Justice Uday Umesh Lalit was on Wednesday appointed the 49th Chief Justice of India, according to a government notification.Justice Lalit would be sworn in by President Droupadi Murmu as CJI on August 27 and will have a 74-day tenure since he retires on November 8.CJI NV Ramana, who retires on August 26, had recommended...
The government-imposed minimum and maximum level of domestic airfares will be discontinued from August 31. The airlines will again be free to charge as per market forces of demand and supply. For passengers, this could mean lower fares in lean travel periods to fill up planes and even higher fares in the coming busy...
JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar on Wednesday took oath as Bihar’s chief minister again, the eighth time since he was first sworn-in as the CM of the state in 2000. This came a day after Nitish Kumar snapped ties with the BJP in Bihar alleging that the party “tried weakening the JD(U)”.
Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar took oath as Bihar’s chief minister again on Wednesday afternoon after having announced a new “Grand Alliance” which includes Tejashwi Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and other Opposition parties. The longest-serving chief minister of any Hindi- speaking state, Nitish Kumar seems to have acquired an aura of indispensability...
Opposition parties hailed the JD(U)-BJP breakup as an indictment of the saffron party’s “politics of intimidation” and said it could throw up an alternative at the national level. Congress readily backed the new alliance, even as Nitish Kumar dialled party chief Sonia Gandhi and MP Rahul Gandhi to thank them for their support.
ITC Limited launched its 12th property, a luxury hotel in Gujarat