Lucknow, March 12 (IANS) A defamation case was filed against Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for saying at a rally in Maharashtra March 6 that the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) killed Mahatma Gandhi. The case was filed in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district Tuesday. The case, filed by Sanu Shukla, a lawyer and also the convenor […]
Thiruvananthapuram, March 11 (IANS) Former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit was sworn in as the 22nd governor of Kerala at Raj Bhavan here Tuesday. Kerala High Court Chief Justice Manjula Chellur administered the oath of office. Dikshit replaced Nikhil Kumar who was in office for less than an year (March 23, 2013-March 5, 2014) and was […]
Thiruvananthapuram, March 11 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy can breathe easy as a notification issued by the centre has accepted the state’s recommendation to keep agricultural land, plantations and habitations of 123 villages out of ecologically sensitive areas. The ecologically sensitive areas were identified by a high-level working group on the Western Ghats. Chandy, addressing […]
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Mozambique Agriculture Minister Jose Pacheco Tuesday praised India for its “non-interfering stand” while providing lines of credit meant for the development of his country’s agriculture and infrastructure sectors. “India does not impose anything on us while granting the line of credit. India respects the priorities of our government,” Pacheco said. “The […]
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee Tuesday lauded the Indian Air Force (IAF) saying it has been commendably executing its mandate of safeguarding the Indian skies. The president was speaking after presenting the top honours of Standard and Colours to 112 Helicopter Unit and No.4 Base Repair Depot of the IAF. The award of […]
Mumbai, March 11 (IANS) Living up to his common man image, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal will kickstart his Lok Sabha campaign here Wednesday by using public transport to reach out to voters, the party said Tuesday. After landing at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Kejriwal will catch an auto-rickshaw to go to Andheri station. There, the […]
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Rebel Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Ram Kripal Yadav, who is keen to contest from the Patliputra Lok Sabha seat in Bihar against RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s daughter Misa Bharti, met BJP president Rajnath Singh here Tuesday. “I met Rajnath Singh at the airport. I will tell you the details of […]
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Advocate Ashok Agarwal, a member of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national executive, Tuesday resigned from the post and the party. Agarwal who has been associated with the party since 2012, said he joined hands with the AAP because he though that it stood for “strong principles to benefit the last […]
Patna, March 11 (IANS) A day after Bihar’s Industry and Disaster Management Minister Renu Kumari Kushwaha resigned from the Nitish Kumar cabinet, her resignation was accepted by the chief minister Tuesday. Ruling Janata Dal (United) (JD-U) state president Vashsisht Narain Singh said Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has accepted her resignation. However, she has made it clear […]
Chandigarh, March 11 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda had acquired a reputation as one of the most powerful Congress chief ministers who could get away with just about anything with the party high command. Now, however, the world around Hooda seems to be crumbling. The biggest setback to Hooda has come in the form […]