Sitting Aam Aadmi Party MLA Surender Singh, who was denied the party ticket for the upcoming Delhi Assembly election, on Tuesday said that he has resigned from the party and is contesting from the NCP. Sharing his resignation letter on Twitter, he said, “Today, I’m sad and I’m giving my resignation letter from the Aam Aadmi Party.” Later, speaking to IANS, the Delhi Cantonment MLA informed that he will be contesting the February 8 election as an NCP candidate. He was at the office of the Returning Officer to file his nomination as Tuesday is the last day for filing…
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Taking strong objection to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s statement that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not allowed by the people of the state protesting against the CAA to take the road routes during his recent visit, Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday asked her to “withdraw it forthwith”. The Governor’s ire was directed at Banerjee’s remarks at the sit-in organised by the Trinamool Chhatra Parishad at Rani Rashmoni Avenue which was on during the Prime Minister’s visit. “The Prime Minister was in the city on January 11, 12. She (Banerjee) met the Prime Minister on January 11. Can anyone…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi advised the student community to approach exams with self-confidence rather than with stress. He was responding to queries from the student community at the Pariksha Pe Charcha event at the Talkatora Stadium here on Monday. Two students said that they tend to forget everything when they see the question paper during examinations, and asked the prime minister for a solution. Responding to their query, the Prime Minister reminded the gathering as to how people shake their two-wheeler before starting it. “It’s not scientific but everybody does it. Tennis players warm up. Why do they do? It…
Even as the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) is intensifying its campaign to clear misunderstandings over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has now stepped in to assist in the campaign by enlisting over 30,000 volunteers to distribute pamphlets containing details about the law. The Lok Jagran Manch, an RSS-backed organization, has come up with a pamphlet carrying pictures of minor Hindu girls allegedly abducted, sexually abused and converted in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan to put forth a strong case in favour of the citizenship law. The coloured pamphlet explains the need for CAA, claiming that Hindus,…
Actress and entrepreneur Shilpa Shetty Kundra and her husband businessman Raj Kundra have been awarded the Champion of Change 2019 Award for their efforts towards encouraging people to take up the Swacch Bharat Abhiyan. Former President of India Pranab Mukherjee handed the award to Shilpa on Monday in the Capital. “I am really honoured to receive this award and I feel it is every citizen’s duty to keep their country clean. Cleanliness starts from the mind. When we keep our homes clean, then why not our country? This year I have planted 480 trees to offset my entire carbon footprint.…
Senior India pacer Ishant Sharma on Monday hurt his ankle while bowling during a Ranji Trophy game, days before India’s squad announcement for the New Zealand tour. Playing for Delhi against Vidarbha, the 31-year-old picked up the injury in the fifth over of Vidarbha’s second innings. It was Ishant’s third over. Ishant was seen writhing in pain and had to be taken off the ground as he needed medical attention. Ishant returned figures of 3/45 in Vidarbha’s first essay. Ishant had a swelling in his ankle and won’t be risked in this game. With the squad for the New Zealand…
Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar and West Indies fast-bowling great Courtney Walsh will coach the Ponting XI and Warne XI respectively in the Bushfire Cricket Bash set to be played on February 8. The bushfire relief cricket match is one of three headline acts on the cricket’s day of giving ‘The Big Appeal’ with Tendulkar and Walsh joining former Australian captain Ricky Ponting and Shane Warne as leaders of the two sides. “We are absolutely honoured to be welcoming Sachin and Courtney back to Australia, where they both enjoyed a lot of success as players, and we can’t wait to…
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is set to attend the World Economic Forum (WEF), which will begin in Davos, Switzerland on Tuesday, where he is scheduled meet US President Donald Trump and several other world leaders, the Foreign Office (FO) said. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the WEF, which runs until Thursday. The theme for this year’s gathering is �Stakeholders for a Cohesive and Sustainable World’, The Express Tribune reported. Khan, who is attending the forum at the invitation of its founder and executive chairman Prof Klaus Schwab, will deliver a “keynote address” at the WEF special session,…
US President Donald Trump’s lawyers have urged the Senate to reject the impeachment articles approved by Democratic-led House of Representatives against him last month. “The Senate should speedily reject these deficient articles of impeachment and acquit the President,” Trump’s legal team said in the US President’s first comprehensive defence on Monday. “The Articles of Impeachment now before the Senate are an affront to the Constitution and to our democratic institutions. The Articles themselves – and the rigged process that brought them here – are a brazenly political act by House Democrats that must be rejected,” Xinhua news agency quoted Trump’s…
The NDA government is moving to decriminalise the Income Tax Act and the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) as part of steps towards restoring business confidence. These are among the steps being taken to catapult the country to a $5 trillion economy, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said. In her address on the “roadmap to a $5 trillion economy” at the Nani Palkhivala centenary celebrations in Chennai on Sunday, the Minister said that decriminalising corporate laws, settling tax disputes and rapid privatisation of state-run firms were among the steps that the government was taking to achieve the target. The…