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Patna, Nov 28 (IANS) The 25th foundation day of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) was celebrated on Friday by both its factions -- Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) (LJPRV) led by Chirag Paswan and the Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party (RLJP)...
Srinagar, Nov 28 (IANS) J&K’s ruling National Conference (NC) on Friday passed seven resolutions unanimously, including the party’s reaffirmation of commitment for special status, restoration of statehood, and condemnation of the Delhi terror blast.The resolutions were passed at the end...
Bengaluru, Nov 28 (IANS) The fierce squabbling and open confrontation in the Karnataka unit of the Congress party, over the Chief Minister’s chair, has drawn sharp criticism from party veteran and former Union Minister Veerappa Moily. Moily, in an interaction...
Chennai, Nov 28 (IANS) The Cyclonic Storm 'Ditwah' intensified over the southwest Bay of Bengal and coastal Sri Lanka, prompting the India Meteorological Department (IMD) to issue ‘extremely heavy rainfall’ warnings for coastal Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and South Andhra Pradesh...
Kohima, Nov 28 (IANS) With the 26th edition of the iconic 'Hornbill Festival' set to commence on December 1, Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio once again requested Union Home Minister Amit Shah to take immediate action on the clearance of...
Raipur, Nov 28 (IANS) In a dramatic development that signals near-total collapse of the Maoist movement in the tri-junction region, the Maharashtra-Madhya Pradesh-Chhattisgarh Special Zonal Committee (MMC Zone) of the banned CPI (Maoist) has openly declared its intention to give...
Mumbai, Nov 28 (IANS) The Maharashtra government on Friday appointed Rajesh Agarwal, an IAS of the 1989 batch, as the state chief secretary. Agarwal, who recently came back from his deputation in Delhi, was appointed as the additional chief secretary...
Mumbai, Nov 28 (IANS) In the money laundering case against Cox & Kings Ltd. (CKL), the Enforcement Directorate successfully ensured the release of properties worth Rs 520.80 crore to Legitimate Claimant, an official said on Friday. The Directorate of Enforcement...
Mumbai, Nov 28 (IANS) Uncertainty looms large over the elections to the 32 zilla parishads and 336 panchayat samitis after the Supreme Court has not specified the poll procedure for these local bodies where the 50 per cent reservation limit...
Kolkata, Nov 28 (IANS) Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar 'failed' to answer five crucial questions raised by the Trinamool Congress on the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) by the Election Commission in West Bengal, claimed members of a 10-member...
Kolkata, Nov 28 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Friday questioned the basis on which the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) determined the "untainted" teachers from the commission's 2016 panel, which would be deemed eligible for participation in the...
New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) India has consolidated its position as the world's fastest-growing large economy with the GDP growth rate surging to 8.2 per cent in the July-Sept quarter, while the world faces the headwinds of uncertainty and slowing...