Lucknow, May 24 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh continued to sizzle Saturday, with temperatures at some places crossing 46 degrees Celsius. The day temperature in cities like Kanpur, Lucknow and Varanasi was static at 44 degrees Celsius, while the temperature Friday touched 46 degrees Celsius in Allahabad city and neighbouring areas. The met department said there was […]
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Senior-most Congress MP Kamal Nath is expected to be nominated as Leader of Opposition, party sources said Friday. Kamal Nath is the “front-runner” for the post, the sources said. “Going by seniority, Kamal Nath is number one (choice for the position),” a senior Congress MP told IANS. However, he added that […]
Patna, May 23 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi Friday won the trust vote in the assembly. Manjhi proved his majority after Nitish Kumar quit as Bihar chief minister Saturday following his party’s rout in the Lok Sabha polls. Manjhi, a 68-year-old Mahadalit leader, was Tuesday sworn-in as the 23rd chief minister of the state.
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) The UN Thursday launched a year-long campaign aimed at mobilising governments and people in favour of gender equality. The campaign was launched to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the historic fourth world conference on women in Beijing that drew an unprecedented 17,000 participants. During the past two decades, much progress has […]
Kathmandu, May 22 (IANS) Nepal Prime Minister Sushil Koirala has decided to attend the swearing in ceremony of India’s new prime minister Narendra Modi Monday, it was announced Thursday. Koirala will fly to New Delhi Monday. A team of government officials will also take part in the oath taking ceremony, Minister for Information and Communication Minendra […]
Gandhinagar, May 22 (IANS) Anandiben Patel was Thursday sworn in as Gujarat’s new chief minister, a day after Narendra Modi resigned to become India’s prime minister. Patel is the state’s first woman chief minister.
Islamabad, May 22 (IANS) Pakistan Thursday rejected reports that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has accepted an invitation to attend the oath taking ceremony of Narendra Modi as India’s prime minister. Reports in the Indian media say the invitation extended to the premier for the Monday ceremony has been accepted, Dawn online reported. Foreign Office spokeswoman Tasnim […]
On May 20, four days after the Congress party and its ruling alliance conceded the mother of all mandates in three decades to the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party, the Twitter handle of the Prime Minister’s Office, @PMOIndia, vanished mysteriously. It soon re-appeared, but minus its 1.2 million followers, and minus Manmohan Singh’s tired face […]
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) BCCI president N. Srinivasan will have to continue staying away from discharging the functions as national cricketing body chief as the Supreme Court Thursday declined to entertain his plea seeking restoration of his powers. The apex court bench of Justice B.S. Chauhan and Justice A.K. Sikri declined to hear Srinivasan’s plea […]
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) BCCI president N. Srinivasan will have to continue staying away from discharging the functions as head of the cricketing body as the Supreme Court Thursday declined to entertain his plea seeking restoration of his powers. The apex court bench of Justice B.S. Chauhan and Justice A.K. Sikri declined to hear Srinivasan’s […]