Former India cricketer Ambati Rayudu quits ruling YSRCP in Andhra Pradesh
Less than a fortnight after joining the ruling YSRCP in Andhra Pradesh in the presence of its chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, former India cricketer Ambati Rayudu announced his decision to quit the party on Saturday. Making the announcement, Rayudu said he wanted to stay out of politics 'for a...
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Navy trying to hunt down pirates involved in hijacking attempt
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Alaska Airlines flight makes emergency landing in Oregon after window and chunk of fuselage blow out
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After Pune, NCP MLA Awhad faces FIR in Mumbai over 'Lord Ram was non-vegetarian' remark
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West Bengal: Another TMC leader in ration 'scam', supporters attack ED team
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Kovind-led panel on simultaneous polls invites suggestions from public
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ISRO's Aditya-L1 spacecraft to be placed in its final destination orbit today
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774 fresh Covid cases in India
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Taking out Nyay Yatra as govt didn't give us chance to raise issues in Parliament: Cong chief
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday said his party is taking out the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra as the government did not give it a chance to raise issues in Parliament. The Rahul Gandhi-led Manipur-to-Maharashtra yatra, which will begin on January 14, will cover 6,713 km and its participants will travel...
'Will remind US ambassador to open consulate in Bengaluru soon': EAM Jaishankar
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said he would take up the matter of opening of a US Consulate in Bengaluru in his next meeting with the US Ambassador. Speaking during a discussion on his latest book, ‘Why Bharat Matters', with Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya, Jaishankar said: “Tejasvi and...
Hizbul terrorist arrest probe: Larger conspiracy to target more J-K policemen, say sources
The Delhi Police suspects that the Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist arrested on Thursday is the part of a larger conspiracy to attack more policemen in Jammu and Kashmir, sources said. On Thursday, Delhi Police Special Cell arrested "A++" category terrorist Javaid Ahmad Matoo, who was wanted in 11 terror attack cases, including...
Two properties of Dawood Ibrahim's kin sold off at auction
Two properties belonging to the family members of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim were sold off here on Friday at an auction organised by the competent authority under the Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators (Forfeiture of Property) Act, an official said. A total of four properties, located at Mumbke village in Khed...
Attack on ED officers deplorable: Bengal Guv Bose
West Bengal Governor Dr CV Ananda Bose on Friday condemned the attack on Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers by supporters of a TMC leader when they went to his Sandeshkhali residence in the state, and hit out at the state government for failing to contain the law and order situation there. In...
EC dismisses Jairam Ramesh's concerns on VVPATs, asserts full faith in EVMs
Dismissing Congress leader Jairam Ramesh's concerns on the VVPATs, the Election Commission on Friday said that it raised "no new assertions or reasonable and legitimate doubts which require further clarifications", adding the rules governing paper slips were introduced by the grand old party-led government in 2013. In a communication to Ramesh,...
Quake in Japan: PM Modi writes to Japanese counterpart
Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote to his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida expressing India's solidarity with Japan and its people affected by the devastating earthquake on January 1. On Thursday, Modi wrote to Kishida that India values its relationship with Japan as a special strategic and global partner, and is ready to...