The Kerala police on Saturday arrested Congress MLA M Vincent, against whom rape charges were raised by a 51-year-old woman. The police team-led led by Neyyatinkara DSP B Harikumar arrived at the legislator’s hostel here around 12.40 pm and left after more than three hours of questioning. He later was taken to police club at Peroorkada for further interrogation and […]
» Read moreVeteran 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 moreA powerful earthquake shook the Greek resort island of Kos early Friday morning, damaging older and historic buildings and the main port, killing at least two people and causing more than 120 injuries, authorities said. The 6.5-magnitude quake rattled other islands and Turkey’s Aegean coast as well, but Kos was nearest to the epicenter and appeared to be the worst-hit, […]
» 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 […]
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