MELBOURNE, Australia — There are plenty of reasons to travel to Melbourne for the Australian Open each January, especially from a winter climate. It’s sunny, it’s warm and Aussies at Melbourne Park are good with beer at noon and banter all day. Roger Federer had it about right when he nicknamed this event the “happy…
NEW DELHI: Nitish Kumar‘s Janata Dal(United) on Wednesday acted swiftly to control damage after its Manipur unit chief wrote a letter to state governor reiterating party’s earlier decision of not supporting the BJP-led Biren Singh government.“The seating arrangement of the lone MLA of Janata Dal (United) in Manipur, Md Abdul Nasir was made in the…
Mr. Thiel prides himself on his elaborate parties, and his inauguration event, held in his seven-bedroom home, included a hired juggler who rather than juggling, instead posed trivia questions to guests about U.S. presidents. Snack cakes and other appetizers were passed around, and larger bites were served at stations. (The Mar-a-Lago station had shrimp, steak…
Mark Zuckerberg, the Meta chief executive who has tried to keep a distance from politics, appears to be warming to President-elect Donald J. Trump. Mr. Zuckerberg is among several Big Tech executives who are expected to be front and center at Mr. Trump’s inauguration next week. He will be one of four hosts of a…
Harold G. Hamm, the billionaire oil and gas executive who helped bankroll Donald J. Trump’s campaign and stands to profit from his energy policies, is hosting an exclusive fossil fuel industry celebration on Inauguration Day. The daytime party on the roof of the historic Hay-Adams Hotel, a block from the White House, will be a…
Ahead of the Delhi Assembly elections on February 5, the BJP launched a scathing attack on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government, accusing it of failing to deliver on key poll promises and “destroying” the city.Addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters on Sunday, Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri highlighted 10 unfulfilled promises by…
NEW DELHI: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) working committee on Friday accepted Sukhbir Singh Badal‘s resignation as party president, according to party officials. This decision followed the directive from Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh in early December, urging SAD to implement the December 2 edict regarding Badal’s resignation.The acceptance took place during a working…
Tech titan Elon Musk called on German voters to support the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in the upcoming national election during a broadcast on his social media platform, X, on Thursday. Musk hosted the conversation with Alice Weidel, the party’s chancellor candidate, introducing her as “the leading candidate to run Germany,” though he…
HYDERABAD/NEW DELHI: The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) is planning to contest 10-12 seats in the upcoming Delhi elections. So far, it has announced only two candidates – Tahir Hussain from Mustafabad and Shafur Rehman, who is the Jamia Alumni Association (AAJMI) president, from Okhla.AIMIM’s Delhi unit, in consultation with party president and Hyderabad MP…
Justin Trudeau’s announcement on Monday that he would resign was the last card that Canada’s deeply unpopular prime minister, who had set his party on course to lose a national election, had left to play. The political levers he has pulled will give Mr. Trudeau’s Liberal Party a chance to reinvent itself without him. But…