New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee Sunday signed an order dissolving the 15th Lok Sabha. In a statement, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said the president signed it a day after the outgoing cabinet made the recommendation. “The president accepted the advice of the cabinet and today signed the order dissolving the 15th Lok Sabha in […]
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) Raising the morale of party workers, ideological consolidation, policy revamp and a sustained grassroots campaign are among the measures being suggested by Congress leaders to revive the party’s fortunes after its crushing defeat in the Lok Sabha polls. In the immediate aftermath of the Congress’s poll debacle, party leaders said a […]
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) The RSS will have no role in the formation of the union cabinet, BJP leader M. Venkaiah Naidu and RSS spokesperson Ram Madhav said Sunday. Asked about the role the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) would play in the formation of the government, Naidu said: “The question does not arise. The Sangh […]
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) Energy exploration and production major ONGC Sunday said it achieved its highest so far market intra-day capitalisation of Rs.3.56 trillion on Friday at the National Stock Exchange (NSE). “In intra-day trade on 16th May, ONGC scrip logged a new peak of Rs.416.35 (NSE), taking its market capitalization to highest ever value,” […]
Panaji, May 18 (IANS) Two foreigners were arrested here Sunday by the police in two separate narcotics raids which netted drugs worth nearly Rs.25 lakh. British national Allan Bainbridge, 48, was arrested by the anti-narcotics cell (ANC) from Anjuna, a popular narco-tourism hub in Goa with possession of contraband drugs ecsctacy and LSD worth Rs.21 lakh. […]
Chennai, May 18 (IANS) M.K. Stalin, DMK treasurer and son of party president M. Karunanidhi, Sunday offered to give up his post following the party’s debacle in the Lok Sabha polls, but rescinded following pressure from the rank and file. A DMK leader told IANS: “He (Stalin) has offered to resign from the post accepting moral […]
Patna, May 18 (IANS) The JD-U legislature party Sunday unanimously decided that Nitish Kumar, who quit as Bihar chief minister Saturday following his party’s rout in the Lok Sabha polls, will continue as chief minister. A JD-U leader, who attended the meeting at chief minister’s official residence here, said that JD-U legislature party expressed its full […]
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) State-owned Air India is looking to operate new international routes like Moscow, Rome and Milan in the coming months on its newly-acquired fuel-efficient Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft to gain market share. “Our team is already in Moscow to take the mandatory approvals for the first flight between Delhi-Moscow. The approvals are […]
Thiruvananthapuram, May 17 (IANS) Not many politicians would have envied 70-year-old Congress chief minister from Kerala Oommen Chandy ahead of the 2014 general elections. On the back-foot in Kerala due to anti-incumbency factor both at the centre and in the state, and facing the Narendra Modi-led BJP and a resurgent Left, Chandy emerged as one of […]
Hyderabad, May 17 (IANS) The number of women representatives in the Lok Sabha from Andhra Pradesh has come down to just three from five in the last Lok Sabha. Interestingly, all the three newly-elected women MPs are fresh faces. K. Kavitha, daughter of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao, is the only woman MP […]