Uddhav Thackeray Disagrees With Exit Polls Predicting Victory For BJP

Uddhav Thackeray Disagrees With Exit Polls Predicting Victory For BJP

Mumbai, Dec 17: Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray disagreed with prediction of the exit polls that anticipate a clear victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Gujarat Assembly Elections 2017. He said that the difference between the political environment in Gujarat and exit polls results is too huge. Notably, Thackeray’s party shares an uneasy […]

Trump admn bans selected words at health agencies: Paper

Trump admn bans selected words at health agencies: Paper

Washington, December 17 : The Trump administration has told agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services to avoid using certain words or phrases in official documents being drafted for next year’s budget, the Washington Post reported on Saturday. The newspaper said one of the agencies, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was […]

Austrian ‘whizz-kid’ brings right wing back into power

Austrian ‘whizz-kid’ brings right wing back into power

Vienna : Austria is set to become the only western European country with a far-right party in the government after the anti-immigration Freedom Party (FPOe) and Sebastian Kurz’s conservatives struck a coalition deal, capping a year of successes for Europe’s nationalist movements. As the parties met to rubber-stamp the accord struck on late Friday, Herbert […]

Rohit eyes first series win as captain

Rohit eyes first series win as captain

Visakhapatnam : Rohit Sharma will aim to maintain his superb batting form and win his first series as captain when India take on Sri Lanka in the third and final ODI at the Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium on Sunday. After a thumping seven-wicket loss against Sri Lanka in the first match, Rohit […]

US lawmaker accused of harassment won’t seek re-election: Reports

US lawmaker accused of harassment won’t seek re-election: Reports

Washington, December 17 : Democratic Representative Ruben Kihuen will not seek re-election, US media has reported, a day after the House Ethics Committee announced it was investigating allegations that he sexually harassed two women. The Nevada lawmaker on Saturday denied the allegations but said in a statement quoted by US media that they could be […]