After facing flak over delinking the schedule from Himachal Pradesh a fortnight ago, the Election Commission on Wednesday announced that Assembly polls in Gujarat will be held on December 9 and 14, asserting that the delay was meant to ensure that relief and rehabilitation work in the wake of devastating floods was not affected. Declaring […]
Firebrand Patidar leader Hardik Patel on Tuesday denied reports that he met Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi in an Ahmedabad hotel and wondered how CCTV footage of the five-star hotel where they were staying got leaked. “I did not meet Rahul Gandhi but whenever I will meet him, will go to meet him after declaring […]
The powerful Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday entered the league of China’s greats Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping as the Communist Party incorporated his political thought into its constitution. On the last day of the week-long 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), nearly 2,300 delegates at the Soviet-style Great Hall […]
The NIA on Tuesday arrested Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin’s son Syed Shahid Yusuf in connection with its probe into terror funding in Jammu and Kashmir, agency officials said. An official told IANS: “Yusuf was arrested today in Delhi after he was called for questioning at the NIA (National Investigation Agency) headquarters in an old […]
The NSW Government has proposed tough new Code of Conduct requirements for local NSW councils. Local Government Minister Gabrielle Upton said the updated Model Code of Conduct for Councils in NSW – which would apply to 1,500 councillors and almost 50,000 council staff across NSW – was now on public exhibition for comment. “While most councillors do […]
Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal remained in the number one spot in the men’s Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles rankings released on Monday. Nadal, 16-time Grand Slam champion, maintained the top spot, ahead of Switzerland’s Roger Federer, reports Efe. There were no changes in this week’s standings as Britain’s Andy Murray came in third, […]
Uttar Pradesh is committed to promoting religious tourism in the state, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Monday after undertaking a five-kilometre long ‘parikrama’ of the Kamadgiri temple at Chitrakoot. On the second day of his visit to Chitrakoot, Adityanath took many by surprise when he decided to walk the entire five kilometre stretch around […]
China said on Monday that a sovereign country is treaty bound to protect foreign diplomats, a day after reports emerged that Beijing fears a terror attack on its newly appointed envoy to Pakistan. According to media reports in Pakistan, the Chinese Embassy has requested the Pakistani government to increase security for its ambassador. The Chinese […]
The Samajwadi Party will contest five Assembly seats in Gujarat and will back the Congress in the other seats, former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said on Monday. Akhilesh Yadav also told the media that the party had decided not to weaken other strong contenders in the state. Taking a dig over the delay […]
The Congress on Monday demanded a court-monitored probe into allegations by a Patidar leader from North Gujarat that he was paid Rs 1 crore to join the BJP. Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari said Narendra Patel, who belongs to the Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) led by Hardik Patel, had said that the BJP attempted “to […]