Chennai, Edappadi K Palaniswami, a VK Sasikala loyalist, was on Thursday sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, ending the 10-day political uncertainty in the state which began with caretaker CM O Panneerselvam’s revolt against the AIADMK general secretary. Palaniswami is the third person to occupy the top postRead More

Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday accused India of planning to “sabotage” the ambitious $46 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. “We are aware of Indian (government’s) plans to sabotage CPEC,” Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Nafees Zakaria said during a weekly briefing, adding that “India’s interference in Pakistan is not concealed”. He addedRead More

New Delhi: Vikas Swarup, the official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, was on Thursday appointed as lndia’s envoy to Canada. Swarup, an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer of 1986 batch, is presently Additional Secretary. He is expected to take up his new assignment shortly, an official statement said.Read More

New Delhi: Activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan on Thursday sought quashing of a defamation complaint filed against him, Arvind Kejriwal and others by former Union Minister Kapil Sibal’s lawyer son Amit Sibal in Delhi High Court. Senior advocate Shanti Bhushan, appearing for his lawyer son Prashant, submitted before the high courtRead More

New Delhi: The Human Resource Development ministry is said to be dissatisfied with the responses sent by Aligarh Muslim University to the show-cause notice issued to the varsity regarding administrative and financial irregularities. In October 2016, the ministry had issued a show-cause notice to AMU Vice-Chancellor Lt General Zameer UddinRead More

Chennai: The Madras High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition seeking a direction to Tamil Nadu government to convert the Poes Garden residence of late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa into a public memorial. Dismissing the petition filed by S Parthiban, the division bench comprising justices Huluvadi G Ramesh and RRead More

New Delhi: A Delhi government bill to give the national capital MLAs a 400 per cent salary hike besides hefty increase in perks and allowances has been returned the second time by the Home Ministry seeking more clarifications. The Member of Legislative Assembly of NCT of Delhi (salaries, allowances, pensionRead More

Chandigarh: The Election Commission has accorded the formal approval to Grant 5% Interim Relief to the Punjab Government Employees/Pensioners. Disclosing this here today an official spokesperson of the Chief Electoral Office, Punjab, the State Government had sought EC’s permission for grant of Interim Relief due to the enforcement of theRead More

Chandigarh, Reacting strongly to reports of the arrest of Nabha jailbreak mastermind from the house of an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) worker, Punjab Congress president Captain Amarinder Singh has demanded a thorough probe into Arvind Kejriwal’s nexus with militants and gangsters in the state. In a statement issued here, theRead More

Chandigarh/New Delhi: The Punjab Government on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to put off hearing of the dispute over the Sutlej Yamuna Link (SYL) Canal after results of the assembly elections are announced on March 11. Appearing for the SAD-BJP state government led by Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal, seniorRead More