'He deliberately encouraged my rivals to diminish my influence in the party.'
Bahujan Samaj Party leader Intezaar Ahmad Abdi, allegedly involved in the arson at Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi's house in Lucknow, has been appointed the chairman of state sugar corporation by the Mayawati government, a move that has invited the ire of the Congress.
At the local level, resentment has risen over the rampant corruption in payment of money for tribal land, acquisition of arable land (half the land sought to be acquired for industry in Orissa, for instance, happens to be farmland) and lack of any support for resettlement of the displaced.
"Dada and Didi have failed the people. Both are concerned only about West Bengal. The county had seen Didi a few days back. Today it also saw Dada."
The attack on Jagdish Grewal, editor of the Punjabi daily Punjabi Post, in suburban Brampton on October 23 is reminiscent of the assault on Tara Singh Hayer, a journalist who was murdered in 1998 in Vancouver. Both events are attributed to differences between the moderate and hardcore pro-'Khalistan' Sikhs.Both invited the ire of militant Sikhs who want to keep the demand for a separate state of Khalistan alive.
The 44-year-old superstar said what hurt him the most was the fact that his 'Indianness' was questioned again and again.
Citigroup will limit the cash bonuses for its bankers at below $1,00,000 in a move to defuse public uproar over compensation, says a media report.
Taking the media head on, disgraced ex-Haryana Director General of Police SPS Rathore taunted newsmen, on Wednesday, telling them he will smile more if they succeed in doing more "harm" to him and said he has learnt from Jawaharlal Nehru to smile when one is facing adversity.
India pacer Mohammad Shami has once again become a victim of social media trolling after he posted pictures of his wife during their daughter's second birthday celebrations.
'The censer board members should take a decision after taking into account people's views. They should be apprised about it'
Behind the scenes, sponsors who have pumped billions of dollars into the Tokyo Olympics have grown increasingly nervous about how the coronavirus outbreak will impact the tournament.
The move is a threat to Indian and global security, says Amarinder Singh.
President Donald Trump needs to do better in caring for every single American, the triumphant US women's soccer captain Megan Rapinoe said, as she hit back at him after he lectured her to win the World Cup title before she talked.
Rangoli Chandel is in the news again. This time, for spreading communal hate through her Twitter posts.
The employees gathered at terminal-1B and chanted slogans against the airlines' chief Naresh Goyal and Vijay Mallya, the chairman of Kingfisher Airlines. They also vented their ire against the government for not taking any action against the Jet Airways for sacking nearly 1,900 of its employees, mostly probationers and trainees.
'Visibility is very important, but visibility is also very expensive.' Swapnil Joglekar explores the Parasite phenomenon.
The two-day event at the ancient shrine, categorised as 'Great Living Chola Temples,' by the UNESCO, faced the ire of pro-Tamil outfits.
Relations between India and Pakistan, which appeared to be on course towards normalisation after return of civilian rule in Islamabad almost touched a nadir at the year end in the aftermath of Pakistani militants carrying out a carnage in Mumbai.
'WhatsApp is storing our data on servers which are physically located in another country.' 'We might be having good relations with a particular country at this very moment, where WhatsApp's data servers are located, and in which our data is stored, but tomorrow we might be having bad relations with them, then what is going to happen to that data.'
Should taxpayer's money be used to save a profligate airline?
A teaser loan is one where the lender offers a slightly lower rate in the initial years and then charges higher rates in later years.
The final day of the Commonwealth Games was marred when Scottish athlete Callum Hawkins was left without medical attention on the marathon course after collapsing in brutal heat during the last event of the athletics programme.
On Wednesday, US Presidential hopeful Barack Obama received a critical endorsement from the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League, known as NARAL Pro-Choice America, oft-considered America's forefront voice on women's issues. Immediately, the endorsement raised the ire of feminists across the country, who said that NARAL had 'sold out' in endorsing a man (Barack Obama) over a woman (Hillary Clinton).
We invite Get Ahead readers to throw light on and share their thoughts regarding the recent spate of student killings and suicides that have stunned the nation.
Samajwadi Party, whose leaders Amar Singh and Abu Asim Azmi have been the perennial target of Raj's ire, on Monday hit back, demanding that the MNS chief be arrested and charged under Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act. "Such rogue elements should not be allowed to roam freely, endangering communal and regional harmony," Azmi said.
A 'kiss of love' protest organised by a group of youngsters on Sunday against vandalism by the Bharatiya Janata Party at a coffee shop in Kozhikode has now drawn the ire of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad.
The actress vented her ire against journalists, especially television news channels, after they broadcast how she disturbed neighbours during her late night birthday party last weekend.
The Monthly Income Plans (MIPs), which had invited a lot of investor ire last year when they skipped regular dividend payouts, are back in favour.
Shikhar Dhawan with his wife Ayesha and children had to face an unexpected ordeal while on their way to South Africa which has led to the cricketer hitting out at the airlines
External Affairs Sushma Swaraj on Saturday defended herself against allegations of helping former IPL chief Lalit Modi saying she never requested or recommended travel documents for him.
The company's move to mollify shareholders comes after it raised investor ire on its proposed $1.6-billion acquisition deal, which had to be called off. After suffering a severe battering on Wednesday, Satyam shares surged 13.88 per cent to an intra-day high of Rs 180 on Thursday on the Bombay Stock Exchange.
In remarks which can create controversy, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday said a Congress leader had pressed her to give diplomatic passport to coal scam accused Santosh Bagrodia.
Rejecting arguments that the Centre's move to suspend demolition and sealing in Delhi will invite the court's ire, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Saturday said the decision was taken considering "ground realities."
The MNM chief also said that he was not afraid of being arrested but warned any such action would escalate tensions.
'They did the right thing if they were protesting against it. Medically there was no reason to continue the match; it must have been taken off'
Mustafizur Rahman on Sunday became only the second bowler to take two five-wicket hauls in his first two one-day internationals, emulating Zimbabwe's Brian Vitori.
Senior West Indies cricketers Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo and Darren Sammy lashed out at the country's selectors for ignoring them for the ODI tri-series involving Australia and South Africa next month.
A day after the Bharatiya Janata Party released its first list of 136 candidates for the May assembly poll in Karnataka, discontent appears to be brewing in the party with those denied tickets venting their ire in public against party leaders. BJP activists torched posters and banners of party leaders in Herekerur in Dharwad district to protest against denial of ticket to U B Banakar.
Should Shobhaa De apologise for tweet? Tell us what you think.
The Hyderabad police, which is under fire over the alleged torturing of a youth picked up after last year's Mecca Masjid blast, has once again evoked the ire of the Muslim community by allegedly threatening one of the acquitted persons not to go public with the details of torture.
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