Dehradun: Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Sunday resigned as Uttarakhand Chief Minister paving the way for BC Khanduri to take over the top post. Nishank, along with some party leaders, went to Raj Bhavan and handed over his resignation to Governor Margaret Alva, Raj Bhavan sources said. Seeking to salvage its sagging image in poll-bound Uttarakhand, BJP had on Saturday announced that 76-year-old Khanduri, a former Chief Minister of the state,...
02:29 PM, Sep 11, 2011
Justice Soumitra Sen had put in his papers to save himself from the ignominy of been the first judge to be removed. ...
10:11 PM, Sep 03, 2011
New Delhi: President Pratibha Patil on Saturday accepted the resignation letter of Justice Soumitra Sen and has forwarded it to the Law Ministry for action, said sources. The Lok Sabha will now decide if the motion of Justice Sen's removal will be taken up on Monday or not. The Government on Friday decided to go by Attorney General GE Vahanvati's suggestion that despite the resignation the motion of removal of...
06:45 PM, Sep 03, 2011
New Delhi: Controversial Calcutta High Court Judge Justice Soumitra Sen on Saturday sent his resignation in writing to the President, raising fresh questions whether impeachment proceedings against him in Lok Sabha on Monday will go on as scheduled. "A lawyer on behalf of Justice Sen has handed over a resignation letter to the President this morning. The President is perusing it," a Rashtrapati Bhawan Spokesperson said on Saturday without disclosing...
11:24 AM, Sep 03, 2011
Justice Soumitra Sen has resigned a few days ahead of the Lok Sabha taking up the motion to remove him. The Calcutta High Court Judge has sent his resignation letter to President Pratibha Patil. Justice Sen has written a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar apart from the resignation letter that he has sent to President Pratibha Patil. Following is the full text of a letter he has sent...
07:03 PM, Sep 01, 2011
New York: Facebook's director of marketing Randi Zuckerberg, sister of the social network's billionaire founder Mark Zuckerberg, is leaving her brother's company to start her own social media consulting firm. Randi, who has been with Facebook for the last six years, said she feels it is the "perfect time" to move outside of Facebook to build a company focused on the "exciting trends underway in the media industry." "I have...
12:29 PM, Aug 04, 2011
Bangalore: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, indicted by the Lokayukta report on illegal mining, on Sunday claimed that he had been accused "unfairly" despite his efforts to preserve natural resources in the state. Reading out a statement in front of Raj Bhavan after tendering his resignation, Yeddyurappa said it was his government that unveiled a new mineral policy and banned export of iron ore. "Ours is the first state government...
07:50 PM, Jul 31, 2011
Hyderabad: Taking exception to Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker N Manohar rejecting en masse resignations of MLAs from Telangana, Telugu Desam legislators from the region on Sunday said they are ready to put in their papers again. "The Speaker has rejected our resignations under the influence of the Centre. We condemn this rejection of resignations. We will continue our fight till Telangana is achieved," senior TDP MLA from Telangana M Narasimhulu...
07:17 PM, Jul 24, 2011
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker Nadendla Manohar on Saturday night rejected the resignation of 101 Telangana MLAs cutting across party lines, saying the act of the legislators was driven by emotion. In all, 101 MLAs from Telangana region, including 12 ministers of the state cabinet, drawn from different parties submitted their resignations en masse on July 4 demanding that the central government immediately create Telangana state. The Speaker is understood...
10:47 PM, Jul 23, 2011
New Delhi: Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium on Saturday said that he tendered his resignation as a Special Counsel was appointed to represent the government in the 2G spectrum case without taking him into confidence, which was "unfair". "I tendered my resignation largely because of the appointment of Special Counsel (private lawyer) to represent Union of India in the 2G matter. I think without my consent it was not correct and...
04:57 PM, Jul 10, 2011
New Delhi: Even as the Congress deals with the Telangana crisis, the imminent Cabinet reshuffle is making some of its old-timers preempt their next move. Sources have told CNN-IBN that Corporate Affairs Minister Murli Deora has written a letter to AICC chief Sonia Gandhi expressing his desire to quit his ministerial rank. Sources say he was likely to have been dropped in the Cabinet reshuffle after the allegations that he...
08:33 AM, Jul 05, 2011
They threatened to quit on July 4, if the Centre doesn't agree to create a separate Telangana state. ...
06:07 PM, Jul 01, 2011
New Delhi: US Ambassador Timothy Roemer on Thursday announced his resignation from the key diplomatic post citing personal commitments. 54-year-old Roemer, a political appointee, said he has accomplished all of the strategic objectives set two years ago and he wants to go back home to look after his family. Roemer, who was nominated by US President Barack Obama in May 2009, is expected to leave by June. "Ambassador Roemer's departure...
09:52 AM, Apr 28, 2011
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Family Welfare Minister Babu Singh Khushwaha and Health Minister Anant Kumar Mishra on Thursday resigned from the Cabinet, owning moral responsibility for the irregularities detected in their departments after murder of a CMO of the state. "Taking moral responsibility for the irregularities in their respective departments both the ministers have willingly send their resignations to Chief Minister Mayawati, which she has forwarded to Governor B L Joshi,"...
07:36 PM, Apr 07, 2011
New Delhi: The BJP on Thursday stepped up its attack on Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit demanding her removal and ordering a CBI probe into CWG spendings by city government following the Shunglu Committee report which blamed her for irregularities in certain Games projects. The party held a protest demonstration near Jantar Mantar demanding Dikshit's sacking and slammed her for rejecting the findings of the Prime Minister-appointed panel. "The Shunglu Committee...
06:03 PM, Mar 31, 2011
Bangalore: The Opposition Congress on Saturday staged a dharna in Bangalore demanding immediate resignation by Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, against whom a local court has ordered a probe into allegations of corruption. The Congress leaders and activists who assembled in front of the Mahatma Gandhi statue here raised slogans against Yeddyurappa for "clinging to power". Addressing the gathering, KPCC President G Parameshwara said Yeddyurappa should have quit soon after...
04:36 PM, Mar 26, 2011
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government has rejected the resignation of the doctor who had conducted the postmortem on the body of Sadik Batcha, a close aide of former Union Telecom Minister A Raja. Batcha, who was under the CBI scanner, was found hanging at his house here on March 16 with his wife claiming that he had committed suicide "unable to cope with the 2G probe." The Directorate of Public...
11:40 AM, Mar 25, 2011
On Turning Point, Rajdeep Sardesai discusses whether Manmohan Singh lost the moral right to rule. ...
10:34 PM, Mar 17, 2011
New Delhi: Unfazed by the united Opposition attack over Wikileaks reports, Congress on Thursday dismissed demands for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation, accusing its detractors of indulging in "irresponsible" politics and "destabilising" the country. Hailing Singh as a "spotless Prime Minister", party spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said the reports on US diplomatic cables were "unverified leaks without any corroborative authentication" and "outlandish allegations not worth dignifying with a response". He also...
07:07 PM, Mar 17, 2011
Mumbai: DB Realty on Monday said that it has accepted the resignation of its Managing Director and Director of the company Shahid Usman Balwa with effect from February 9, 2011. "The Board of Directors of the company on March 5, 2011 has noted and accepted the resignation of Shahid U Balwa, as Managing Director and also as director of the company in view of his preoccupations relating to certain investigations...
11:48 AM, Mar 07, 2011
