Politics

PM ensures every project sets new benchmarks: Shah

Modi meets Shah ahead of government formation

1:33 pm May 30, 2019

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday held a final round of consultations with BJP president Amit Shah and is learnt to have given shape to his council of ministers ahead of the swearing-in ceremony of his new government in the evening. The list of union ministers is likely to be sent to the […]

AP govt to distribute ration, cash relief at doorsteps

Jaganmohan Reddy sworn in as Andhra Pradesh CM

1:04 pm May 30, 2019

Amaravati (AP): Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, who led his YSR Congress Party to a thumping victory in the assembly elections, was sworn in Thursday as chief minister of Andhra Pradesh. Governor E S L Narasimhan administered the oath of office and secrecy to the 46-year-old leader, whose party emerged victorious in 151 seats in the […]

8 in the fray to replace Theresa May as British PM

4:24 pm May 26, 2019

London: At least eight candidates have joined the fray to battle it out to take over the reins from British Prime Minister Theresa May as the UK’s ruling Conservative Party leadership contest gets underway. May had announced her resignation earlier this week and is set to formally step down as Tory leader and PM on […]

3 suspects held over killing of BJP worker in Amethi

Smriti Irani aide in Amethi shot dead

4:18 pm May 26, 2019

Amethi: In the first incident of post-poll violence in Uttar Pradesh, a close aide of Smriti Irani, the newly elected MP from Amethi Lok Sabha constituency, was shot dead by two men, with police not ruling out the possibility of it being a “political murder”. Surendra Singh (50), a former head of Baraulia village, was […]

UK judge sets February 2020 for Assange extradition hearing

Sweden to decide whether to reopen Assange rape case

2:33 pm May 13, 2019

Stockholm: Swedish prosecutors plan to say Monday whether they will reopen a rape case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, a month after he was removed from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. Eva-Marie Persson, Sweden’s deputy director of public prosecutions, is scheduled to hold a news conference in Stockholm. If Sweden relaunches the case, that could leave Britain deciding whether to extradite him to the Scandinavian country […]