Sat, 15 Dec 2018 14:45:25
Mahinda Rajapaksa, who was appointed as Sri Lanka's Prime Minister by President Maithripala Sirisena in a controversial move, resigned Saturday as two crucial Supreme Court decisions made the embattled former strongman's efforts to cling to premiership untenable.
Rajapaksa informed the lawmakers of United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) that he has resigned from the post, MP Shehan Semasingh
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Sat, 15 Dec 2018 14:42:45
New Delhi: Notwithstanding the Supreme Court's verdict on the Rafale deal, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday maintained that there was massive corruption in the contract and wondered why the CAG report "cited by the Supreme Court" on it had not yet been shared with the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament.
Rahul Gandhi also reiterated the Congress' demand for a Joint Parliamentary Co
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Sat, 15 Dec 2018 14:31:18
District in-charge minister Puttaranga Shetty on Saturday said two people have been arrested in connection with the food-poisoning incident that took place on Friday morning after devotees consumed 'prasad' distributed at the Maramma temple in Chamarajanagar district.
Shetty, who visited a hospital where those affected are undergoing treatment, said the polic
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Sat, 15 Dec 2018 11:53:39
A BSNL employee lost her life when a tanker rammed into her two-wheeler near Mulki bus stand, 22 km from Mangalore on Friday evening.
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Fri, 14 Dec 2018 01:04:00
The Congress on Thursday night named veteran leader Kamal Nath as Madhya Pradesh’s next chief minister, after hours of hectic parleys held by the party chief Rahul Gandhi with senior party leaders.
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Fri, 14 Dec 2018 00:30:12
Sriram Sene Uttar Kannada district unit chief Jayant Naik allegedly started a quarrel with two youngsters after alleging that they were indulging in eve teasing. However, when the boys stated they were innocent and the girls in questions rejected the allegations of harassment, a fight broke out. Later on, Jayant Naik reportedly admitted himself in a hospital saying that he was injured in the fight
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Thu, 13 Dec 2018 20:49:30
Association for Protection of Civil Right, a forum consisting mainly of lawyers and other civil activists more commonly referred as APCR, came down heavily against the draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and urged activists and lawyers across the nation to raise their voice to get it abolished.
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Thu, 13 Dec 2018 17:54:56
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on a plea seeking annulment of his election to the state assembly for alleged non-disclosure of pending criminal cases against him in the nomination papers. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices SK Kaul and KM Joseph sought response of the chief minister on an appeal filed ag
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Thu, 13 Dec 2018 17:47:32
TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao, who led his party to a massive victory in the December 7 assembly elections, was sworn-in Thursday as the chief minister of Telangana for a second straight term.
KCR, as Rao is popularly known, was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor E S L Narasimhan at a simple ceremony on the lawns of Raj Bhavan here.
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