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Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Friday said the the ministry expansion was likely to take place after December 20 or 22 after discussions with the party high command. "It maybe late by eight to 10 days. We will expand the cabinet and those promised will be inducted into the Ministry there is no confusion on that," Yediyurappa told reporters here. Yediyurappa said he has been asked to go to Delhi after a week to discuss the expansion exercise as BJP National President Amit Shah was busy with the Jharkhand assembly polls and other matters. "I have already spoken to him. The cabinet expansion will be done after December 20 or 22," he added. After his government retained majority in the Assembly by sweeping the December 5 bypolls, Yediyurappa had recently said that he would soon leave for Delhi to hold discussions with the BJP central leadership on cabinet expansion. The ruling BJP had swept the by-elections, winning 12 of the total of 15 seats, helping the … [Read more...] about Karnataka Cabinet Expansion Likely after December 20 or 22: Yediyurappa

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Friday said the the ministry expansion was likely to take place after December 20 or 22 after discussions with the party high command. "It maybe late by eight to 10 days. We will expand the cabinet and those promised will be inducted into the Ministry there is no confusion on that," Yediyurappa told reporters here. Yediyurappa said he has been asked to go to Delhi after a week to discuss the expansion exercise as BJP National President Amit Shah was busy with the Jharkhand assemblypolls and other matters. "I have already spoken to him. The cabinet expansion will be done after December 20 or 22," he added. After his government retained majority in the Assembly by sweeping the December 5 bypolls, Yediyurappa had recently said that he would soon leave for Delhi to hold discussions with the BJP central leadership on cabinet expansion. The ruling BJP had swept the by-elections, winning 12 of the total of 15 seats, helping the … [Read more...] about Cabinet expansion likely after December 20 or 22: Yediyurappa

Now Boris Johnson could use his large majority to deliver a softer Brexit than anticipated as he’s less beholden to hard Brexiteers in his own party, political analysts say. Thursday’s election delivered a whopping 364 seats for the Conservatives with 44 per cent of the vote, decimating Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party who were reduced to 203 seats while the Liberal Democrats sunk to 11. It means Mr Johnson will be free to push his Brexit withdrawal agreement through by January 31, delivering on his pledge to “get Brexit done”. Leaders have not ruled out scheduling extra parliamentary sessions over the Christmas break. “We did it – we pulled it off, didn’t we?” he asked the crowd at a triumphant victory speech on Friday morning. “We broke the gridlock, we ended the deadlock, we smashed the roadblock.” “We will get Brexit done on time by the 31st of January, no ifs, no buts, no maybes.” But analysts suggest the … [Read more...] about UK election: Boris Johnson’s whopping majority could pave the way for softer Brexit, analysts say

New Delhi: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has won a clear majority in UK general election deemed as one of the country's most crucial and decisive elections,  as his Conservative Party crossed UK crossed the 326-mark required for a majority in Parliament, media reports said on Friday. The Conservatives  secured a comfortable majority in the House of Commons after winning their 326th seat. Jeremy Corbyn had earlier announced his resignation as leader of the Labour party after trends predicted heavy defeat for the party in the elections. Exit polls, revealed on Friday, that the UK's Conservatives have taken a string of former Labour strongholds, with the ruling party forecast to win the general election with a comfortable majority, exit polls revealed on Friday. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's gamble to push for an early vote as a way to end the parliamentary deadlock on Brexit looks to have paid off, with the number of Conservative seats in Parliament growing … [Read more...] about Boris Johnson Wins UK General Election With Powerful Mandate

According to a government official, an inter-ministerial note has been circulated giving details of the proposal and it will go for cabinet approval after that. Two years ago, the cash-strapped national carrier had put 111 properties on the block with a cumulative price tag of Rs 9,500 crore, hoping to monetise assets to reduce its mounting debt. It has so far managed to sell only 32 of those, raising about Rs 1,000 crore. In 2011-12, the government had prepared a turnaround plan for Air India and had tasked it with selling properties worth Rs 500 crore every year, but most of the transactions happened in the past two years. Before the start of the process to sell its own stake, the airline wants to get rid of most of the properties, said the officials cited earlier. Air India had debt of Rs 59,000 crore on its books, of which the government transferred Rs 29,400 crore last year to Air India Asset Holdings, a special purpose vehicle (SPV) that houses the debt and assets of the … [Read more...] about Air India to redevelop Vasant Vihar colony for Rs 4.5k-cr debt cut