BK Hariprasad succeeds DK Shivakumar, who resigned after he took over as chief minister Bengaluru: In a move aimed at separating govt functioning from party administration, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) has appointed veteran and MLC BK Hariprasad as the new president of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC).The high-stakes decision was finalised by Congress’…
Winning just 47 seats and getting relegated to the third place in the April assembly election, AIADMK has entered a phase of fight for survival. Edappadi K Palaniswami, 72, who managed to keep the party intact through the turmoil following J Jayalalithaa’s death in Dec 2016, now faces the challenge of keeping ‘two leaves’ alive…
Hyderabad: AIMIM president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday directed party leaders to extend all possible assistance to citizens during the upcoming special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, stressing that no genuine voter name should be deleted. Booth-level officers will begin house‑to‑house verification from June 25.Owaisi chaired a meeting with party legislators at…
Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari’s first administrative meeting with the MLAs of Kolkata, Howrah and South 24-Parganas saw politics take a backseat. Both Trinamool factions — the loyalists and the rebels — attended the meeting, including MLAs Firhad Hakim, Nayana Bandyopadhyay, Kunal Ghosh, Javed Khan, Ashok Deb and Arup Roy.According to Ghosh, a loyalist, CM…
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Wednesday congratulated DK Shivakumar on assuming office as the chief minister of Karnataka after he was sworn in at a ceremony held in Bengaluru.Sukhu, who also attended the ceremony, said Karnataka would witness accelerated growth and development under the leadership of Shivakumar. He said that the…
Shillong: National People’s Party (NPP)-led ruling Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA)-2.0 on Wednesday unanimously decided to field James PK Sangma of NPP as its candidate for the lone Rajya Sabha seat from Meghalaya, with the election scheduled on June 18.A resolution on the common candidate was adopted at a meeting of parliamentary party leaders of all…
LUCKNOW: Nearly three years after a gruesome triple murder shocked Mahoba district, a fast-track court has sentenced a man to death for killing his wife and two young daughters by crushing their heads with a grinding stone.The conviction came under the Uttar Pradesh Police’s “Operation Conviction” campaign aimed at securing speedy justice in serious criminal…
NEW DELHI: Stepping up efforts to address the problem of passengers struggling to book confirmed tickets, IRCTC has deactivated more than three crore suspicious user IDs and also placed another six crore under verification of authenticity to prevent misuse.The railways’ catering and ticketing arm has also expanded its AI-based kitchen monitoring system across its network…
Leonardo da Vinci (Image: Wikipedia) There are quotes that survive because they offer advice. Others survive because they make people stop and look at familiar things differently. This remark, attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, belongs to the second group.At first glance, it sounds like a technical instruction for painters. Someone unfamiliar with art might read…
State-owned BHEL on Wednesday said the company has secured an order worth Rs 2,000-2,500 crore from a Nigerian entity. The contract agreement was signed with Nigeria’s Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals Free Zone Enterprise on June 2, according to a regulatory filing. The order pertains to design, manufacturing, supply and supervision of erection and commissioning…
