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Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Tuesday attacked Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker P. Dhanapal's decision to disqualify 18 rebel AIADMK MLAs as "blatantly partisan" to help the minority government and said the state has become a "theatre of the absurd". "Nothing can save a sinking ship. Eighteen MLAs disqualified to manufacture a majority for the paralysed Tamil Nadu government. Tamil Nadu is theatre of the absurd," he said in a series of tweets. "If the Tamil Nadu Speaker is correct, no elected leader of a legislature party can be changed by dissenting MLAs? Once elected, Chief Minister for five years," Chidambaram said in a sarcastic tone. Calling it a "great betrayal", the former Union Minister said the state government should go on the sole ground it callously delayed moving the Supreme Court for additional 19 per cent for other backward classes. On Monday, Speaker Dhanapal disqualifed 18 MLAs owing allegiance to sid

As North Korea announced on Sunday that it has successfully tested a hydrogen bomb that could be loaded on to a long-range missile capable of reaching America, President Donald Trump slammed the reclusive state as a “rogue nation” that is “very hostile and dangerous to the United States”. Significantly, he declined to rule out a retaliatory strike, noting that any appeasement will not work with Pyongyang as “they understand only one thing”. “We’ll see,” Trump commented as he came out after attending church services and reporters asked him if he would attack North Korea. He said he would be meeting Defence Secretary Jim Mattis, White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and other military leaders to discuss the issue. “The national security team is monitoring this closely,” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters, adding the President would have a meeting later in the day. What was Pyongyang’s sixth and most powerful nuclear test was seen in Washington as

Despit being banned in Uttar Pradesh , the game of death Blue Whale claimed the life of a standard VI student at Hamirpur district of Bundelkhand region. As per reports, ill-fated student Parth Singh (13) was found hanging from the ceiling in Mission compound area of Maudaha area of Hamirpur while his father’s mobile on which he was playing ‘Blue Whale Challenge’ was still running when his family noticed his body around 5 pm on Sunday. Vikram Singh’s only son Parth said in his last post that very soon he would cross the last level of the game. “My win is certain though I would not be alive to see it but still I want to win at any cost,” he further posted. Numbed with gried, the parents said that Parth was supposed to attend a friend’s birthday on Sunday evening but he did not go there and continued playing the game despite scolding from them. Hamirpur police was howevr cautious on the incident saying that they were investigating and hence could not comment whether the de

Ministers to sit at party office daily - In a bid to bridge gap between party and Government, the State Government under Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has decided to depute its ministers to addresses grievances at the Bharatiya Janata Party office. In this regard every day party workers, who had to struggle hard to get access into Minister office – in the Vidhan Sabha or Chief Minister office at the Secretariat, Government as declared the names of the ministers for six days of the week. They would sit in the party office for four hours i.e. 10 am to 2 pm on daily basis. The party high command has tried to balance between the hard core BJP ministers and newly joined BJP leaders. For this two BJP old guards — Prakash Pant and Dhan Singh Rawat and four Congress turned BJP leaders — Satpal Maharaj, Subodh Uniyal, Yashpal Arya and Harak Singh Rawat have been assigned to sit in the party office. Sources said that with this order party high command wants to get its workers

Real estate: A challenge for effective governance - Parliament should debate and frame a new law for national housing and urban planning to replace the controversial development agencies mushrooming all over the country with their snake like fangs. During the British period, Indian travellers suffered at the cost of highway thugs for many centuries until the then British Governor General, William Henry Bentinck, ended it in 1835 with the ruthlessness it deserved. He was ably assisted by William Henry Sleeman, whom he appointed in-charge of thuggee and dacoity department. Bentinck’s success of eradication of thugs is one of the resounding achievements of British Raj in India . The thugs used to disguise themselves as businessmen, musicians, artists and fellow travellers. They used to loot unsuspecting travellers and kill them in cold blood. The menace was a reflection on the governance of that time and Bentinck became a legendary figure among modern Indian historian. This sta

US President  Donald Trump  has declared that he sees a "critical" role for India in his country's South Asia strategy for fighting terrorism and building up a safe Afghanistan.     With India "we are committed to pursuing our shared objectives for peace and security in South Asia and the broader Indo-Pacific region," he said on Monday outlining his new strategy for  Afghanistan   and the region.     Speaking to 2,000 US military personnel at Fort Myer, near Washington, he also warned that Islamabad's continued backing for terrorists could lead to a clash with India.     Accusing  Pakistan  of giving "safe haven to agents of chaos, violence, and terror," he said that the "threat is worse because Pakistan and India are two nuclear-armed states whose tense relations threaten to spiral into conflict. And that could happen."     Trump's approach to India outlined in the speech was in stark contrast to the stern