Former Rajya Sabha MP and president of Odisha Janamorcha party Pyari Mohan Mohapatra died in Mumbai after a prolonged illness on Sunday at the age of 77. Mohapatra passed away at 9.48 pm at Hinduja Hospital in Mumbai. He was also called ‘Chanakya of Odisha politics.’ Odisha chief minister Naveen[Read More…]
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Ex-RSS Trivendra Singh Rawat to be sworn in as Uttarakhand CM on Saturday
Ending the suspense on the state’s new chief minister’s name, a former RSS pracharak Trivendra Singh Rawat has been elected the leader of the new BJP legislative party in Uttarakhand and will take oath as CM on Saturday. As per reports, this was brought to Rawat’s knowledge last night, however, he is[Read More…]
Punjab: Amarinder Singh takes oath as CM; Sidhu, Manpreet cabinet ministers
Captain Amarinder Singh sworn-in as Punjab chief minister on Thursday after the Congress party’s clear-cut win in the Assembly elections held last month. This is Amarinder’s second stint as chief minister. Along with Singh, eight other cabinet ministers also took the oath. Amarinder was the Congress party’s projected chief ministerial[Read More…]
UP BJP chief Keshav Maurya front-runner for Chief Minister post
As the BJP almost certain to win the UP election, Keshav Prasad Maurya, the state party unit chief, who represents Phulpur in the Lok Sabha, is said to be one of the top contenders for the CM post. However, BJP yet to name Chief Ministerial candidate for the state. The[Read More…]
Tamil Nadu CM Palaniswami to meet PM
Nagaland CM to step down from his post
The Nagaland witnessed massive protests against reservation for women in local body elections. Amidst heated up situation, Nagaland is soon going to have a new chief minister. Ruling Naga People’s Front (NPF) president Shurhozelie Liezietsu will soon take over charge from current Chief Minister T.R. Zeliang. Nagaland is facing a[Read More…]
E Palaniswami takes oath as Tamil Nadu CM with 30 other ministers
Ending the 10-day impasse over government formation, Sasikala loyalist Edappadi K Palanisami took oath as next Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on Thursday. The development comes a day after AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala Natarajan surrendered before a Bengaluru jail following her conviction in a disproportionate assets case. Palanisamy has[Read More…]
As chief minister tortured rapists till they begged: Uma Bharti
Union Minister Uma Bharti during a campaign in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday said to a huge crowd that she made rapists “beg for forgiveness” when she was a chief minister. “Rapists should be tortured in front of victims until they beg for forgiveness. When I was the CM, I made[Read More…]
PIL filed in Supreme Court to restrain Sasikala swearing-in
A PIL was filed in the Supreme Court on Monday to restrain AIADMK leader V K Sasikala from being sworn in as Tamil Nadu chief minister on Tuesday. The PIL was filed on the ground that the apex court was likely to pronounce within a week the judgement in a[Read More…]
Kejriwal gets bail in false affidavit case of 2013 Assembly Polls
A Delhi court granted bail to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a complaint filed against him for allegedly giving “misleading information” in election affidavit ahead of the 2013 assembly polls, on Saturday. Metropolitan Magistrate Aashish Gupta permitted the bail plea as the concerned magistrate was on leave. April 7, 2017,[Read More…]
Jayalalithaa laid to rest; Thousands throng to mourn Amma
Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa passed away on December 5 after suffering from a cardiac arrest. Puratchi Thalaivi Amma was laid to rest at Chennai’s Marina beach, next to her mentor MGR. Thousands of people gathered outside her final resting place to pay tributes. Political leaders paid their last respects[Read More…]
O Panneerselvam sworn in as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister for 3rd time
Following Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s death, senior AIADMK leader O Panneerselvam was elected the leader of the Legislature Party shortly after Monday midnight and sworn in as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. At a solemn ceremony in the Raj Bhavan, Panneerselvam was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor[Read More…]
Remembering Amma: Jayalalithaa’s journey from acting to politics
Classical dancer, a popular actress and politician, Jayalalithaa Jayaraman has donned all the hats with utmost elan. Revered as Amma by her loyalists, she became the face of Tamil Nadu politics in the 21st century. Jayalalithaa was born on February 24, 1948, in Mysore. She began schooling at the Bishop[Read More…]
Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa passes away
Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa (68) passed away at 11:30 pm on Monday after she suffered a cardiac arrest the day before, Apollo Hospital said. The former actress – turned politician, popularly known as Amma, was being treated at Chennai’s Apollo Hospital, where she has spent over two months being[Read More…]
Free mobiles to aid cashless transactions: AP govt
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has planned a move that he claims would help in this time of demonetisation chaos. The Andhra Pradesh government is planning to distribute free mobile phones to enable economically-backward people to undertake cashless transactions in the wake of the ongoing currency crisis. “Everybody[Read More…]
Close shave: Kejriwal unhurt after minor car accident
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday escaped unhurt when the SUV in which he was travelling rammed into an escort vehicle near PAP chowk on Jalandhar-Amritsar road. A biker had apparently come in front of the convoy suddenly, which led to a pile-up. The Toyota Innova in which Kejriwal[Read More…]
After Anandiben, who’s the next CM of Gujarat?
With Gujarat chief minister Anandiben Patel submitting her resignation after a week of protests across the state following the Una incident, speculations are rife about the next chief ministerial candidate in Gujarat. Apparently, four people have emerged as the front runners in the race. Newsd tells you who’s in the[Read More…]