New Delhi:Â Top leaders of the Congress on Thursday held crucial deliberations with the party’s leaders in Rajasthan on the poll strategy and preparedness, while also seeking to resolve the tussle between Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his bete noire Sachin Pilot. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chief Rahul Gandhi, AICC general secretary organisation K…
With the general elections less than a year away, the political churning has begun in both the Telugu states. Shrewd Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy, whose return to power looks a certainty, seems worried over the Central agencies, may be once again landing on his doorstep with the pending case of alleged money…
Mumbai, Jul 5 (PTI) Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar appeared to be ahead in number game with more NCP MLAs supporting him than his uncle and party president Sharad Pawar as the warring factions held their separate meetings on Wednesday to show their strength, escalating the battle between them to control the outfit. As…
Chennai:Â BJP’s southern ally AIADMK on Wednesday reiterated its stand against the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code. AIADMK chief K Palaniswami, when asked by reporters on BJP’s push for Uniform Civil Code and his party’s stand, said the position had already been made known in the party’s manifesto released for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls….
New Delhi:Â Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discussed pending state projects. He also met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman here. In an hour-long meeting with the prime minister, Reddy talked about various pending issues related to state bifurcation,…
Dubai:Â Australia great Ricky Ponting has likened Ben Stokes’ match-winning abilities to Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s on-field demeanour, saying the England skipper is far ahead of his contemporaries in pressure situations just like the Indian legend used to be. Stokes almost single-handedly carried England to a series-levelling win, scoring 155 off 214 balls in the second Ashes…
Toronto: An Indian-origin MP in Canada has slammed the provocative pro-Khalistani posters labelling some senior Indian diplomats as “killers” and warned that the “snakes in our backyard are raising their heads and hissing.” Chandra Arya, a Liberal Party politician, who hails from Karnataka, also underlined that it was only a question of time when they…
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet has approved draft of Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill 2023 for tabling it in the upcoming monsoon session of Parliament, an official source said on Wednesday. The bill proposes to levy penalty of up to Rs 250 crore on entities for every instance of violation of norms in the bill. “The Cabinet…
Bengaluru:Â Hosts India clinched the SAFF Championships title for the ninth time after beating Kuwait 5-4 in a tense penalty shootout after both sides were deadlocked 1-1 in 120 minutes in the summit clash here on Tuesday. After five rounds of penalty kicks the scoreline remained 4-4 and sudden death rule was applied. Mahesh Naorem scored…
Islamabad: The IMF’s executive board is set to meet on July 12 to review the USD 3 billion Standby Arrangement with cash-strapped Pakistan and will also possibly release the first tranche of USD 1.1 billion as part of the loan programme, a media report said on Wednesday. The Pakistan government and the International Monetary Fund…
