SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – South Korean prosecutors said Monday the daughter of the confidante of disgraced President Park Geun-hye has been arrested in Denmark and authorities are working to get her returned home in connection with a huge corruption scandal. Park was impeached last month by lawmakers amid public …
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Election is a secular exercise, politicians can’t seek vote in name of religion, caste: Supreme Court
New Delhi: In a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court on Monday said no politician can seek vote in the name of caste, creed, or religion. Religion can have no role in electoral process, the seven-judge Constitution bench said. The Supreme Court said election is a secular exercise and thereby its …
Read More »Supreme Court sacks Anurag Thakur as BCCI president, Ajay Shirke too shown the door
Earlier, The Lodha Committee had suggested removal of the BCCI office-bearers and the appointment of GK Pillai in its status report. New Delhi: After months of The Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of India TS Thakur today took the big call in removing Anurag Thakur as BCCI President, …
Read More »Samajwadi Party feud: Why Mulayam Singh Yadav called and then cancelled national convention?
Lucknow: In a major development in the ongoing Samajwadi Party feud, Mulayam Singh Yadav has reportedly postponed the national convention of party called by him on 5th January. Why Mulayam had called convention? Earlier, on Sunday, yhe ruling Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh split down the middle with the faction …
Read More »UP elections 2017: PM Narendra Modi to address Parivartan rally in Lucknow today
Lucknow: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a public rally in Lucknow in the poll-bound Uttar Pradesh on Monday. This would be the Prime Minister’s first address in the state capital since the end of demonetisation exercise on December 30. PM Modi, who will be addressing the public at Ramabai …
Read More »Shoe hurled at Kejriwal, AAP chief blames PM Modi; attacker thrashed
A shoe was hurled at Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal in Rohtak on Sunday evening during the party’s ‘Tijori Tod Bhanda Fod’ rally against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s demonetisation move. Kejriwal had just begun his address when a man sitting in the media section threw …
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