Following the fallout with the Dravida Munetra Kazhagam and given the uneasy relationship with the Samajwadi Party, rumours are abound that the now-vulnerable UPA may very well go the general election way, says Sunita Moga
As eight senior secretaries get ready to demit office in the next few months, there is speculation and a sense of anticipation in official circles about which of these officers will get lucky and be granted an extension or given a post-retirement job in a government or quasi-government body, says Sunita Moga
As tight security measures were put in place across Punjab, officials on Sunday said that checking of vehicles has been intensified at various places while paramilitary along with state police force has been deployed in Kotkapura, where Bittu's body was brought from Nabha in the morning.
Addressing public rallies at Barnala chowk and Bhawanigarh in Sangrur, the chief minister vowed to do whatever it takes to protect the farmers and the state from the 'devastating' effects of the 'black laws'.
East Bengal rode on substitute Ryuji Sueoka's second-half strike to scrape past Semen Padang of Indonesia 1-0 in the home-leg of AFC Cup quarter-finals at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata on Tuesday.
Pune FC clinched the second spot in I-League 2012-13 campaign with a comfortable 2-0 win over Pailan Arrows in a Round 26 encounter at the Shri Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune on Saturday.
The UPA's old schemes are unravelling while the new ones are still to take off, says Sunita Moga
Pune FC snapped ONGC's winning streak at the Ambedkar stadium with a solitary win in a 24th Round I-League clash in New Delhi on Sunday.
In the process of wooing women with its anti-rape legislation, UPA ministers have warned that the Congress could end up alienating the Muslims. Sunita Moga reports
'The protesters took out a march carrying black flags. They burnt Prime Minister Narendra Modi's effigy while raising slogans against the three farm laws'
Several trains were cancelled, highways and key roads blocked and many thousands stranded for hours on Monday as a nationwide 10-hour shutdown against the Centre's three agri laws disrupted lives across parts of India, particularly in the north.
Twenty days on, life has settled into a routine for protesting farmers who are devising ways to crack the code of living through an agitation with no immediate end in sight.
Salgaocar consolidated their position atop the I-League table with a thrilling 3-2 victory over East Bengal in a Round 8 match in Kalyani on Friday.
Thinking on its feet, Nestle has stayed ahead of rivals.
Police personnel in adequate strength were deployed across the state to maintain law and order, officials said.
Police caught red-handed four members of a gang, who were allegedly placing bets on IPL matches, during a raid at a marriage palace at Gill road.
The incident comes to the fore even as the state government is under sharp criticism over the molestation case of a 13-year-old girl in Moga district.
Sporting Clube de Goa were stopped in their tracks by a determined Pailan Arrows as the two teams were locked goalless in a fifth round clash of the I-League at the Nehru Stadium, in Fatorda, Goa, on Wednesday. Sporting Clube were on a two-match winning streak and expected to complete a hat-trick of wins, but lacked the necessary sharpness upfront.
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Sporting Clube de Goa suffered their third successive defeat after Air India rallied from a goal down to post a 3-1 win in the ninth round of the I League, at the Nehru Stadium, Fatorda, in Goa, on Wednesday.
'Political parties are following the Divide and Rule policy to break the unity of farmers.'
East Bengal handed Sporting Clube de Goa their second consecutive defeat in the I-League when they sailed to a 1-0 win at the Nehru Stadium, Fatorda on Monday.
Tejinder Pal Singh Toor remained strong in pursuit of his passion and all the sacrifices made, paid off, on Saturday with an Asian Games gold medal.
He has slashed his price by half after retiring. Now his rates are in line with Amitabh Bachchan or Ayushmann Khurrana. In 2012 he had 22 endorsements, now he has 40!
Sporting Clube de Goa completed a hat-trick of wins to log their best run in the I-League. A 5-0 win over Mumbai FC in the 16th round at the Nehru Stadium, Fatorda meant Sporting Clube calmed their nerves as they moved to the 8th spot with 23 points in their kitty.
Finding enough shows to air, creating content that gets people to pay and watch and wooing advertisers back into the fold are going to be the biggest challenges the M&E industry faces.
Smart positioning, continued communication and a global design language have played a big role, say experts
If BCCI helps them then the blind, deaf and wheelchair cricketers will all get benefited.
The final phase saw voting in all 13 seats of Punjab and an equal number of seats in Uttar Pradesh, nine in West Bengal, eight seats each in Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, four in Himachal Pradesh, three in Jharkhand and the lone seat Chandigarh.
Pepsi is betting on Dabangg 3's box office success.
From carrying portraits of their sons and husbands who have committed suicide due to agrarian distress to picketing to doing sewa 24x7 at langars, women have shown a rare determination not to capitulate before the government.
'As her graduation degree was found to be fake, she can be given the post of constable which matches her educational qualification'
Bharatiya Janata Party Vinay Katiyar and Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P J Kurien had a heated argument.
A Class XII student was allegedly gang raped by four youths, including a Bahujan Samaj Party leader, in a moving car in Meerut, police said.
Dhoni presently endorses a healthy 25 brands, and found himself in fifth place on the Forbes India Celebrity 100 list last year, with earnings worth almost Rs 136 crore. How much of that is set to change, given that Dhoni has chosen to call time on his international career?
Though the India Women's Cricket team could not mark victory in the ICC Women's World Cup final, their families back at their home were seen celebrating their daughters' brilliant performances.
Three school children were killed and over 16 others injured when a van carrying them rammed into an engine at an unmanned railway crossing near Haraj village, around 30 km from Ferozepur in Punjab, on Monday. Preliminary reports indicated negligence on part of the school van driver, who is absconding after the mishap. The victims were students of a DAV school in Talwani Bhai village.
East Bengal got the better of Mohammedan Sporting by the odd goal in three at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata on Tuesday evening to move up to seventh in the Airtel I-League table.
Harmanpreet Kaur brought more attention to women's cricket in India than ever before when she hit 171 not out to knock Australia out of ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2017. When she leads India onto the MCG on Sunday, she will become the first woman to ever captain India in a T20 World Cup final. It's not just her country's first appearance in the showpiece, but also one that could break history in setting a world record attendance for a women's sporting event.
For 2020, 13 brands are said to be on board already and advertising rates have been fixed at a premium of 10-15 per cent over 2019.
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