NEW DELHI: Nongthombam Biren Singh, the first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief minister in Manipur, stepped down from the top post in the northeastern state on Sunday.Singh’s resignation was a much sought-after demand of the opposition parties after the state witnessed horrific ethnic clashes, which broke out on May 3, 2023. In his resignation letter…
NEW DELHI: Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh submitted his resignation to Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla at the Raj Bhavan on Sunday. Singh, who was accompanied by 14 BJP and NPF MLAs, had just returned from Delhi before making the move. State BJP president A Sharda and senior BJP leader Sambit Patra were also part…
NEW DELHI: Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh on Sunday tendered his resignation from the state’s top job after threat of a no-confidence motion loomed against his government in the upcoming assembly session.This comes amid the ongoing violence and ethnic conflict in the state that has been raging for nearly two years which claimed more…
Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia (File photo) NEW DELHI: A day after its crushing defeat in the Delhi assembly elections, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has alleged widespread violations of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) and claimed that the entire system was against them. Former deputy CM Manish Sisodia who lost in Jangpura, described the…
NEW DELHI: Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh on Sunday resigned from his post, submitting his resignation letter to Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla at the Raj Bhavan in Imphal. Singh, who led the BJP government in the state, stepped down amid ongoing political developments. His resignation comes after months of unrest and internal party discussions….
NEW DELHI: Air Chief Marshal AP Singh and Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi on Sunday took a sortie in the trainer version of the LCA Tejas fighter aircraft at the Air Force station in Bengaluru’s Yelahanka.The Indian Air Force and Army chiefs flew for around 45 minutes in the indigenously built aircraft. This was the…
NEW DELHI: Newly-elected MLAs of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) met party supremo Arvind Kejriwal at his house on Sunday, a day after the party faced drubbing in the Delhi assembly election, winning only 22 out of the total 70 seats it contested.After the meeting, Atishi, who won from Kalkaji, said that Kejriwal directed the MLAs…
NEW DELHI: As AAP reels from its crushing defeat in the Delhi elections, social activist Anna Hazare has delivered a scathing rebuke of Arvind Kejriwal, blaming his downfall on greed for power and money. Hazare, who once mentored Kejriwal during the anti-corruption movement, said their ties ended when the AAP leader “took the wrong path.”…
Milkipur win: BJP workers, supporters in Kashi erupt in joy NEW DELHI: The BJP’s victory in the Milkipur bypoll has reasserted its political dominance in Uttar Pradesh, countering the blow from its Faizabad defeat eight months ago. The win is seen as a strategic move to regain lost ground and bolster Dalit support.A tactical recoveryThe…
NEW DELHI: A notice announcing ‘beef biryani’ for lunch at the Sir Shah Sulaiman Hall of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has triggered a controversy after it went viral on social media.The notice, allegedly issued by two authorised individuals, said, “Sunday’s lunch menu has been changed, and beef biryani will be served instead of chicken biryani…
