LUCKNOW: Yogi Adityanath was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh for the second time in a grand ceremony at Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium here on Friday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, chief ministers of some BJP-ruled states and other senior BJP leaders attended the oath-taking ceremony. Keshav Prasad […]
BENGALURU: Mahendra Singh Dhoni handed over the captaincy of IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings (CSK) to all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja on Thursday. He will continue to represent CSK as a player under Jadeja’s leadership. His decision comes two days ahead of the start of the IPL 2022 season. He has already retired from international cricket. “MS Dhoni […]
BENGALURU: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Executive Chairperson of Biocon and Biocon Biologics, has been elected as the Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE), Scotland’s National Academy established in 1783, for the advancement of learning and useful knowledge. Kiran will be joining RSE’s current Fellowship of around 1,700 Fellows who are recognized as being some of the […]
DEHRADUN: Pushkar Singh Dhami took oath as the chief minister of Uttarakhand for the second term at a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief ministers of some BJP-ruled states in Dehradun on Wednesday. Along with Dhami, a total of BJP legislators — Dhan Singh Rawat, Ganesh Joshi, Rekha Arya, Subodh Uniyal, Saurav Bahuguna, […]
LUCKNOW: Yogi Adityanath will be sworn in as the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh in a grand ceremony at Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium here on March 25. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was present at the swearing-in ceremony of Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami on Wednesday, is likely to fly down to Lucknow […]
NEW DELHI: Oman Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Hamad Hamood Al Busaidi will arrive in New Delhi on Wednesday on his maiden two-day visit to India. He will meet External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar during the visit. Busaidi will undertake a comprehensive review of the progress made in the bilateral strategic partnership between the two countries […]
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Tuesday hit out at the BJP-led government over the hike in the prices of petrol and diesel by 80 paise and liquified petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder by Rs 50. Speaking to the media outside the Parliament, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge said: “The government has once […]
NEW DELHI: Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias arrived in India on Tuesday at the invitation of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. Foreign Minister Dendias is here on his maiden two-day visit, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) stated. Apart from a meeting with S Jaishankar, Dendias is scheduled to meet India’s Vice President Venkaiah Naidu […]
NEW DELHI: The appointment of Eric Garcetti, the US Ambassador-designate to India, could get delayed due to an ongoing investigation into complaints of sexual misconduct against his former advisor. Back home, Republican Senator Charles Ernest Grassley (Chuck) has sought postponement of the Los Angeles Mayor’s nomination till the investigation against his former aide Rick Jacobs […]
NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav and senior party leader Azam Khan resigned as a member of Lok Sabha on Tuesday, days after they won the recently-concluded assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. While Yadav won the assembly election from his family pocket borough of Karhal in Mainpuri, Khan, who is in jail on […]