Union Minister Ajit Singh's 33-year-old son Jayant Chaudhary could emerge as a candidate for the deputy chief ministership, says Neerja Chowdhury.
Images from the WSH matches being played on Thursday
The home crowd had plenty of reasons to celebrate as favourites Sher-E-Punjab launched their World Series Hockey (WSH) campaign with a convincing 5-2 win over Chennai Cheetahs.
The airline is expected to submit a fresh flight schedule to the DGCA.
Former India player Gagan Ajit Singh will return to competitive hockey after being picked in the second players' draft for the US $2 million World Series Hockey, which commences on February 29. The former India forward was picked by the Sher-e-Punjab franchise during the second round of the player draft in which 27 Indian players, from a pool of 42, were chosen by various franchises.
A new crop of politicians is redefining the dynamics of politics in Uttar Pradesh. Neerja Chowdhury analyses the mood change in the poll-bound state.
India's impressive show at the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships continued as their medals tally swelled to 33, including 15 gold, on the second day of the competition at Cape Town, South Africa, on Wednesday.
Voting is being held in the politically sensitive Kairana in Uttar Pradesh, Palghar and Bhandara-Gondiya and Nagaland Lok Sabha seats.
Star batsman Yuvraj Singh, who played a key role in India's World Cup win, said leading new IPL entrants Pune Warriors is big responsibility but he is excited to take up the challenge.
Naidu broke the fast by taking a glass of coconut water following intervention by Communist Party of India-Marxist general secretary Prakash Karat, CPI general secretary A B Bardhan, Janata Dal-United chief Sharad Yadav, Rashtriya Lok Dal president Ajit Singh and other leaders who prevailed upon him to end the fast.
Dubbing as 'utterly baseless' the latest WikiLeaks claim of Members of Parliament being bribed ahead of the crucial 2008 trust vote, Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Ajit Singh on Thursday said his party had 'openly' voted against the United Progressive Alliance at that time. "We had opposed the (India-United States) nuclear deal and after talking to MPs from Opposition parties we had decided to vote against the government," Singh told PTI.
The Sikhs love a good fight, and that's what the Modi government has given them.
A search of Ardebili's computer had revealed email communication between Ardebili and Vikramaditya, culminating in Vikramaditya forwarding a price quote and bank account information to Ardebili for various items, including digital microwave radios, the statement said.
The seat sharing formula reached between the BSP and SP is not on the basis of who emerged stronger in the previous election.
The Samajwadi Party released its list of 40 star campaigners in which there was no mention of Mulayam Singh Yadav.
BCCI ACU chief calls for match-fixing law, legalised betting to contain corruption
BCCI's ACU chief Ajit Singh, however, ruled out the possibility of any international player being a suspect.
The party will also leave two seats for the Apna Dal, and entered into an electoral agreement with the lesser known Jan Adhikar Party.
'COVID-19 may have put a temporary stop on the playing of international and domestic cricket around the world but the corrupters are still active'
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday virtually dislodged Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya vice-chancellor Ajit Singh Sehrawat in Indore for inviting Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi to address students on January 19 in an 'apolitical' function.
World Boxing Champion M C Mary Kom has expressed her desire to represent Jharkhand at the forthcoming 34th National Games to be held February from 12 to 26.
Maharashtra Minister for Food and Civil Supplies and NCP leader Anil Deshmukh on Monday announced full support to Vidarbha statehood and agreed to join the proposed Vidarbha bandh call on January 20.
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former president M Venkiah Naidu on Thursday welcomed the Centre's decision to move a resolution for the creation of Telangana state in the Andhra Pradesh assembly, saying smaller states could be better administered.He added that the demand for Harit Pradesh in western Uttar Pradesha, raised by Rashtriya Lok Dal leader Chaudhary Ajit Singh, and Gorkhaland in West Bengal raised by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, will be strengthened.
Rahul's babalog have forged an alliance that is now formidable. This is a challenge to older congress MPs. Second-timers and third-timers cannot be very happy with this development
A crucial meeting of Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, Janata Dal-United chief Sharad Yadav and Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Laloo Prasad Yadav along with Rashtriya Lok Dal leader Ajit Singh took place at 8.30 am on Thursday at the JD-U chief's residence at 7, Tughlaq Road in New Delhi.
Alleging that she had been raped by president of the students' union of her college, a girl set herself on fire in Rajasthan's Bhilwara district and is in a critical condition, police said on Tuesday.
Gorkhaland supporters called for a bandh in Darjeeling for their own state, while Rashtriya Lok Dal leader Ajit Singh threatened to resume the agitation for a separate Harit Pradesh, as the planned statehood for Telangana sparked fresh demands to create new states.
The April 11 polling will decide the fate of several political bigwigs.
With the Centre blinking on the issue of formation of Telangana, Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Ajit Singh on Thursday decided to revive his demand for Harit Pradesh to be carved out of Uttar Pradesh after the Parliament session.
The winter session of Lok Sabha began on a stormy note on Thursday with members of Samajwadi Party and Rashtriya Lok Dal creating uproar over the demand for hike in sugarcane prices leading to adjournment of the House. As soon as the obituary references were over, SP Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and RLD President Ajit Singh led their party members into the well of the House on the issue.
The incident, which came months after the lynching of dairy farmer Pehlu Khan by suspected cow vigilantes in Alwar, has triggered an outrage.
Goa teams Churchill Brothers and Dempo advanced to the semi-finals in the 122nd edition of the Durand Cup football tournament at the Ambedkar Stadium in Delhi on Thursday. While Churchill drew 1-1 with Assam Rifles and topped Group 'A' with four points, Dempo, riding on a Ranty Martins strike, defeated Army XI 1-0 in their Group III match.
Ahead of the Cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday talked to allies, informing them about the intent to withdraw the controversial Ordinance on convicted lawmakers.
A Delhi court awarded rigorous imprisonment of 14 years to the lone arrested convict in the sensational Dhaula Kuan gangrape case on Thursday in which a Delhi University student was ravished in a moving car in 2005.
A Delhi court convicted the lone arrested accused on Tuesday, in the sensational Dhaula Kuan gangrape case in which a Delhi University student was abducted and raped in a moving car.Additional Sessions Judge Neeraj Kumar Gupta held Ajit Singh Katiyar guilty under various sections of the Indian Penal Code.
The issue of division of Uttar Pradesh had been lying dormant till now with major political parties including the BSP preferring silence so far.
GetAhead reader Ajit Singh sent us pictures of his visit to the Pushkar Camel Fair in Rajasthan, held from October 25 to November 2 this year.
The locals in Gharna village in Jammu and Kashmir's RS Pura sector are petrified following yet another ceasefire violation by the Pakistani troops.
BCCI acting secy extends GM Shetty's contract without CoA consent
With his swearing-in, the five-decade-long practice of retired bureaucrats being appointed to the post has ended.
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