US President Joe Biden on Thursday delivered a deeply emotional Oval Office address announcing his decision to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee. The speech, which marked a poignant moment in Biden’s presidency, was attended by his family and watched closely by his staff, who…
NEW DELHI: BJP MLAs, including leader of opposition R Ashok and BJP Karnataka president BY Vijayendra, have been protesting inside the Karnataka Assembly since Wednesday night by sleeping inside the House. They are demanding a discussion on the alleged scam in Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) and are calling for the resignation of chief minister…
NEW DELHI: UPSC chairman Manoj Soni has tendered his resignation barely a year into his six-year tenure, citing “personal reasons”. The news of his resignation, believed to have been submitted to the President some time back, comes amid the controversy over IAS probationer Puja Khedkar‘s selection to the civil services based on forged identity, which…
MUMBAI: “I started crying at the meeting. I told them that I was willing to work even at a lower salary and designation,” said a Paytm employee who is staring at an imminent job cut. Executives from the HR department reached out to him over a call late last month, stating that his role would…
NEW DELHI: Aminul Islam, general secretary of the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), on Monday resigned from all party posts after the party lost the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Assam. Islam took responsibility for the party’s performance in the state.“By taking responsibility for the defeat of the party candidates in the Lok Sabha…
NEW DELHI: Israeli minister Benny Gantz on Sunday announced his resignation from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s emergency government, removing the sole centrist force in the troubled leader’s far-right coalition amidst the ongoing conflict in Gaza that has lasted for months.In response, Netanyahu released a concise statement urging Gantz not to “abandon the front,” although his…
NEW DELHI: After suffering a massive defeat in the State assembly and Parliamentary elections, the 24-year-long tenure of Odisha chief minister and BJD chief Naveen Patnaik has ended. Patnaik submitted his resignation to Odisha governor Raghubar Das at the Raj Bhavan in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday. The Biju Janata Dal, which has governed Odisha since 1997,…
SHIMLA: The Himachal assembly speaker accepted on Monday the resignation of three independent MLAs, a day before the declaration of results for the state’s four LS seats and 6 assembly bypolls.These three, along with six Cong MLAs, had voted for the BJP candidate in RS polls. Speaker K S Pathania had disqualified the six rebels…
SHIMLA: The Himachal assembly speaker accepted on Monday the resignation of three independent MLAs, a day before the declaration of results for the state’s four LS seats and 6 assembly bypolls.These three, along with six Cong MLAs, had voted for the BJP candidate in RS polls. Speaker K S Pathania had disqualified the six rebels…
RANCHI: ED on Friday started interrogation of arrested Jharkhand minister Alamgir Alam in a case related to alleged corruption in his rural development department’s tenders and money laundering, with the sleuths claiming the names of several senior officials have cropped up, report Jaideep Deogharia & Sanjay Sahay.Alam’s questioning continued as rumours swirled of his resignation…
