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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....
Shinde meets Uddhav Thackeray’s top aide
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday visited the residence of Milind Narvekar, personal secretary of Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, on the occasion of Ganesh festival. Eknath Shinde, who rebelled against Thackeray’s leadership in June and toppled his government, said he paid visit to Narvekar’s residence to pay...
Bengal BJP chief is a puppet, says party colleague
Infighting in Bengal BJP came out in the open on Thursday when its national secretary Anupam Hazra slammed the party’s Bengal president Sukanta Majumdar for “lacking the personality” needed to lead a party and said he is just a puppet who is controlled by others. Hazra’s outburst against Majumdar...
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...
Kidnap-accused Bihar minister forced to quit
A minister in the Nitish Kumar government, who is an accused in a 2014 kidnapping case, resigned on Wednesday night amid protests by the opposition. Earlier in the day, the Bihar Law Minister Kartik Kumar, a leader from the alliance partner Rashtriya Janata Dal, was moved to the sugracane...
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...
Portugal minister quits after pregnant Indian tourist dies
Portugal’s Health Minister Marta Temido resigned on Tuesday after the widespread criticism of her decision to temporarily close emergency obstetric services and the death of an Indian pregnant woman during transfer between hospitals. Ms Temido in a sentence said that she “no longer has the conditions” to exercise the...
Shivakumar says Karnataka ‘country’s corruption capital’
The Congress today accused the BJP of deflecting attention from multiple corruption scandals in Karnataka ahead of the next year’s elections, with focus on communal issues like the row over hijab, halal meat and the lately, the Ganesh Chaturthi celebration on Eidgah land. In an exclusive interview with NDTV,...
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...
