The Jharkhand cricket team, including their skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, on Friday escaped unhurt after a fire broke out at a five star hotel in Dwarka here leading to postponement of the Vijay Hazare Trophy semi-final against Bengal. The match that was supposed to be held at the Airforce ground in Palam has been rescheduled at Feroz Shah Kotla on […]
» Read moreCongress MLA Vishwajit Rane on Thursday submitted his resignation to the Speaker of the Goa State assembly and announced his decision to quit Congress. The legislator who had won the February 4 election from Valpoi constituency of North Goa said that he will contest the election afresh from Valpoi on the ticket of local outfit of Sattari Yuva Morcha and […]
» Read moreThe Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government in Goa smoothly won a crucial Supreme Court-mandated floor test today with 22 votes in favour of it in the 40-member Assembly. That gave the BJP-plus combine a majority – it needed 21 – and allowed the Manohar Parrikar-led government to continue. Parrikar claims support of 22 legislators, two more than the halfway mark […]
» Read moreCapt. Amarinder Singh on Thursday was sworn in as Chief Minister of Punjab in Chandigarh in the presence of Congress leaders, including former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi. Capt. Amarinder was administered oath of office and secrecy by Punjab Governor V.P. Singh Badnore at the swearing-in ceremony held at the Punjab Raj Bhawan. Along with him nine […]
» Read moreThe government, on Wednesday, approved the National Health Policy, which proposes to provide “assured health services to all” in the country. Government sources said the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave its nod to the policy, which has been pending for the last two years. Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda is likely to make a suo moto […]
» Read moreUttar Pradesh Congress chief Raj Babbar on Wednesday offered to resign, taking moral responsibility for the poll debacle+ in the state His offer of resignation comes amid demands for structural changes and fixing responsibility+ in the party for the defeat in the Assembly elections. Babbar also echoed Rahul Gandhi on the need for making structural changes to strengthen the party […]
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