New Delhi: Former Delhi chief minister and Congress stalwart Sheila Dikshit has reportedly turned down the offer to become the chief ministerial candidate of the grand old party in the high voltage 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. According to a NDTV report, poll strategist Prashant Kishor , who has been …
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‘BJP will retain power at Centre in 2019 Lok Sabha elections’
Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on Sunday said BJP would be able to retain power at Centre in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Also, she said that her party BJP would be able to retain power in next state assembly election in 2018. “I would go to every district …
Read More »I am aware of politics in Punjab: Asha Kumari
With the Congress on Sunday appointing its secretary and Dalhousie MLA Asha Kumari as Punjab affairs in-charge for the poll-bound state, she faces an uphill task of quelling infighting within the faction-ridden party. Asha has succeeded senior party leader Kamal Nath as Punjab affairs incharge as he had to resign …
Read More »At least 5 fatalities in Hwy. 400 flaming crash
At least five people are dead following a multi-vehicle crash and fire on Highway 400 Friday night, Ontario Provincial Police have confirmed. It happened in the southbound lanes of the highway south of Sheppard Avenue at around 9:45 p.m. Preliminary information suggested that the fire started after a vehicle ran …
Read More »Girl, 13, dies in hospital after being struck by vehicle in Brampton
A 13-year-old girl has died after being struck by a vehicle in Brampton Thursday, Peel police have confirmed. The incident happened at around 5 p.m. at Centre Street North and Prouse Drive. Police said it was an off-duty officer on their way to work who hit the girl. She was …
Read More »Big change still needed on Canada’s smaller stages when it comes to LGBT rights: Teitel
Downtown Toronto does not resemble the world at large. It does not resemble Canada. It does not resemble Steinbach, Man., where some elected officials aren’t so keen on celebrating sexual diversity. In June, the city of Toronto looks pretty gay. I don’t mean this in the idiotic, pejorative, prepubescent way …
Read More »Britain, EU at odds over timing of divorce talks
LONDON (AP) – Britain and the EU haven’t even begun divorce talks but they are already bickering, as political and economic shockwaves from the British vote spread around the world. Credit rating agency Moody’s downgraded the U.K.’s economic outlook from stable to negative, saying Britain faces “a prolonged period of …
Read More »China to regulate search results following man’s death
BEIJING (AP) – China issued new regulations on Saturday demanding search engines clearly identify paid search results, months after a terminally-ill cancer patient complained that he was misled by the giant search engine Baidu. Wei Zexi, a college student who died in April of a rare cancer, had written a …
Read More »Arvind Kejriwal says Modi declaring emergency in Delhi after AAP MLA Dinesh Mohaniya’s arrest in assault case
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the Delhi Police arrested Sangam Vihar MLA Dinesh Mohaniya for allegedly misbehaving with a group of women who had gone to him to complain about the water crisis. Mohaniya, who is also vice-chairman of Delhi …
Read More »Anantnag bypolls: Mehbooba Mufti wins by over 12,000 votes, Congress calls it “murder of democracy”
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday won the Anantnag by-election by over 12,000 votes. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader, who became Chief Minister on April 4, polled 17,700 votes while Congress` Hilal Ahmad Shah managed only 5,600 votes of the nearly 28,500 votes polled on …
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