Tag: Resignation

Cuttack: The Cuttack city unit of BJP on Monday evening staged a demonstration on the busy streets of Badambadi here demanding the resignation of Food and Consumer Welfare minister from his post for his alleged involvement in multi-crore chit fund scam in the state. The agitating members of the saffron party also burnt the effigies […]

New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday demanded Finance Minister Arun Jaitely’s resignation after accusing him of colluding with fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya “and giving him a free passage” to flee the country. Addressing the media at the Congress headquarters here, Gandhi asked why the Minister did not inform the investigating agencies about Mallya’s […]

  Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa resigned on Saturday before facing a crucial trust vote in the Karnataka Assembly with numbers stacked against the BJP in the newly elected House, bringing an end to a political thriller that began after May 12 elections threw up a hung verdict. In an emotional speech in the […]

Agartala: Chief Minister Manik Sarkar on Sunday tendered his resignation to Governor Tathagata Roy, who asked him to continue in office till the next Chief Minister takes over, officials said. “I have submitted my resignation to governor and he asked me to continue in office until the new Chief Minister took over the charge. “I […]

Chandigarh: After dilly-dallying over it for days, the Congress on Thursday accepted the resignation of Punjab’s controversial cabinet minister Rana Gurjit Singh following allegations of corruption and money laundering against him. Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, who met Congress President Rahul Gandhi in Delhi on Thursday, confirmed that Rana Gurjit’s resignation had been accepted. “His resignation […]

Kathmandu: Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ on Wednesday announced his resignation during a televised address. The move paves way for Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba to become the next Prime Minister, as part of an agreement between the two leaders. Prachanda will now meet President Bidhya Devi Bhandari to submit his resignation. Prachanda […]

Thiruvananthapuram: Congress leader V.M. Sudheeran on Sunday asked Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi to resign for allegedly acting at the “behest of a few bar hotel owners” in Kerala. In December, the Supreme Court banned the sale of liquor within 500 meters of national and state highways across the country. But Rohatgi advised the Kerala government that […]

Washington: The President and CEO of the US Gymnastics, Steve Penny, has quit following intensified pressure on the organisation over its handling of allegations of sexual abuse over the years. “We all care deeply about the safety of our athletes, which is fundamental to a rewarding experience at any level of gymnastics,” Xinhua news agency quoted […]

New Delhi: The decks were cleared for Manohar Parrikar to take over as Goa Chief Minister with President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday accepting his resignation as Defence Minister and assigning additional charge of the ministry to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. “The President has accepted Manohar Parrikar’s resignation from the council of ministers with immediate effect under […]

New Delhi: Union Minister M J Akbar returned here Sunday from a tour of Africa amid mounting demand for his resignation over allegations of sexual harassment by a number of women journalists in the last few days. The Minister of State for External Affairs evaded a barrage of questions from the media over the allegations […]

New Delhi: Days after being elected to the state legislative council, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya today resigned as Lok Sabha members. A senior Lok Sabha secretariat official said the two BJP MPs submitted their resignation letters to the secretariat. While Adityanath represented the Gorakhpur Lok Sabha seat, […]

  New Delhi: The resignation of senior BJD leader Bishnu Charan Das has been accepted by the Rajya Sabha Chairman, it was announced today. Deputy Chairman P J Kurien announced that Das had yesterday resigned as a member of the Upper House and his resignation has been accepted by the Chairman Hamid Ansari with effect […]

Bhubaneswar: Former Odisha MLA Jogesh Singh formally joined the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Wednesday, three weeks after he resigned from the Congress. Singh, who represented Sundergarh Assembly seat, joined the BJD in the presence of Chief Minister and party president Naveen Patnaik. Welcoming the former legislator, Patnaik said Singh’s joining will further strengthen the […]

Bhubaneswar: A couple of days after Ollywood actress Barsha Priyadarshini filed a domestic violence case against her husband and Kendrapara MP Anubhav Mohanty, the state unit of BJP Mahila Morcha today demanded resignation of the parliamentarian. The women’s wing of BJP also condemned the incident and called for Anubhav’s resignation on moral grounds. “Anubhav’s wife […]