and ignored by senior party leaders.
Moscow, 18/5: The Russia-Ukraine conflict has cast a shadow over India’s plan to procure KA-31 helicopters from the former Soviet Union nation for deployment on the Indian Navy’s new indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant. Though New Delhi was in discussion with Moscow for procuring 10 KA-31 Airborne Early Warning helicopters developed by Kamov…
New Delhi, 17/5: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday directed security forces to conduct coordinated counter-terrorism operations pro-actively in Jammu and Kashmir. He also said that to fulfil Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of a prosperous and peaceful Jammu and Kashmir, the security forces should ensure zero cross-border infiltration to wipe out terrorism…
New Delhi, 17/5: India is considering selling up to a quarter of state-run refiner Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd after failing to attract suitors for the whole firm, two officials said, as the government’s divestment programme moves slower than expected. New Delhi is considering inviting bids for a 20 per cent-25 per cent stake…
Colombo, 17/5:Sri Lanka’s new government plans to sell its national airline to stem losses, as part of efforts to stabilize the nation’s finances even as authorities are forced to print money to pay government salaries. The new administration plans to privatize Sri Lankan Airlines, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said in a televised address to…
Bhubaneswar, 17/5:Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik today called upon the college teachers to develop problem solving attitude among the students. Joining the orientation programme by Higher Education Department on virtual platform, the Chief Minister said that Society grows and gets ahead by solving its issues. It is therefore essential to develop a problem solving…
Bangalore, 17/5: The Karnataka State Election Commission on Tuesday told the High Court of Karnataka that the state government had taken away its powers making it unable to hold elections to Zilla Panchayat and Taluk Panchayats as mandated by the Supreme Court. A vacation division bench of the High Court comprising Justice SG Pandit…
