New Delhi: Setting the ball rolling for electing the successor to the longest-serving party chief Sonia Gandhi, the Congress’ central election authority today issued a notification for the AICC Presidential polls. After over two decades, the Congress is likely to see a contest for the post of party chief with Shashi Tharoor set to enter…
Comedian Raju Srivastava dies of heart attack
September 21, 2022New Delhi: Popular comedian Raju Srivastava passed away today at the age of 58. The comedian took his last breath at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi. He is survived by his wife Shikha and two children, Antara and Ayushman. Raju was admitted to AIIMS after he had a heart…
SC closes all Gujarat riots, Babri demolition pleas
August 30, 2022New Delhi: In what will put a complete closure to the legal battles regarding the Babri Masjid demolition, the Supreme Court (SC) today dropped the contempt proceedings against Uma Bharti, M.M. Joshi, Sadhvi Ritambara, Vinay Katiyar and others and ordered the closure of all the proceedings arising out of the demolition of the Babri Mosque…
Kendra Sahitya Academy Awards announced
August 26, 2022New Delhi: The Union Government on Wednesday announced Kendra Sahitya Academy awards, according to which two Kannadigas have got the award. Dadapeer Jayman of Hagaribommanahalli (H.B.Halli) in Vijayanagar district has bagged the ‘Yuva Sahitya’ award while Thammanna Beegaara of Siddapur in Sirsi taluk of Uttar Kannada district has bagged the ‘Bala Sahitya’ award for the…
Droupadi Murmu takes oath as 15th President of India
July 25, 2022‘My reaching this post is achievement for every poor in India’ New Delhi: Droupadi Murmu today took oath as the 15th President of India at a ceremony in Parliament’s Central Hall here. Chief Justice of India Justice N.V. Ramana administered the oath of office to the former Jharkhand Governor, who became the first tribal and…
Droupadi Murmu’s journey from Odisha to New Delhi
July 24, 2022By Dr. Manik A.V. Bengeri In the 2022 Presidential election, Droupadi Murmu defeated Yashwant Sinha. According to the official data, Murmu won a total of 6,76,803 votes against Sinha’s 3,80,177 votes. She would be the 15th President of the Republic of India. Even before the results were declared, victory became clear and as such, the…
Droupadi Murmu is India’s new President
July 22, 2022At 64, she is youngest and India’s first President to be born after Independence New Delhi: India got its first tribal President yesterday as NDA choice Droupadi Murmu scooped up over 60 per cent of the total vote value. Opposition’s Yashwant Sinha conceded defeat after three rounds of counting. Murmu is likely to take oath…
Ukraine war: Holding Tricolour, Indian students march to railway stations
March 2, 2022Efforts on to bring Naveen’s body back home; he had studied SSLC and PUC at Nanjangud New Delhi: Naveen Shekharappa Gyana Goudar, the 22-year-old medical student from Haveri who was killed in shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine, had studied in Nanjangud in Mysuru as his father Shekharappa was working at South Indian Paper Mill. Yesterday, Naveen…
‘Mahabharat’ actor Praveen Kumar Sobti, who played Bheem, dies at 74
February 8, 2022New Delhi: Actor-athlete Praveen Kumar Sobti, best known for playing Bheem in the TV series ‘Mahabharat’ and for winning an Asian Games gold medal, died following a cardiac arrest late Monday (Feb. 7) evening. He was 74. The actor breathed his last at his Ashok Vihar residence here. “He had a chronic chest infection problem….
CM in Delhi; meets State MPs on Budget, Projects
February 7, 2022New Delhi: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai arrived in New Delhi this morning and he is holding a meeting with State MPs on various projects ahead of the State Budget. Bommai holds the Finance portfolio and he will present the Budget in March. The CM is holding the meeting at the luxurious Taj Mahal Hotel…
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