New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday accepted the resignation of Anandiben Patel as the Chief Minster of Gujarat after she offered to resign, saying she was soon going to turn 75. Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu said that she had set an example for many across the country. “The party has accepted her resignation. She offered […]
» Read moreThe AIADMK today expelled its Rajya Sabha MP Sasikala Pushpa from the party for slapping a leader from the rival DMK. Meanwhile, Pushpa broke down in Parliament today, claiming threat to her life. In a brief statement, Jayalalithaa said that Pushpa was eing expelled from all party posts, including primary embership, as she had acted in violation of the party […]
» Read moreIn a relief for Amit Shah, the Supreme Court today rejected a petition filed by activist and former bureaucrat Harsh Mander challenging the discharge of the BJP president in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case. A bench of Justice SA Bobde and Justice Ashok Bhushan rejected the plea by Mander, who had challenged the Bombay High Court order rejecting his […]
» Read moreA Taliban attack on a Kabul hotel housing foreign contractors ended Monday after all three Taliban fighters were killed, around seven hours after the assault began, police said. “The operation is over now. One policeman lost his life and three others were wounded but none of the hotel staff or guests were hurt,” Kabul police chief Abdul Rahman Rahimi told […]
» Read moreA city tabloid caused a major stir when it published nude photographs of Melania Trump, wife of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, during her modelling days in the 1990s. “You’ve never seen a potential First Lady like this,” the New York Post said on its front page on Sunday below a nude photograph of Melania. The “some rarely seen and […]
» Read moreA giant python, 13-foot-long and 24.5 kgs in weight, surfaced on the super busy National Highway 2 (Agra-Mathura Road) at 11 pm on Friday. This caused panic among commuters bringing traffic to a halt. It was rescued by NGO, Wildlife SOS, in a two-hour long operation. The experts said that it had probably come out of its nest after being […]
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