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Soren proves majority, accuses BJP of ‘destabilising democracy’
The Hemant Soren-led government proved majority in the Jharkhand Assembly on Monday as 48 MLAs voted in his favour. The assembly passed the confidence motion tabled by CM Hemant Soren amid a walkout staged by BJP legislators. Speaking during the one-day special session, Soren said the need for trust...
Jharkhand UPA MLAs in Ranchi ahead of crucial trust vote
Around 26 MLAs of the ruling coalition who were camped in a resort in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur since August 30 landed back in Ranchi on Sunday. The MLAs were shifted to Raipur after the ruling UPA coalition raised concerns that the BJP was trying to poach the legislators. Parliamentary Affairs...
Maha Governor scraps MVA Govt’s list for 12 MLC nominees
Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has scrapped the list with the names of 12 experts recommended by the previous MVA government for the nomination to the legislative council. The move comes as the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government wrote a letter to the governor withdrawing the recommendation for the nomination...
Yogendra Yadav quits Samyukta Kisan Morcha panel
Social activist Yogendra Yadav has resigned from the Samyukta Kisan Morcha coordination committee but said he will remain a “soldier” of the farmers’ collective. The SKM made Yadav’s resignation letter public at a press conference at Gurudwara Rakabganj here. In the letter, Yadav has said he will no longer...
Jharkhand CM Soren to seek trust vote on Monday
Amid suspense over the continuation of the Jharkhand Chief Minister as an MLA, Hemant Soren will seek a vote of trust during the special session of the Assembly on Monday, an official said. As per a letter sent to the MLAs by the Assembly secretariat, the chief minister has...
Ghulam Nabi Azad likely to announce party at rally
Stage is set for what would be the former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad’s new political chapter after he broke away from his five-decade-long association with the grand old party. It is D day for him and for his supporters in Jammu where Azad is likely to launch his...
BJP threatens to withdraw support to Conrad Sangma Govt
With just five months left for the Assembly polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which shares power with the National People’s Party (NPP) in Meghalaya has threatened to withdraw support following the spate of allegations against the Conrad Sangma government. Moreover, the BJP begins to dig out the documentary...
India beats UK to become 5th largest economy
India has become the fifth largest economy in the world, beating the UK, a report has said. The country has become the fifth biggest economy during the last three months of 2021, pushing the United Kingdom to the sixth spot, with the country grappling with a harsh shock of...
Azad rally, Cong Delhi event set stage for Sunday showdown
The stage is set for a battle of ideologies and show of strength this Sunday as former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad will hold a rally in his home turf of J&K to gauge the mood of the public, while the Grand Old Party takes to the streets in...
Blow to Nitish as 5 JD(U) Manipur MLAs join BJP
Five MLAs from Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) joined the ruling BJP in Manipur on Friday, a statement said. The statement issued by Manipur Assembly Secretary K Meghajit Singh said that the Speaker was pleased to accept the merger of five JD(U) MLAs with the BJP under the tenth schedule of...
JD(U) calls crucial meeting ahead of national executive
”Desh ka neta kaisa ho Nitish Kumar jaisa ho” was the slogan that rent the air, and summed up the sentiment, at the JD(U)’s Bihar headquarters here ahead of the party’s national executive meeting scheduled on Saturday. The chief minister visited the Birchand Patel Marg office on Friday to...
J’khand Governor flies to Delhi amid suspense over CM fate
Amid confusion over continuation of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren as an MLA, Governor Ramesh Bais on Friday went to Delhi, a day after ruling UPA MLAs urged him to clear the air over the EC’s recommendation on the matter. The governor’s Delhi visit has triggered further speculations as...
Starbucks names Laxman Narasimhan as new CEO
Starbucks Corp on Thursday named Laxman Narasimhan as its next chief executive officer, choosing an executive credited with revitalizing the maker of Lysol disinfectants to undertake a “reinvention” of the world’s biggest coffee chain. Narasimhan was CEO of Reckitt, which also makes Durex condoms, Enfamil baby formula and Mucinex...
Azad-Hooda meeting raises hackles in Haryana Congress
A meeting between erstwhile Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad has ruffled feathers within the party’s state unit with some leaders seeking an explanation on the interaction between the two even as the ex-CM said he always stood by the Gandhi family....
KCR’s Bihar tour turns laughing stock over ‘Nitish as PM’
The video of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao repeatedly asking his Bihar counterpart to ‘Please sit down, please sit down’ and let him answer the media’s questions is now going viral. The BJP, which has shared the video, blamed Nitish’s ‘self-conceited’ nature behind it, while adding that KCR...
Kanhaiya, Khera among ‘yatris’of 3,500-km Cong march
Congress leaders Kanhaiya Kumar, Pawan Khera and former Punjab minister Vijay Inder Singla feature in a tentative list of “Bharat Yatris”, who will walk throughout the 3,500-km stretch of the party’s Kanyakumari-to-Kashmir “Bharat Jodo Yatra” starting September 7. Former Youth Congress president Keshav Chandra Yadav and Vaibhav Walia, secretary...
BJP leaders ‘purify’ Rajghat with ‘gangajal’ after AAP visit
BJP leaders, including South Delhi MP Ramesh Bidhuri, sprinkled ‘Gangajal’ at the entrance of Rajghat on Tuesday to “purify” the place after it was visited by AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal and his MLAs. The south Delhi MP, who was accompanied by Leader of Opposition in the Delhi Assembly Ramvir...
Kidnap accused Bihar minister shifted from law portfolio
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has transferred out Kartikeya Singh as the Law Minister amidst a controversy surrounding the latter in a kidnapping case. Kartikeya Singh, aka Kartik Singh, has been given the low-profile sugarcane industries department and Shamim Ahmed now holds the law ministry. मंत्री कार्तिक कुमार का...
