Day: January 18, 2020

AAP’s Dwarka MLA Adarsh Shastri joins Congress

9:24 pm January 18, 2020

New Delhi: AAP’s Dwarka MLA in the outgoing assembly Adarsh Shastri on Saturday joined the Congress at the party’s Delhi unit office in presence of state president Subhash Chopra and AICC incharge PC Chacko. Shastri quit the AAP after it denied him ticket to seek re-election from Dwarka constituency. He is expected to be fielded […]

Yoganand Shastri resigns from Delhi Congress, alleges election tickets were on ‘sale’ by party leaders

9:19 pm January 18, 2020

New Delhi: Weeks ahead of Delhi polls, senior Congress leader and former assembly Speaker Yoganand Shastri resigned from the party over differences with the city unit president Subhash Chopra, alleging tickets to contest the election were on “sale” by party leaders. “I sent my resignation from Congress to party’s Delhi affairs incharge PC Chacko on […]

Sharad Pawar should head UPA, says Shiv Sena leader Raut

Is Raut’s Savarkar comment Sena’s official stand? Chavan

9:11 pm January 18, 2020

Mumbai: Maharashtra PWD minister and senior Congress leader Ashok Chavan on Saturday sought to know whether Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut’s statement that those opposing the Bharat Ratna for V D Savarkar must spend two days in Andaman’s infamous Cellular Jail, was the official stand of the Sena. Speaking to reporters earlier in the day, […]

Weekend gun violence in Chicago leaves 10 dead, 43 injured

Winter storm brings heavy snow, ice to Midwest, Northeast

9:09 pm January 18, 2020

Chicago: A winter storm that has already caused trouble at airports in Chicago and Kansas City was expected to bring blizzard conditions to the Plains and Midwest on Saturday and could dump up to a foot of snow in parts of the Northeast on Sunday. National Weather Service forecasters issued winter weather advisories affecting much […]

USD 5 trillion economy goal difficult, not impossible: Gadkari

9:08 pm January 18, 2020

Indore (MP): Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Saturday that the goal of making India a USD 5 trillion economy by 2024 was “difficult but not impossible”. It can be achieved by increasing domestic production and reducing dependence on imports, he said at the 29th International Management Conclave of the Indore […]