There is no “220 club” in BJP which hopes a reduced tally for the party in the Lok Sabha elections could see the emergence of an alternative to PM Narendra Modi and this was mere speculation in media circles, minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari said.

Congress’ numerical edge in terms of number of MLAs in the Goa assembly was blunted as only 3 of its MLAs appeared before Goa governor while BJP presented all 21 MLAs supporting its claim, Nitin Gadkari has said. BJP zeroed in on Goa speaker Pramod Sawant after briefly considering Sripad Naik, junior minister for Ayurveda at the Centre.

For the first time since news emerged about L&T’s unsolicited acquisition of the $900-million Bengaluru-based IT services company, Mindtree’s founders came together before the media to describe the move as a grave threat to a “unique” organisation and value-destructive for all shareholders.

The schedule is balanced in terms of afternoon matches/weekend matches and travel. The board has factored the 2019 Lok Sabha elections dates/phases in the respective states and cities and clearance thereof. Defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will take on Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in Chennai in the IPL opener, which will begin on March 23.

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DGCA has asked the airline to comply with all relevant rules on timely communication (about flight delays or cancellations), compensation, refunds and providing alternate flights wherever applicable. The data is being monitored by DGCA on regular basis.

Engineering major L&T on Tuesday said the deal got triggered after largest sharehlder VG Siddhartha approached them three months ago, and exuded confidence in winning over the unhappy promoters. L&T's SN Subrahmanyan invoked parallels with bollywood dramas, saying with 'dil and pyaar' (heart and love) it will be able to win over everybody.

Those in Mindtree think of their culture as a mix of empathy, integrity, and purpose. Empathy was visible at inception in 1999, when the company unveiled a logo created by an alumnus of the Spastic Society of Karnataka, Chetan. Since then, the company has had a special emphasis on the differently-abled.

Some leaders from Sangh Parivar wanted to replicate the experiment of 1987 when candidates fielded by BJP-led Hindu Munnani finished second in three assembly constituencies in the state and gave a tough fight to LDF and UDF in at least half a dozen others.

International Cricket Council CEO Dave Richardson on Monday said he doesn't foresee any threat to the high-profile India-Pakistan World Cup match, insisting that the two teams are bound by an ICC agreement to show up.

BSP chief Mayawati on Monday advised the Congress to refrain from spreading confusion by leaving seven Lok Sabha seats for the SP-BSP-RLD alliance in Uttar Pradesh. In a series of tweets, she said the Congress is free to field its candidates in all the 80 parliamentary constituencies of the state.

The World Cup is just round the corner and many feel players should think twice before going flat out in a T20 tournament that takes a lot out of these stars. The franchises demand nothing but the best from these guys, on whom they spend a fortune, and once the ball rolls, it is difficult for any cricketer not to give his 100 %.