Mike Hesson and Babar Azam Former fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has questioned the appointment of Mike Hesson as the new head coach of the Pakistan cricket team after they were bowled out for a paltry 92 in the third ODI against West Indies.“Mike Hesson is a good T20 coach, but I don’t know what qualities…
NEW DELHI: Telangana BJP MLA T Raja Singh on Monday resigned from the primary membership of the party, voicing his disapproval over reports suggesting senior leader Ramchander Rao is likely to be appointed as the state unit president.In his resignation letter addressed to BJP Telangana president G Kishan Reddy, Raja Singh said the reported decision…
Allahabad High Court has validated professor Naima Khatoon’s appointment as Aligarh Muslim University’s Vice-Chancellor, dismissing challenges to the selection process. The court emphasized the adherence to regulations and hailed the appointment as a progressive step for gender representation. Khatoon expressed faith in the judiciary, viewing the verdict as a reaffirmation of democratic values within the…
Raipur: Chhattisgarh high court has ruled that compassionate appointment is a one-time concession granted to alleviate financial hardship caused by the death of a govt employee, and not a “vested right that can be used to claim higher or alternative posts”.Dismissing a writ petition seeking upgrade from a Class-IV post to Class-III, the bench of…
Mohsen Mahdawi, an organizer of pro-Palestinian demonstrations last year at Columbia University, was detained by immigration officials on Monday after arriving for an appointment in Vermont that he thought was a step toward becoming a U.S. citizen, his lawyers said. Hours later, Mr. Mahdawi’s mother, older sister and lawyers were scrambling to find him after…
JAMMU: The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh high court has expressed strong displeasure over the appointment of an IAS officer against whom CBI has sought prosecution sanction in the arms licences scam case as the commissioner/secretary of the General Administration Department (GAD).Questioning the appointment of M Raju, whose name figures in the CBI chargesheet in…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Monday sought govt’s response to a PIL seeking an “independent and transparent” procedure for appointment of CAG on the lines of the one the court had devised for CVC, but not before asking, “When Constitution provides for unbridled power to executive to appoint CAG, should we rewrite that provision?” “Constitution says…
HYDERABAD: Telangana chief minister A. Revanth Reddy has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking an appointment to discuss two bills passed by the state assembly, which propose 42% reservation for backward classes in education, employment, and local bodies.The Telangana CMO stated, “The chief minister has sought the appointment of the Prime Minister in the…
PATNA: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, on his 75th birthday on Saturday, distributed appointment letters to 59,028 contractual teachers who cleared Sakshamta Pariksha-2. The event was held at the Samvad Room of the Chief Minister’s Secretariat, Patna.Of 59,028 “successful” teachers, 55,845 are primary teachers, 2,532 secondary teachers and 651 higher secondary teachers. CM Nitish handed…
NEW DELHI: The Trinamool Congress on Thursday hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party over the appointment of Rekha Gupta as Delhi chief minister and Kapil Mishra as cabinet minister.In a post on X, TMC MP Sagarika Ghose said by picking Rekha Gupta as Delhi CM, the “new BJP” has normalised “vicious abuse and vitriol”.“Disturbing…