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Panjim, Mar 19: BJP's Pramod Sawant was on Tuesday sworn in as the new chief minister of Goa, succeeding Manohar Parrikar, cremated hours earlier with state honours. At a much-delayed swearing-in ceremony, held around 2 am on Tuesday, 11 other MLAs, part of the Parrikar-led cabinet, were also sworn in as ministers. The ceremony, held at a cramped Raj Bhavan, was to take place at 11 pm on Monday

Panaji, Mar 18: BJP's Pramod Sawant willl be the new chief minister of Goa, party sources said Monday. Two MLAs from the BJP alliance partners will be made deputy chief ministers as part of the compromise reached with allies, they said. The BJP managed to break the deadlock in Goa, offering key allies their pound of flesh, by accepting their demand for deputy CM's posts. Sawant is now Speaker of

New Delhi, Mar 18: Racing against time to meet the Supreme Court's deadline, Reliance Communications (RCom) has paid Rs 458.77 crore of dues to Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson, according to sources. Failure to cough up the dues would have meant that RCom Chairman Anil Ambani would have faced a 3-month jail term. Observing there was a 'wilful default', the Supreme Court last month held

Wellington, Mar 18: New Zealand’s cabinet agreed on measures to tighten gun control laws “in principle” on Monday, just days after a deadly mass shooting killed more than 50 people. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said details of the measures would be rolled out before a cabinet meeting next Monday, saying “the time to act is now”. “We have made a decision as a cabinet, we are unified,” she added

Mumbai, Mar 18: Jet Airways has grounded its operations at Abu Dhabi Airport from Monday for an indefinite period, citing operational reasons. Abu Dhabi is one of the two international hubs of Jet Airways. Dutch capital Amsterdam is the European gateway for the airline for its operations to Europe and beyond. "Jet Airways has cancelled all their flights from Abu Dhabi with immediate effect from

Mar 18: The Australian gunman charged with murder for allegedly killing 50 people in mass shootings at two New Zealand mosques plans to represent himself, his court-appointed duty lawyer said on Monday. Brenton Tarrant was charged with one count of murder and appeared at Christchurch District Court on Saturday after the rampage during Friday prayers. Duty lawyer Richard Peters, who represented him

Panaji, Mar 18: Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar, who died after a long illness, would be accorded state funeral with full military honours on Monday, according to the home ministry. Parrikar, 63, who had also been the defence minister, died on Sunday at his private residence in Dona Paula near the state capital after battling a pancreatic ailment since February last year. MHA Joint Secretary S

Lucknow, Mar 17: In an indication of bitterness creeping in their relations, Congress, apparently returning the favour, on Sunday said that it would not field candidates against members of Samajwadi Party (SP) patron Mulayam Singh Yadav's family and BSP supremo Mayawati in the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls. UP Congress president Raj Babbar told reporters here that the grand old party would also not

Srinagar, Mar 17: Former Kashmiri bureaucrat Shah Faesal launched his political outfit "Jammu and Kashmir People's Movement" at an event in Srinagar on Sunday. The 2010 batch civil services exam topper resigned from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in January this, saying Muslims had been reduced to second-class citizens. Mr Faesal had also hit out at the centre, accusing it of subverting

Mar 17: The heroic Pakistani who died after trying to stop the New Zealand attacker will be given a national award, Prime Minister Imran Khan has announced. Khaleej Times covered the story of Naeem Rashid, a teacher from Abbattobad who moved to Christchurch, who was killed by the Australian gunman. His 21-year-old son, Talha Naeem, also died in the Al Noor Mosque. Khan tweeted early this morning: