Johnson, the younger brother of hard-Brexiteer Boris Johnson, called for the public to have a fresh say on Britain’s membership of the European Union (EU). The Conservative Party MP, who was a New Delhi-based journalist for ‘The Financial Times’ between 2005 and 2008, said the UK was “barrelling towards an …
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Sri Lanka: Amid chaos, Rajapaksa minister resigns, rejoins Wickremsinghe
Manusha Nanayakkara was sworn in as a deputy Minister last week after he crossed over from Mr. Wickremsinghe party. In a letter addressed to President, Nanayakkara said he accept Wickremsinghe as the legitimate prime minister who has majority in the house. Mr. Wickremsinghe’s United National party (UNP) while announcing the …
Read More »Mizoram Assembly polls : Assembly Speaker Hiphei resigns
Assembly speaker Hiphei has resigned from his post and Congress membership and Joined the BJP. Hiphei was elected to the Assembly from Palak constituency. He had also served as a Member of Parliament. He is all set to contest assembly polls on BJP ticket from Palak constituency. Meanwhile, state top …
Read More »Anupam Kher resigns as FTII chairman
In his resignation letter to Information and Broadcasting Ministry he said that due to his commitment to the show he will be stationed in the US for nearly nine months between 2018 and 2019 and then for a similar period for a minimum of three years more.
Read More »Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian resigns due to personal reasons, will move to US
Union Minister Arun Jaitley today said that Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian will be leaving the finance ministry because of “pressing family commitments” and will return to the US. Subramanian was appointed as CEA to the finance ministry on October 16, 2014, for a period of three years. In 2017 …
Read More »Mehbooba Mufti resigns as J&K Chief Minister, submits her resignation to the Governor
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday submitted her resignation to Governor NN Vohra, after the BJP announced it was leaving the alliance with her Peoples Democratic Party. The BJP’s decision to end the coalition leaves Mufti with just 28 out of Jammu and Kashmir’s 87 elected seats.
Read More »British interior minister Amber Rudd resigns after immigration scandal
The Home Affairs Select Committee questioned Rudd last week over quotas for removal of the Windrush generation, the first large group of Caribbean migrants to arrive in the UK after World War II. Rudd, 54, had been under increasing pressure to quit over the scandal involving Caribbean immigrants who were …
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