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New Delhi, August 24 He doesn’t find any particular pattern to his prolonged slump in form unlike 2014, but then to succeed in international cricket for as long as Virat Kohli has, it couldn’t have happened without his ability to counter adversities. The former India skipper has gone without an…

New Delhi, August 24 Congress spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill quit the party on Wednesday and alleged that sycophancy is eating into the organisation like “termites”. In a letter to party chief Sonia Gandhi, Shergill resigned from the post of the national spokesperson and said the primary reason was that “the ideology…

New Delhi, August 24 Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday sought to play down reports about him being the front-runner to become Congress president and said efforts will be made till the last moment to persuade Rahul Gandhi to take over the reins of the party again. Gehlot’s remarks…

Patna, August 24 The newly-formed ‘Mahagathbandhan’ government in Bihar on Wednesday comfortably won the motion of confidence amid a walkout staged by MLAs of the BJP — which has been stripped of power as a result of the recent political upheaval in the state. Deputy Speaker Maheshwar Hazari ordered a…

Ludhiana, August 24 An Income Tax raid has been conducted at the Gurmail Medical Stores in Ludhiana today. Highly placed sources in the department confirmed that about 150 IT sleuths, staff, police personnel are part of the team that is conducting raids at total 35 premises of Gurmail Medical Stores….

New Delhi, August 24 Expressing ‘concern’ at the situation in Ukraine, India has reiterated it supports for talks between Russia and Ukraine to resolve this crisis. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, while speaking at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers’ Meeting at Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on Wednesday, said India favoured that…

Patna, August 24 Stung by raids on a number of RJD leaders, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Prasad Yadav on Wednesday called the Enforcement Directorate (ED), the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Income Tax (IT) department “three jamaai” (sons in-law), which the BJP sent to states where it…

New Delhi, August 24 Prime Minister Narendra Modi is planning to attend the state funeral of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on September 27 in Tokyo, Japanese government officials said on Wednesday. PM Modi had a close relationship with Abe. He will also meet with the current Prime Minister…

Panaji, August 24 The brother of BJP leader Sonali Phogat has filed a formal complaint with Goa Police, claiming that she was murdered by two of her associates. Phogat’s brother Rinku Dhaka alleged that a short while before her death, Phogat had spoken to her mother, sister and brother-in-law during…

Mohali, August 24 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday inaugurated Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre at Mullanpur of Punjab’s Mohali district. After inaugurating the state-of-the-art 2,600-bed Amrita hospital in Haryana’s Faridabad, Modi arrived here in the afternoon. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was also present when…

Mohali, August 24 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said holistic health care has been a priority in the country in the past eight years as he inaugurated Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre here. The 300-bed hospital has been built in Mohali’s Mullanpur at a cost of over…

New Delhi, August 25 Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said some of his MLAs had approached him alleging that they had been threatened and offered bribes to break the party and the AAP’s political affairs committee would meet on Wednesday to take stock of the situation. A couple of days…

Patna, August 24 The ruling ‘Mahagathbandhan’ in Bihar on Wednesday cried foul over raids conducted at a number of premises owned by leaders of the RJD, the largest constituent of the seven-party coalition. The CBI raids, in connection with a railway land-for-jobs scam, commenced barely hours before the new government…

Patna, August 24 Bihar Assembly Speaker Vijay Kumar Sinha announced his resignation on the floor of the House on Wednesday after an emotionally charged speech in which he expressed anguish over the no-confidence motion moved against him by the ruling ‘Mahagathbandhan’. Sinha, who belongs to the BJP which now stands…

New Delhi, August 24 Amid a political slugfest, the AAP Wednesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of making efforts to topple the Delhi government “by hook or by crook”, claiming that the BJP approached its four MLAs with an offer of Rs 20 crore to join the saffron party. The…