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Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai reappears at public event
Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai appeared at a Beijing tennis tournament Sunday, according to official event photos, after international pressure mounted for information about her wellbeing. Peng can be seen in a navy sports jacket and white trackpants at the Fila Kids Junior Tennis Challenger Finals, according to photos published...
Ashok Gehlot does a balancing act, 5 Pilot loyalists in
Jaipur: Ashok Gehlot’s new-look cabinet was revealed today with 15 new faces. Five Sachin Pilot loyalists are among the 30 state ministers as the big revamp aims to put the differences – that became a public spectacle last year – to rest. In a balancing act, the Chief...
Leaks from cracks in Andhra reservoir cause concern
Tirupati: The temple town of Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh has been flooded for four straight days now, with fresh fears around cracks developing in of the biggest water reservoirs in the state that’s located in the district. No fresh downpour has been reported but breaches on highways and...
Farmers say protests to go on till laws repealed
New Delhi: Farmers at the Delhi borders have said that say their protests will continue till the formal cancellation of the three contentious farm laws, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Friday. They have also demanded a law on minimum support prices, and withdrawal of the police...
Tension after TMC alleges attack on youth wing chief
Political tension has increased in Tripura, four days ahead of municipal elections in the state. The TMC has alleged that the party’s youth wing president Sayoni Ghosh was attacked, and later arrested with an attempt to murder case slapped on her. Party general secretary Abhishek Banerjee was to reach...
India’s most powerful destroyer commissioned
Mumbai (Maharashtra): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said that Indo-Pacific being a key route is important for the world economy and it is the primary objective of the Indian Navy to keep it secure. “Indo-Pacific is a key route and it is important for the world economy. It...
Gehlot has resignation from all ministers ahead of cabinet rejig
Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has taken the resignations of all ministers in his government, a day before a much-awaited cabinet reshuffle. The oath ceremony of the new cabinet might take place at Raj Bhavan tomorrow. The countdown to the cabinet reshuffle had begun with several rounds of...
Sidhu calls PM Imran ‘bade bhai’, draws BJP fire
After his pilgrimage at theGurdwara Kartarpur Sahib on Saturday, Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu addressed Pakistan Prime Minister, his friend since cricket days, as his “elder brother”. Sidhu, who has been repeatedly credited by PM Khan for the idea of the corridor, reached Kartarpur Sahib three days after the...
Repeal of farm laws seen throwing Punjab polls wide open
The sudden announcement to repeal the three farm laws by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has opened up interesting possibilities in the political landscape of Punjab with state assembly elections just a few months away. Until this morning, before the PM addressed the nation, the only issue that had been...
Victory of will power of 62 cr farmers, says Sonia Gandhi
New Delhi: Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Friday night hailed the Modi government’s decision to cancel the three controversial farm laws, calling it “the victory of the struggle and willpower of 62 crore farmers and farm labourers (and) sacrifices of more than 700 farmer families”. The “anti-farming laws have...
Channi promises memorial for farmers agitation
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Thursday dubbed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement of repealing farm laws as “much delayed but welcome step” and also promised to construct a memorial in the name of farmers’ agitation in the state. Modi on Friday announced that the government has decided...
Buzz of Varun Gandhi switch to TMC ahead of Mamata visit
After the assembly elections and a series of bypolls in West Bengal this year, several leaders from the Congress and the BJP have left and joined the victorious Trinamool Congress. And speculation has started on whether Varun Gandhi may be added to the list in the near future. Trinamool Congress...
3 Rajasthan ministers offer to quit ahead of cabinet reshuffle
Jaipur: Three Rajasthan ministers have written to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, offering to quit their posts and work for the party, ahead of the expected Cabinet reshuffle in the state. Those who have offered to quit are Revenue Minister Harish Chaudhary, Medical and Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma and...
Modi’s tactical retreat on farm laws seen bringing rich dividends
The repeal of the three farm laws as announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday has two big messages — that the government has put “national interest” above all and that it “listens to the farmers”, be it withdrawing the controversial land acquisition ordinance in 2015 or the...
Opposition parties congratulate farmers for victory
New Delhi: Opposition parties have congratulated the protesting farmers for their “victory” after PM Modi’s decision today to repeal the three contentious farm laws that have seen ongoing spirited protests from farmers at the borders of the national capital, and across the country, for over a year now. The Prime Minister chose Guru...
Cong drops Azad from disciplinary action panel
Senior leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, who is part of Congress’s G23 group of ‘dissenters’, has been dropped from the party’s disciplinary action committee after president Sonia Gandhi reconstituted the panel. Besides the former Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Gandhi also dropped former Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and...
Owaisi announces stir for Muslim reservation in Maharashtra
All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday said his party will stage agitations across Maharashtra to demand reservations for Muslims in the state. Owaisi spoke to reporters after attending a conference on the present condition of Muslims in Maharashtra organised by Dua Foundation and the Centre...
Priyanka’s aide, two others booked for ‘snooping’
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s personal secretary, Sandeep Singh, and two other party leaders, Shiv Pandey and Yogesh Kumar Dixit, have been booked for alleged assault and snooping on a house at 7 Mall Avenue in state capital Lucknow. The FIR was lodged at Hussainganj police station on...
