Kolkata: Former Rajya Sabha MP and TMC leader Santanu Sen on Thursday resigned as the party’s national spokesperson and slammed the outfit over the controversy surrounding the R G Kar rape and murder case and described the poll defeat as a public rejection of “unethical practices”. The resignation comes at a time the TMC is…
Bengaluru: A special flight carrying Congress leader Siddaramaiah, his son Yathindra and party national general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala, besides others, made a landing in Jaipur instead of New Delhi due to bad weather on Thursday, the Chief Minister’s Office said. Shortly after tendering his resignation as the Chief Minister of Karnataka, Siddaramaiah left for…
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah submitted his resignation on Thursday to the Governor’s Special Secretary at Lok Bhavan here. Special Secretary Prabhu Shankar received the resignation in the absence of Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot. According to Lok Bhavan sources, Gehlot is in his native place, Indore, for personal reasons. Deputy CM D K Shivakumar and other…
New Delhi: In frank recognition of India’s cultural plurality, Union Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has said Indian civilisation is an “amalgamation” of different faiths, and pages of history, “no matter what their colour”, cannot be removed. His remarks, during an exclusive interview with PTI Videos on Wednesday, come in the backdrop of various right-wing…
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar has complained to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, accusing party colleague Kalyan Banerjee of verbally abusing her inside Parliament and misogynistic behaviour towards women parliamentarians. The complaint comes amid deepening faultlines within the TMC following its drubbing in the assembly election, with public display of dissent and internal…
New Delhi: India and China held “constructive” and “forward-looking” talks on the situation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, noting that maintaining border peace and tranquillity enabled progress in the normalisation of overall relations. The two sides discussed various aspects of the border situation during a meeting of the Working Mechanism…
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah informed his cabinet colleagues of his decision to step down, during a breakfast hosted at his residence, official sources said on Thursday. His current deputy and possible successor, D K Shivakumar and other cabinet colleagues attended the breakfast meeting. In a picture shared by the Chief Minister’s Office, Siddaramaiah is…
New Delhi: (May 28) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday greeted people on the occasion of Eid ul-Azha and hoped that the occasion deepens the spirit of brotherhood and happiness in society. Eid ul-Azha or Bakrid is being celebrated across most parts of India on Thursday. “Eid ul-Adha greetings! May this occasion deepens the spirit…
Nicosia: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Ukrainian counterpart Andrii Sybiha have discussed the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, battlefield developments and efforts aimed at achieving a “comprehensive and lasting peace”. The meeting took place on Wednesday on the sidelines of the informal meeting of European Union foreign ministers, known as the Gymnich Forum, in Cyprus….
Jabalpur: Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday quashed the anticipatory bail of former judge Giribala Singh in the Twisha Sharma death case. In its 17-page order, vacation judge Devnarayan Mishra said, “In the light of the factual aspects of the case and the allegations levelled against the respondent (Giribala Singh), the anticipatory bail order dated…
