Sri Lanka president Gotabaya Rajapaksa could resign by midday, a top source from within the ruling party told Reuters Wednesday morning, hours after confirmation he had fled to Maldives on a military aircraft. Rajapaksa, 73, had promised to resign and assured a “peaceful transition of power” following widespread protests over the country’s worst economic crisis […]
The Supreme Court on Friday will hear pleas challenging the Centre’s Agnipath scheme for short-term recruitment into the armed forces. A bench of justices DY Chandrachud and AS Bopanna will consider the matter.The Agnipath scheme was announced by the Narendra Modi government in June for a short-term induction of soldiers in the armed forces. The […]
Actor Rhea Chakraborty has been charged on Wednesday for buying drugs for her actor-boyfriend Sushant Singh Rajput, who died in 2020, by the country’s anti-drugs agency.The Narcotics Control Bureau on Tuesday in its draft charges filed in the drug case linked to actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death had claimed actor Rhea Chakraborty received multiple deliveries […]
Sri Lanka’s embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Wednesday fled to the Maldives on a military jet, hours before he was supposed to step down in the face of a public revolt against him and his family for mishandling the economy that has bankrupted the country.The 73-year-old leader was received by a Maldivian government representative at […]
Maruti Suzuki India is ready to make a new explosion. Maruti Suzuki India has announced that it will open bookings for its all-new mid-size SUV Grand Vitara from July 20. It has been developed jointly by Toyota and Maruti Suzuki. This will be Maruti’s most expensive SUV till date. It will get both mild hybrid […]
The much-awaited expansion of the Maharashtra cabinet led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde may take place after the July 18 presidential polls, the Shinde-led camp of Shiv Sena MLAs has indicated.Currently, CM Shinde and deputy Devendra Fadnavis of the BJP are the only members of the cabinet. They had taken oath on June 30. “There […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to set up a five-judge Constitution bench to hear the legal issue concerning the scope of legislative and executive powers of the Centre and National Capital Territory government over control of services in Delhi for an “authoritative pronouncement”.A bench comprising Chief Justice NV Ramana and Justices Krishna Murari and […]
On expected lines, Tamil Nadu’s principal opposition party, the AIADMK, on Monday elected Edappady K Palaniswami (EPS) as its interim general secretary and vested in him full powers to helm the organisation.In its Executive Committee and General Council meeting held here, the AIADMK endorsed scrapping the erstwhile top two positions of coordinator and joint coordinator […]
In a fresh move indicating he is inching towards the BJP, expelled Congress MLA in the Haryana Assembly Kuldeep Bishnoi on Sunday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and president of the ruling party Jagat Prakash Nadda and praised them. Earlier, Bishnoi was expelled from the Congress after being accused of cross-voting in the recently […]
As Sri Lanka saw the demonstrations – against worst-ever economic crisis – hitting a peak, Army chief General Shavendra Silva on Sunday made an appeal to protesters. The country’s two top leaders – Sri Lanka PM Ranil Wickremesinghe and President Gotabaya Rajapaksa – on Saturday agreed to step down amid the massive stir. While Rajapaksa’s […]