Congress leaders at the swearing-in ceremony of DK Shivakumar and his ministers NEW DELHI: Karnataka’s new cabinet took shape on Wednesday as DK Shivakumar took oath as chief minister along with 13 other Congress MLAs and leaders as ministers.Senior leader G Parameshwara was sworn in as deputy chief minister. Shivakumar was the deputy CM under…
NEW DELHI: In a major setback for Mamata Banerjee, expelled Trinamool Congress leader Ritabrata Banerjee claimed on Wednesday that assembly Speaker Rathindra Bose had appointed him as the leader of the opposition in the state assembly. Ritabrata further claimed that the Speaker has accepted the rebel group’s claim for legislature party status“We are real and…
NEW DELHI: The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK)-led alliance has allotted a Rajya Sabha seat from Tamil Nadu to its alliance partner, the Indian National Congress, ahead of the biennial elections scheduled for June 18.In a statement, the alliance announced that the seat falling vacant from Tamil Nadu and set to be filled through the upcoming…
NEW DELHI: Congress leadership sought to project a message of unity and smooth transition in Karnataka on Wednesday as DK Shivakumar took oath as the state’s new chief minister. With Constitution in one hand, Shivakumar took the oath while sharing the stage with outgoing chief minister Siddaramaiah, alongside the party’s top brass.The swearing-in ceremony, attended…
Smoke rises from Kuwait international airport after a drone strike (AP photo) An Indian national was the victim in the attack on Kuwait airport by Iranian drones earlier on Wednesday.“Embassy of India in Kuwait expresses its deepest condolences at the tragic demise of an Indian national due to an attack on the airport in Kuwait…
“Whatever you can rightly say about India, the opposite is also true.” The old Joan Robinson line still works because India has a way of defeating neat summaries. Most national averages come with broad patterns, outliers and warnings.The latest Sample Registration System data is one such mirror. The SRS, India’s official large-scale system for tracking…
NEW DELHI: As the Election Commission expands its Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across multiple states, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has launched a fresh attack on the exercise, alleging that it could be used to create a “permanent class of excluded Indians” and disproportionately affect Muslims, women, migrants and the poor.In a post…
NEW DELHI: The rebellion within the Trinamool Congress (TMC) has deepened over the past week, with rebel MLAs backing expelled leader Ritabrata Banerjee for the post of leader of opposition and drawing comparisons with Maharashtra’s Shiv Sena split.But a closer look suggests the revolt may be less about challenging Mamata Banerjee‘s leadership and more about…
NEW DELHI: In another sign of the growing divide within the Trinamool Congress, several party MLAs attended Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari’s administrative review meeting on Wednesday, even as the opposition party grappled with its biggest internal crisis since losing power in West Bengal.Among those present at the Nabanna meeting were rebel leaders Ritabrata Banerjee, Javed…
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday questioned the Centre over the alleged offloading of some of India’s gold reserve to protect the country’s foreign-currency assets after the rupee continued to depreciate against US dollars. As of filing of this article the Rupee was valued at 95.691 to the US dollar a…