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YSRCP leader V Vijaysai Reddy on Saturday resigned as a member of the Rajya Sabha citing personal reasons. He met Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar and submitted his resignation. Reddy later told reporters that despite having three and half years left in his six-year term in Rajya Sabha, he has submitted his resignation due to personal reasons.

Republic Day, there will be much speechifying about 'the world's largest democracy' and the 'sacred text' that is the Constitution. But if you let the rhetoric cool a bit and let facts do the talking, we may be looking the other way to avoid being caught looking uncomfortable as a democratic nation. PRS Legislative Research's annual report, 'The Annual Review of State Laws' for 2023 released last year, shows that state assemblies met for 23 days in 2023. As many as 12 states met for less than 100 hrs that year. 44% of all bills were passed on the day of introduction or the very next day, giving debates a short shrift. In 2002, a committee set up to review the working of the Constitution recommended that houses of state legislatures with less than 70 members should meet for at least 50 days in a year, and other houses meet for at least 90 days.

Mamta Kulkarni, a popular Bollywood actress from the '90s, has embraced a spiritual path and become a Sadhvi after taking 'sanyaas'. On Friday, she visited Kinnar Akhara during Mahakumbh, where she met Acharya Mahamandaleshwar Dr. Lakshmi Narayan Tripathi and received blessings. Dressed in a saffron outfit and a Rudraksh garland, Mamta engaged in a discussion about becoming Mahamandaleshwar for about an hour. She has adopted the name Shri Yamai Mamta Nandgiri.

Himanta Biswa Sarma held a meeting with representatives from Japan’s leading universities in Tokyo and asked them to explore linkages with Assam based universities; particularly through joint degree courses, student exchange programs and collaboration in research and skilling.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Delhi’s liquor policy has seen numerous changes, stirring controversy and confusion over the years. It has even led to arrests and business losses.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met his US counterpart Marco Rubio and exchanged views on a wide range of regional and global issues in their first bilateral meeting hours after the Secretary of State assumed office.

National Restaurants Association of India (NRAI), an industry body representing over 500,000 restaurants in the country, is planning to approach the courts to seek intervention on standalone 10-minute food delivery apps launched by Zomato-owned Blinkit and Swiggy, people in the know said.

Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy has revisited his stance, emphasizing that no one should be forced into long working hours. Murthy explained that such decisions should be a matter of personal introspection rather than societal imposition.

Novak Djokovic vs Carlos Alcaraz LIVE Score: Novak Djokovic will be taking on Carlos Alcaraz in the men's singles quarterfinal at the Australian Open 2025, in what looks to be a high-octane contest in the year's first Grand Slam. While Carlos Alcaraz is yet to win an Australian Open title, the 37-year-old Serbian is chasing his 11th Grand Slam at Melbourne Park. Notably, Novak Djokovic, en route to his quarterfinal, had to run for money in his first couple of round matches.

JD Vance was sworn in as the United States vice president on Monday with his wife, Usha Chilukuri Vance, and their three young children by his side.As the vice president and President Donald Trump took the spotlight during the inauguration day, Google was buzzing with a trending question: “Who is J.D. Vance’s wife?”Here is what to know about the new second lady and Yale-educated lawyer.Vance, 39, was raised in San Diego, by Indian immigrant parents.

Devendra Fadnavis on Monday met Klaus Schwab, the founder and chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. SINGAPORE—China suggested it was willing to work with Donald Trump to keep TikTok operating in the U.S. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said Monday that companies can make their own decisions on operations and acquisitions, a reversal of the government’s previous position that it would block any forced sale of TikTok.

President-elect Trump met with Apple CEO Tim Cook, which he announced at his Make America Great Again Victory Rally on Sunday, saying Cook is planning to make an investment in the U.S., following DAMAC and SoftBank.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A long, long time ago, in an age before literature festivals, I met a man who wrote books. I was just a wide-eyed schoolboy in Kolkata and I don’t recall anything the portly pink-faced man with twinkling eyes and a bushy beard said when he visited our school, but I remember the delightful little animal sketches he made on the fly on the optical projector.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Sometimes the order in which you do things makes all the difference. That could prove to be the case with President-elect Donald Trump’s economic policies.

Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya on Wednesday met with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar with traditional Mysore Pak sweets and expressed gratitude to the government for facilitating the consulate in Bengaluru. Bengaluru had been demanding a US Consulate for long with the state giver and the BJP MP following up on the demand. During Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the US in June 2023, it was announced that the US will open two new consulates in Bengaluru and Ahmedabad, and India would establish a mission in Seattle.

The health sector holds many of the best job opportunities for workers in 2025, due to factors like high labor demand and pay, according to a new ranking from job search site Indeed.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Narawadee Srikarnchana built the restaurant Nara Thai as a retirement project. In 2003, she was part of the family business, the luxury watch retailer Pendulum in Bangkok.