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The US Deputy Ambassador for Trade, Rick Switzer, will visit India on December 10 and 11 as New Delhi and Washington continue discussions aimed at concluding a fair and mutually beneficial bilateral trade agreement, ANI reported.Confirming the visit at a media briefing on Monday, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said the trip would…
SRINAGAR: J&K deputy CM Surinder Kumar Choudhary has moved Delhi high court against multiple social media channels, accusing them of falsely identifying him as one of two voices in an audio clip of a conversation with “sexual undertones”.Choudhary’s counsel, Suhail Malik, told TOI that several YouTube channels had been amplifying the audio with a static…
DK Shivakumar invites CM Siddaramaiah at his house tomorrow (file photo) BENGALURU: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah is set to visit deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar’s residence on December 2, in what is being viewed as a show of unity and a temporary truce after months of an internal power tussle within the ruling Congress, official…
NEW DELHI: The power tussle for the top post in Karnataka Congress turned ugly on Thursday with chief minister Siddaramaiah taking open potshots at his deputy DK Shivakumar. Hours after Shivakumar posted a cryptic message reminding Siddaramaiah and the Congress high command to “keep one’s word and walk the talk”, the chief minister has hit…
CHENNAI: The BJP lashed out at Tamil Nadu deputy chief minister Udhayanidhi Stalin for calling Sanskrit “dead language”, saying the DMK leader has become a symbol of “anarchy and division” by repeatedly insulting Hindus.Addressing a book launch event in Chennai on Friday, Stalin criticised the Union government for allocating Rs 150 crore for the development…
Patna: The assembly poll results delivered an interesting verdict — both amusing and strange! Vikasshel Insaan Party (VIP) founder Mukesh Sahani was named as INDIA bloc’s deputy CM face at a joint press conference of opposition INDIA bloc partners last month, but his party was allotted 15 seats to contest under the seat-sharing deal. Strangely,…
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Wednesday responded to activist Anjali Damania’s demand for his resignation over an alleged Rs 300-crore land deal in Pune, saying he would “use his conscience” before making any decision.A company linked to his son, Parth Pawar is at the centre of the controversy surrounding the purchase…
UP deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya (ANI) NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Saturday exuded confidence about the national democratic alliance’s (NDA) performance in the ongoing Bihar Assembly elections, asserting that the alliance led by chief minister Nitish Kumar will return to power with a “massive majority.”Speaking to reporters on…
NEW DELHI: The first phase of the Bihar assembly elections on Thursday recorded the state’s highest-ever voter turnout, with 64.66 per cent of 3.75 crore electors exercising their franchise across 121 constituencies. The Election Commission said polling concluded peacefully “in a festive mood with the highest-ever voter turnout of 64.66 per cent in the history…
NEW DELHI: The Phase 1 of Bihar Assembly elections on Thursday witnessed another chaos involving deputy CM Vijay Kumar Sinha, after a heated argument broke out between him and RJD MLC Ajay Kumar. This came after Sinha, earlier in the day, accused RJD of attacking his convoy with “slippers and cow dung” in his assembly…
