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Nitish Kumar sacks fisheries, animal husbandry minister
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday sacked Mukesh Sahani, the minister for fisheries and animal husbandry, from his cabinet, highly placed sources said here. They said the recommendation to this effect has been sent to the Governor following a “written submission” from ally BJP which had contended that...
Sawant to take oath as second-term Goa CM today
Three-time MLA Pramod Sawant, who led the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to victory in the recently concluded elections to the 40-member Goa Assembly, will take oath as the state’s chief minister for the second time on Monday in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other dignitaries. The...
Bharat Bandh on Monday-Tuesday to hit services
A joint forum of central trade unions has called for a nationwide strike on Monday and Tuesday to protest against Central government policies that affect workers. The banking sector will be joining the strike, the All India Bank Employees Association said on Facebook. The call for a nationwide strike...
Cong campaign against price rise from March 31
The Congress on Saturday announced a three-phased campaign, “Mehngai-mukt Bharat Abhiyaan”, against price rise under which it will organise rallies and marches across the country from March 31 to April 7. Congress general secretary and chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala told a press conference here that in the first phase...
Digvijaya gets 1-year jail term for clash with BJYM workers
A court in Indore district of Madhya Pradesh on Saturday sentenced six people including Congress leader Digvijaya Singh to one year’s rigorous imprisonment in a case related to a clash with protesting workers of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) in 2011. The court later granted bail to...
Russian colonel reported killed by own troops
In fresh setbacks for the Russian assault on Ukraine, a top commander of the country was killed by his own “demoralised” men while a general was believed to have also died, reports have said. Western officials claim that seven Russian generals have so far been killed during the war...
India resumes regular international flights
After a coronavirus pandemic-induced hiatus of over two years, regular international flights resumed from Sunday with airports and airlines getting ready for normal overseas operations. Battered by the pandemic, the airline industry is slowly coming back to normalcy and the resumption of normal overseas flights is expected to provide...
Yogi extends free ration scheme for another 3 months
The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has decided to extend its free ration scheme by three months. The decision was taken today in the first cabinet meeting chaired by Yogi Adityanath, who took oath as UP’s Chief Minister for the second time yesterday. A total of 15...
Russia shifts goalposts to claim face-saving victory
Russia has reframed its war goals in Ukraine in a way that may make it easier for President Vladimir Putin to claim a face-saving victory despite a woeful campaign in which his army has suffered humiliating setbacks, military analysts say. Russia attacked its neighbour by land, air and sea...
US terms India’s Ukraine stand as ‘unsatisfactory’
A senior White House official said on Friday India’s position at the United Nations over the crisis in Ukraine has been “unsatisfactory” but was also unsurprising given its historical relationship with Russia. Mira Rapp-Hooper, director for the Indo-Pacific on the White House National Security Council, told an online forum...
Sonia calls meeting to prepare for organisational polls
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has convened a meeting of party general secretaries and state in-charges on March 26 to discuss organisational elections, the party’s membership drive and the current political situation besides planning agitational programmes. Congress general secretary (organisation) K C Venugopal will chair the meeting at the party...
Muslim minister says his appointment slap for SP, Cong
His becoming a minister wasn’t unexpected but a symbol of faith reposed by the party in a dedicated worker and a “slap” on the faces of the opposition Samajwadi Party and Congress, said Uttar Pradesh lone Muslim minister Danish Azad Ansari on Friday. Not a member of either house...
Uddhav govt move for 300 MLA flats under fire
Mumbai is a city where even if one manages to get a job, it’s difficult to get a house to live in. The wish of millions in this metropolis to have their own house is a dream that not always gets fulfilled. Now, a decision by the state government...
Eyes on deputy CMs, Muslim induction in Yogi ministry
PM Modi, senior BJP leaders including CMs from other states, and dignitaries from across different fields will attend the swearing-in ceremony of the second Yogi Adityanath government at Lucknow stadium on Friday. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who attended the BJP MLAs’ meeting as an observer, said the party’s...
TMC demands Governor’s removal
The incident of Birbhum massacre was taken up by members of the Parliament in Lok Sabha on Thursday as leaders of Bharatiya Janata Party and the Trinamool Congress traded barbs at each in and outside the floor of the House. Meanwhile, in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee took...
Mann promises crackdown on corruption
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday in their first meeting after he was sworn in on March 16. Riding a wave for change, the Aam Aadmi Party won 92 seats in the 117-member state assembly in the recently held polls. Mann met Modi...
Buzz over Prashant Kishor’s role in Cong Mission Gujarat
Election strategist Prashant Kishor has reportedly reached out to Rahul Gandhi to work on the Congress party’s campaign in the upcoming Gujarat assembly elections later this year, according to two sources in the Congress, a dramatic turn of events after both sides fell out last year after several rounds...
Chinese Foreign Minister in Delhi amid Kashmir remark row
China’s foreign minister Wang Yi has reached Delhi — the first high-level Chinese visit to India in more than two years, since the stand-off in Ladakh started. Sources said Wang Yi is expected to meet foreign minister S Jaishankar and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval tomorrow. The aim of...
