Mahendra Singh Dhoni Signs Autograph While Batting
Image credit: @MSDsuperfan/Twittter.There's always a first for everything and no wonder Mahendra Singh Dhoni will be remembered as the first among equals signing an autograph for a crazy fan while he was out there batting for Jharkhand in the...
Sidhu sworn in as Punjab cabinet minister
Nine cabinet ministers are being sworn in, but portfolios are not being announced today. The party's senior-most legislator Brahm Mohindra was sworn in first, followed by Navjot Singh Sidhu, Manpreet Badal (the estranged nephew of former Punjab CM Parkash Singh...
Capt Amarinder Singh sworn-in as Punjab CM
Captain Amarinder Singh sworn in as Punjab CM. Congress party biggies are at the swearing in ceremony. This is the only government the party has been able to form in the just-held five state elections. Dr Manmohan Singh, Rahul Gandhi,...
Deepika Padukone-Ranveer Singh’s Padmavati in trouble again, set vandalised in Kolhapur
Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh’s Padmavati is definitely in a lot of trouble. It was just two months back when the sets of this Sanjay Leela Bhansali directorial was set ablaze in Rajasthan, and now the movie unit faced the...
Something wrong in governance in Goa, says CM Parrikar
Panji: Manohar Parrikar takes charge as the new chief minister of Goa. Speaking to reporters today, Parrikar said the Congress defeat and the fact that many ministers lost, indicates there was something wrong in governance in the last 2.5 years....
Rape-accused Gayatri Prajapati sent to 14-day-jail
Lucknow: Rape-accused UP minister Gayatri Prajapati, arrested in Lucknow this morning, has been sent to jail for 14 days. Senior Superintendent of Police, Lucknow, Manzil Saini said that Prajapati was arrested from Aashiyana area of the city early on Wednesday morning. He...
SP leader Gayatri Prajapati, accused of rape, caught in Lucknow
Lucknow: In a major breakthrough, absconding rape-accused minister Gayatri Prajapati was arrested on Wednesday morning by the Uttar Pradesh Police in connection with a case against the Samajwadi Party leader. This development comes a day after three persons were detained in...
Development plans for five pilgrimage places approved
Mumbai: A high-powered committee headed by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today approved development plans (DPs) of five pilgrimage destinations. DPs for Shri Sant Gulabrao Maharaj's birth place at Loni (Rs 6.70 crore), Shri Kshetra Riddhapur (Rs 25 crore), Shri Sant...
After Goa, Manipur – Governor calls BJP leader Biren to form government
The Congress party under its leader Rahul Gandhi has quite lost the theme it seems. After Goa, it is Manipur now. After the BJP on Monday announced the name of Nongthombam Biren as its chief ministerial pick for the...
Supreme Court orders floor test in Goa today but refused to stay Parrikar swearing in
The Supreme Court just now, refused to stay the swearing-in ceremony of BJP leader Parrikar in Goa. It has ordered that the floor test be conducted in Goa Assembly today itself. It could take place this afternoon. The swearing-in ceremony...
Angry Goa Congress MLAs blame Digvijaya for the fiasco – party goes to S.C.
As Nitin Gadkari and BJP were seen to be having the last laugh in Panaji newly elected legislators of the Congress were upset and angry with senior leader Digvijaya Singh. They were heard arguing loudly while Singh tried to...
Results show people’s acceptance of central policies: Purohit
Guwahati: Assam Governor Banwarilal Purohit today termed the Assembly elections results in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa as people's acceptance of the Centre's pro-people policies. He congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi "for leading the party to historical mandate in the...
Lalu’s brilliant reply to BJP’s Sushil Modi on poll result jibe
When BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi thought of ribbing RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, he should have braced himself for the mischievous comeback. In the backdrop of BJP sweeping both Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand with a clear majority in the state...
Goa: CM Parsekar loses; former CM Digambar Kamat wins
Panji: In a setback to BJP, Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar was today humbled in his sitting seat Mandrem by Congress candidate Dayanand Sopte, as the ruling and opposition parties appeared locked in a close fight, going by results and...
Press any button, vote goes to BJP: Maya screams fraud, calls for re-polls
BSP chief Mayawati calls for re-elections. Questioning the EVMs credibility she says these results are hard to swallow. "Voting machines tampered with. Press any button, the vote goes to the BJP. The BJP winning even in Muslim areas. The Muslim...
UP a tsunami! At this rate we might as well forget 2019: Omar
Former J-K CM Omar Abdullah, prolific on Twitter, let's it rip: "How the hell did almost all the experts/analysts miss this wave in UP? It's a tsunami not a ripple in a small pond. Criticism the PM will only take us...
Who will be UP CM? Amit Shah will pull rabbit from hat, says Chandan Mitra
A saffron holi likely in Uttar Pradesh as trends put BJP in power with a massive lead. Samajwadi Party-Congress experiment fails to deliver the political punch in the heartland state. Union minister Piyush Goyal speaking to ANI says, " The nation...
Goa CM Laxmikant Parsekar trailing
PANAJI: Chief Minister and BJP Mandrem MLA Laxmikant Parsekar is trailing behind Congress candidate Dayanand Raghunath Sopte in the Goa state assembly elections as per initial reports from the counting hall in Panaji. Sopte has polled 3962 votes in the first...
BJP ahead on over 100 seats in Uttar Pradesh
New Delhi: The counting of votes in assembly elections in five states, including Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur, has started amid tight security. The most riveting contest is expected in Uttar Pradesh, seen as a game-changer and a...
Rajya Sabha passes bill to amend Enemy Property Act
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha today passed a Bill to amend a 49-year-old law to guard against claims of succession or transfer of properties left by people who migrated to Pakistan and China, amid a walkout by the entire Opposition. The Enemy...
SC dismisses plea against Padma Vibhushan to Dhirubhai Ambani
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea for quashing a government notification to confer Padma Vibhushan in 2016 on late Dhirubhai Ambani, the founder of Reliance Industries Ltd. A bench headed by Chief Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar...
