New Army chief General Bipin Rawat and Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa on Saturday took over as the chiefs of the two services, with outgoing General Dalbir Singh and Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha handing over charge. A Guard of Honour was conducted for General Singh on the lawns of South Block before he handed over charge to General Rawat. ...
President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday greeted the nation on the eve of New Year and appealed to the people to "unite to build an India of our dreams". "On the occasion of New Year, I extend my warmest greetings and best wishes to all my countrymen in India and abroad," Mukherjee said in a statement. "May the New Year bring progress and prosperity to ...
Samajwadi Party revokes Akhilesh, Ram Gopal Yadav expulsions...
Blamed for the onging infighting in the Samajwadi Party (SP), its leader Amar Singh on Saturday dubbed the recent developments as "very unfortunate" and urged his supporters to back party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav. "Whatever is happening in the Samajwadi Party is very unfortunate. I appeal to party members to stand with Neta ji (Mulayam Singh)," he sai...
The ruling AIADMK's newly elected General Secretary V.K. Sasikala on Saturday said the party would not project any individual other than late party founder M.G.Ramachandran, late C.N. Annadurai and the late J. Jayalalithaa. Sasikala formally took charge as the party's General Secretary after she was elected unanimously on December 29 at...
Baghdad, Dec 31 At least 19 persons were killed and 45 injured when two roadside bombs exploded at a busy market in the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad on Saturday, a source said. A bomb detonated in the crowded car spare parts market in Sinak area while another exploded near a post office in the same area, Xinhua news agency quoted the Interior Ministry source...
A solution to the two-month-old crippling Naga indefinite economic blockade of Manipur is nowhere in sight with Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh and the United Naga Council (UNC) not budging from their respective stands, officials said. The UNC had imposed the indefinite blockade on November 1 in protest against the government's plan to create tw...
Amid a raging battle for supremacy in the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP), Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday morning went to meet his father and party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav. According to informed sources, the move was a last minute bid to save the party from imminent split ahead of the 2017 assembly elections in Uttar Pra...
New Delhi, Dec 31 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation on Saturday evening, as the 50-day period sought by him to ease the cash crunch situation across the country got over on December 30. Modi will address the nation before the dawn of the New Year. The address will likely happen at 7.30 p.m. on Saturday. Modi last addressed the natio...
The Narendra Modi government came under increasing attack by opposition parties through the year over a range of issues, including demonetisation, but larger opposition unity remained elusive due to the competing interests of political outfits opposed to the ruling BJP-led alliance....
