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Gurugram:  Appointing Bhupinder Singh Hooda as Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader and Rao Narender Singh as Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC) chief marks a significant shift for the Congress in Haryana from having a Jat-Dalit to Jat-OBC combination of leaders in the party’s top posts of CLP leader and HPCC chief.For the first time in nearly two decades—18 years to be exact—the Haryana Congress leadership will not have a Dalit leader. Since 2007, a Jat-Dalit combination held the Leader of Opposition/CM and Haryana Congress president posts. Ahead of the 2024 state assembly elections, the Jat-Dalit combination of Bhupinder Singh Hooda…

While youths protesting against an alleged leak of the question paper of the Uttarakhand Subordinate Services Selection Commission (UKSSSC) test for government jobs called off their stir until October 10 on Monday – the eighth day of their protest – after Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami promised to fulfil their demand for a CBI probe, the Opposition Congress has kept the heat on the BJP government.The Congress has continued to question the functioning of institutions like the UKSSSC and Uttarakhand Public Services Commission (UKPSC), which oversee job recruitment tests. In an interview with The Indian Express, state Congress stalwart and…

“He was a star in 1967, a time when the country’s entire political landscape was dominated by the Congress,” one Delhi BJP leader recalled. “The Jana Sangh was in charge of Delhi, and Malhotra was the chief executive of the Delhi Metropolitan Council. It was a pivotal time—Delhi’s statehood had been annulled, and it was declared a Union Territory. The chief of the Delhi Metropolitan was regarded as the de facto chief minister of Delhi.”In his autobiography My Country My Life, Advani writes, “The decision to revoke the statehood of Delhi had not gone down well with its citizens. The…

While the Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has stepped up its preparations for a “mega rally” in Lucknow on October 9 to mark the death anniversary of Kanshi Ram, the BSP’s founder, it seems to have made some of her rival parties in Uttar Pradesh uneasy.Mayawati is going to hold this rally at the Kanshi Ram memorial after a gap of four years, with her party leaders projecting it as a show of strength meant to galvanise the party’s rank and file ahead of the 2027 UP Assembly elections. The BSP has been struggling to make its mark in state…

JERUSALEM — President Donald Trump laid out an ambitious plan for the future of the Gaza Strip at a news conference Monday, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel standing beside him, and both said it could finally stop the devastating conflict with Hamas. The proposal envisions an immediate end to the war and the release of all remaining hostages in Gaza. Hamas would lay down its arms and give up any power it still has over Gaza. A transitional government would be established.But it is far from clear whether those terms would be acceptable to Hamas, the Palestinian militant…

Warner Bros. While Paul Thomas Anderson’s new thriller “One Battle After Another” may not be lighting up the box office, it is finding acclaim with critics. The film, based loosely on a 1990 novel called “Vineland,” follows militant revolutionary Pat Calhoun (Leonardo DiCaprio), who embarks on a rescue mission after his daughter (Chase Infiniti) is kidnapped by government imperialists.  Interestingly, some are drawing comparisons between “One Battle After Another” and “Star Wars.” Leonardo DiCaprio, who almost played a major Star Wars character himself, has had similar thoughts, stating on the Big Picture Podcast, “I…

A strong earthquake jolted the central Philippines on Tuesday night, collapsing buildings and killing at least 20 people and injuring more than three dozen others, a government spokesperson said.The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology reported that the 6.9-magnitude earthquake shook the province of Cebu, home to 3.2 million people, just before 10 p.m. local time. It was followed by a series of smaller aftershocks. Ainjeliz de la Torre-Orong, a spokesperson for Cebu, said in an email that at least 20 people had been confirmed dead and at least 37 had been injured. Four buildings had collapsed, three government buildings…

Warner Bros Everyone loves “The Lord of the Rings.” They make up a quarter of the top 12 movies of all time on IMDb’s top 250 movie list, for goodness’ sake. “The Hobbit” films are less grand but still entertaining, as is the “Rings of Power” and many of the older animated adaptations. While Looper has already gone on record with ranking the on-screen adaptations of Middle-earth, how does the source material stack up? Let’s rank the three books of “The Lord of the Rings,” the Hobbit, and several of the…

Riding on fantastic performances from Deepti Sharma, Amanjot Kaur, India beat Sri Lanka by 59 runs (By DLS method) in the first match of the ICC Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 at Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati on Tuesday. Both Deepti and Amanjot performed with both bat and ball in the campaign opener for India. More To Follow…  Add Zee News as a Preferred Source

The Australian Retirement Trust, the nation’s No. 2 pension fund, is defaulting on a loan that funded the purchase of a Bellevue office complex once occupied by Microsoft, underscoring the continued fallout for global investors as companies revise their office space.The two towers seemed like a safe bet for their Australian buyer in early 2020, packed with thousands of Microsoft workers. But the tech giant vacated the complex as hybrid work trends and job cuts allowed it to consolidate offices in the years following the pandemic, leaving both buildings empty in an area where nearly a fifth of space is…