Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav was “unanimously” declared as the Samajwadi Party’s national working president in a resolution passed by party Secretary General Ram Gopal Yadav at the national executive meet in Lucknow. Ram Gopal Yadav, said that the national executive also wanted Shivpal Yadav to be removed as[Read More…]
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Istanbul night club attack: 39 dead, 69 injured
At least 39 people, including 16 foreigners, were killed and at least 69 wounded in an attack in a nightclub early Sunday as they were celebrating the new year, Turkey’s Interior Minister said. “We are face to face with a terror attack,” Interior minister Suleyman Soylu told reporters. Suleyman Soylu[Read More…]
54 days after demonetisation:PM Modi’s mega sop to lure the poor, farmers, traders
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the government would give the rebate of three and four percent on interest rates to the people who seek loans to build their houses in 2017. “To make the people of the middle class and the poor to buy or build their[Read More…]
UP Polls 2017: Akhilesh, Ram Gopal expulsion revoked, all matters sorted out, says Shivpal
Samajwadi Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Saturday revoked the expulsion of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and his uncle Ram Gopal Yadav, a day after the pair were sacked from the party for six years over indiscipline. After hectic confabulations involving Akhilesh Yadav’s warring uncle Shivpal Yadav, Mulayam and[Read More…]
BJP forms govt in Arunachal with support of 33 PPA MLAs
BJP government on Saturday installed in Arunachal Pradesh after 33, out of 43 Peoples’ Party of Arunachal (PPA) MLAs led by Chief Minister Pema Khandu, joined the saffron brigade. “Lotus has finally bloomed in Arunachal. The people of the state will see a new dawn of development in the new[Read More…]
Two blasts in central Baghdad kill at least 28, over 54 injured
At least 28 killed and over 54 injured in two blasts that exploded in a busy market in central Baghdad on Saturday. The incident took place near a car spare part shops in al-Sinak during the morning hour rush. While one blast was triggered by a suicide bomber, another was[Read More…]
Priyanka Chopra to present at the Golden Globe Awards 2017
Bollywood actress and international diva Priyanka Chopra has been chosen as one of the presenters at the upcoming 74th annual Golden Globe Awards. The 34-year-old actress has made a victorious international debut with American TV show “Quantico.” The stunning diva also stars in the film adaptation of “Baywatch” that will[Read More…]
Israel issues travel warning for India ahead of New Year’s Eve
A travel warning for its citizens travelling to India ahead of the New Year celebrations has been issued by Israel citing a “concrete basic threat.” It advised its people to avoid parties and gatherings especially in south-west part of the nation. “We are warning Israeli tourists in India of the[Read More…]
UP Polls: Akhilesh Yadav receives support of around 229 lawmakers, may prove his strength today
A day after Akhilesh Yadav and uncle Ramgopal was expelled from the Samajwadi Party by his father and SP Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, the junior Yadav held an important meeting on Saturday at his residence. Notably, a majority of the 229 party MLAs were present at the meeting. Some SP[Read More…]
Sports Ministry temporarily bans IOA
Sports Ministry temporarily suspended IOA on Friday until the apex sports body reverses its decision to appoint Suresh Kalmadi and Abhay Singh Chautala as its life presidents. “The government has suspended the deemed recognition, granted by it to the IOA until the IOA reverses its decision to appoint Suresh Kalmadi[Read More…]
Father vs son showdown: Mulayam expels Akhilesh, Ram Gopal from party
Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Friday expelled Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and General Secretary Ram Gopal Yadav from the party for six years. Addressing a press conference, Mulayam Singh Yadav said both Ram Gopal Yadav and Akhilesh Yadav have been suspended from the party over indiscipline.[Read More…]
This Syrian artist is ‘painting on death’
Art always had a role in conflict zone. Various art forms and creative expressions fearlessly portrayed the fury of war. A 38 year-old man from Syria is converting the destructive weapon of war into fine art pieces. Akram Abo Alfoz collects the bombs and bullets that litter the shell-ridden streets[Read More…]
Apple to start making iPhones in Bengaluru from April
Your next iPhone purchase could be a little easy on your pockets as Apple plans to make iPhones for the Indian market in Bengaluru by the end of next year. As per the reports appeared in Times of India, a Taiwanese OEM maker for Apple, is setting up a facility[Read More…]
‘We aren’t getting engaged,’ says Virat on engagement rumors with Anushka
After much of the hype that cricketer Virat Kohli and his actress girlfriend Anushka Sharma are getting engaged in January next year, the former has rubbished all the reports saying, “We are not getting engaged,” on Twitter. “We are not getting engaged. If we were going to, we wouldn’t hide[Read More…]
Jharkhand mine collapse: PM speaks to Raghubar Das, 10 bodies found, 40 feared dead
Ten workers died while over 30 are still feared trapped following a coal mine collapsed on Thursday night in Jharkhand’s Godda district. This is the latest mishap in a nation with a poor record of industrial safety. Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das and asked about[Read More…]
UP Polls: SP feud turns list vs list, Akhilesh Yadav releases own list
Giving a new twist to Samajwadi party feud, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has released parallel list of 235 candidates for Assembly elections. The CM announced the list of candidates’ just a day after Party Chief and his father Mulyam Singh Yadav releases list of 325 candidates for UP[Read More…]
Navy admiral Sunil Lanba appointed as chairman of Chiefs of Staff Committee
Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba replaced IAF chief Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha on Thursday and took over the ceremonial baton of the chairman of chiefs of staff committee (CoSC). Lanba will assume the “full responsibility” of the CoSC chairman from Saturday when Raha will retire officially. Air Marshal B[Read More…]
Syria: Ceasefire backed by Russia, Turkey officially in effect
A ceasefire across Syria, brokered by Russia and Turkey, came into force after the government and armed opposition groups accepted the truce agreement. Russian President Vladimir Putin, a key ally of Bashar al-Assad, announced the deal on Thursday after preparing the agreement with Turkey, a long time backer of the[Read More…]
IIT Madras site hacked, pro-Pakistan message posted on its page
The website of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras has been hacked and pro-Pakistan messages were posted on it that left its students in rude shock. The website apparently was hacked by one ‘Faisal 1337x’. Hackers put the photo of the famed joker from Batman movie “Dark Knight” in the[Read More…]
Election hacking: US punishes Russian Intelligence agencies, diplomats
US President Barack Obama on Thursday struck back at Russia for its alleged effort to influence the 2016 US election, imposing sanctions against its intelligence services and expelling 35 diplomats who were suspected to be behind the cyber attacks on the Democratic National Committee. The US administration also penalized four[Read More…]
Newsd Exclusive: Several workers feared dead as Lalmatia coal mine collapses in Jharkhand
A large number of mine workers feared dead as they got trapped under debris after a coal mine regulated under the Eastern Coalfields Limited collapsed in Lal Matia area of Godda district late on Thursday night. The incident took place on the evening of Thursday at around 7:45 pm. Over[Read More…]
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu, 6 others suspended
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu along with six other lawmakers was temporarily suspended from Peoples’ Party on Thursday for allegedly involving in anti-party activities. Reportedly, Khandu, Deputy Chief Minister M Chowna Mein and 5 other MLAs were suspended from the primary membership of the party with immediate effect. The[Read More…]
Sasikala Natarajan a.k.a Chinamma – The new iron lady of South Indian politics
Sasikala Natarajan, or Chinamma as she is popularly known, has been elected as the general secretary of Tamil Nadu’s AIADMK party, replacing J Jayalalitha, who died in December after prolonged illness. Let’s get to know the next female head of South Indian politics – She was born in Mannargudi, a town in Tiruvarur[Read More…]
Will step down if IOC tells me to: Chautala
Reacting to the criticism over his appointment as life presidency of the Indian Olympic Association, Abhay Singh Chautala on Thursday said he is ready to resign from the post if the International Olympic Committee (IOC) tells him to do so. Chautala, who has been chargesheeted in a disproportionate assets case,[Read More…]
Iraqi forces launch second phase of Mosul fight against ISIS
Iraqi security forces on Thursday began the second phase of their offensive against Islamic State militants in Mosul, pushing into some eastern districts where the battle has been in deadlock for nearly a month. Thousands of federal police troops who redeployed from Mosul’s southern outskirts two weeks ago also pushed[Read More…]