Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], December 19 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader G Vivek Venkataswamy on Saturday termed iPhone proposal to Standing Committee members as 'loot of state exchequer'.
Dubai [UAE], December 19 (ANI): The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Saturday announced that Imran Khwaja and Mahinda Vallipuram have been re-elected as Associate Member Directors and will be joined on the ICC Board by Neil Speight following an election process.
Washington [US], December 19 (ANI): Indian-American Vedant Patel has been named as Assistant Press Secretary by US President-elect Joe Biden in the new list of additional members of the White House communications and press staff.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], December 19 (ANI): In yet another blow to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Uttar Kanthi MLA Banasri Maity on Friday tendered his resignation from the primary membership of Trinamool Congress (TMC) and from each and every post of the party.
Washington [US], December 19 (ANI): The United States Space Force on Friday (local time) announced that its space professionals will be known as 'Guardians'.
Johannesburg [South Africa], December 18 (ANI): Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Friday announced that two members of the Proteas squad have tested positive for coronavirus, ahead of the team's entry into the Bio-Secure Environment for the Test series against Sri Lanka.
Palakkad (Kerala) [India], December 18 (ANI): Members of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) on Friday staged a protest march till the Palakkad municipality office against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers who raised 'Jai Shri Ram' slogans earlier in the day.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], December 18 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has termed the decision of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) Standing Committee to gift its members brand new Apple iPhone as "brazen misuse of power" and demanded a rollback of the decision.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 18 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday attended the oath ceremony of newly elected Members of the Legislative Council (MLCs) from state legislative council's graduates' and teachers' constituencies.
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 18 (ANI): Amid the ongoing farmers' agitation in the country, Union Minister Smriti Irani on Friday said the parties which were members of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) were misguiding farmers about the three agriculture laws.
Puducherry [India], December 18 (ANI): Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy along with members of several parties sat on a day-long hunger strike in support of farmers protesting against the three Central farm laws on Friday.