Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, who was expelled from Samajwadi Party by his father and SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, on Saturday held a meeting at his residence where a majority of the 229 party MLAs were present Though the exact number of those present at the meeting was not immediately known, insiders maintained that a majority of the 229 SP […]
» Read moreThe Reserve Bank of India has increased the cash withdrawal limit from automated teller machines to Rs 4,500 per day from January 1. The cash withdrawal limit was Rs 2,500 since the withdrawal of the high value currency notes. “Such disbursals should predominantly be in the denomination of ₹ 500,” RBI said. There is no change in weekly withdrawal limit […]
» Read moreOne civilian was killed as Pakistani Army indulged in heavy cross border firing targeting Indian positions and civilian areas along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir, prompting the Indian side to retaliate. “Pakistani troops targeted the Indian Army posts and civilian areas along the LoC in Poonch sector with small arms, automatic and mortars […]
» Read moreV K Sasikala, who was appointed to the top post in the AIADMK on Thursday, will formally take charge as the party’s general secretary tomorrow, the party has said today. The AIADMK headquarters at Royapettah is being spruced up for the occasion with a dais being set up near the MGR statue to facilitate Sasikala to pay tributes to the […]
» Read moreIndia’s international counter-terror campaign suffered a setback on Friday with China blocking a UN attempt to blacklist major Pakistan-based terror mastermind Masood Azhar. China’s block stopped the counter terror committee of the UN Security Council from blacklisting Azhar, leader of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) group even as India issued a strong note of protest and called China’s block as “surprising”. India’s latest […]
» Read moreThe ruling Samajwadi Party was on Friday on the precipice of a split with party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav expelling his son and Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and general secretary Ramgopal Yadav for six years after they put up candidates against the official nominees and summoned a party meet on Sunday. The expulsion was dubbed by a defiant Ramgopal, Mulayam’s […]
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