Veteran Congress leader Shankarsinh Vaghela announced on Friday that he had been “relieved from the Congress” and that he was resigning as Leader of the Opposition in Gujarat. Addressing a public rally in Gandhinagar, organised on his 77th birthday, Mr. Vaghela said he was first a “victim of the BJP’s internal conspiracy and now a Congress conspiracy.” Mr. Vaghela thanked […]
» Read moreNagaland Chief Minister T R Zeliang on Friday won the trust vote in the State Assembly, two days after he was reappointed to the post amid high drama. He secured 47 out of the 59 votes in the House which included 36 votes of the NPF, 4 of the BJP and 7 from the Independents, Speaker Imtiwapang said. Former chief […]
» Read moreOpposition’s vice-presidential nominee Gopalkrishna Gandhi congratulated Ram Nath Kovind on his victory. “My warm congratulations to President-elect Shri Ram Nath Kovind and my best wishes for an outstanding tenure as Rashtrapati. May he exercise, for the good of our country, the classical ‘right to be consulted, the right to encourage, the right to warn…”
» Read moreBSP supremo Mayawati’s resignation from the Rajya Sabha was accepted on Thursday by chairman Hamid Ansari, a senior official of the Upper House said. The 61-year-old had submitted a fresh resignation letter as per the prescribed format, tendering a hand-written one-line letter, he said, wishing not to be named as he was not authorised to comment. Ms. Mayawati had on […]
» Read moreThe Madhya Pradesh government will give a compensation of ₹1 crore to the kin of soldiers from the state who die in the line of duty, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said. On the issues concerning farmers, Mr. Chouhan ruled out granting a complete loan waiver like Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, but said a scheme would be framed to […]
» Read moreCounter-terrorism cooperation between India and the U.S. deepened in 2016, the State Department’s annual ‘Country Reports on Terrorism’ released on Wednesday said. The report said the “Indian leadership expressed resolve to redouble efforts, in cooperation with the United States and other like-minded countries, to bring to justice the perpetrators of terrorism.” It said Pakistan remained “an important counter-terrorism partner” last […]
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