Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal resigns citing personal reasons, says report

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Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal resigned citing personal reasons, a senior official told PTI. He was appointed the city's LG in December 2016.

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18 May 2022

20:40 PM

Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2022 will come into force on May 22. With the move, all the 3 municipal corporations of Delhi- North DMC, South DMC and East DMC will merge into one entity: MHA notification (ANI)

19:40 PM

Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio, Deputy CM Yanthungo Patton, UDA Chairman TR Zeliang and UDA co-chairman Kuzholuzo Azo Nienu met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi today and discuss with him a number of issues. (ANI)

Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio, Deputy CM Yanthungo Patton, UDA Chairman TR Zeliang and UDA co-chairman Kuzholuzo Azo Nienu met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi today and discuss with him a number of issues. pic.twitter.com/4SFc18Zb1Y

— ANI (@ANI) May 18, 2022

19:26 PM

Forest fire triggers several landmine explosions along Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district: Officials (PTI)

18:39 PM

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: AG Perarivalan, his mother Arputhammal and other members of their family meet Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin in Chennai. (ANI)

AG Perarivalan, his mother Arputhammal and other members of their family meet Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin in Chennai.

Supreme Court ordered the release of Perarivalan today. He is one of the convicts serving life imprisonment in connection with ex-PM Rajiv Gandhi's assassination. pic.twitter.com/uNk6xfaEW2

— ANI (@ANI) May 18, 2022

17:48 PM

The Board has constituted a legal committee to look into the 1991 Act on places of worship & the decision regarding Babri Masjid & to present the case effectively: All India Muslim Personal Law Board (ANI)

The Board has constituted a legal committee to look into the 1991 Act on places of worship & the decision regarding Babri Masjid & to present the case effectively: All India Muslim Personal Law Board pic.twitter.com/uczb08Yptw

— ANI (@ANI) May 18, 2022

17:47 PM

Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal has tendered his resignation to President Ram Nath Kovind, sources said on Wednesday. The sources said Baijal resigned citing personal reasons. (ANI)

17:13 PM

Pilgrimage to Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine, Katra remains temporarily suspended through the new route due to forest fire near Himkoti in Trikuta hills. The Yatra through the traditional route continues. (ANI)

Jammu | Pilgrimage to Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine, Katra remains temporarily suspended through the new route due to forest fire near Himkoti in Trikuta hills. The Yatra through the traditional route continues. pic.twitter.com/yTT15Iw1ly

— ANI (@ANI) May 18, 2022

16:26 PM

They (Punjab Govt) have accepted our demands but we will not move from here until a minister comes here and announces the decisions: Jagjit Singh Dallewal, BKU (ANI)

Mohali, Punjab | They (Punjab Govt) have accepted our demands but we will not move from here until a minister comes here and announces the decisions: Jagjit Singh Dallewal, BKU pic.twitter.com/QRU3T6ZYtv

— ANI (@ANI) May 18, 2022

16:24 PM

No doubt Rahul Gandhi preferred choice of overwhelming majority of Cong workers for party president: Shashi Tharoor (PTI)

15:38 PM

Delhi court reserves the order on judicial custody of accused Manish Lakra, Harish Goyal and Varun Goyal in the Mundka fire tragedy case. (ANI)

15:37 PM

Congress' Chintan Shivir was an exercise in reform and revival: Shashi Tharoor to PTI. 

15:07 PM

Several areas in Kottayam city face waterlogging after heavy rainfall today. (ANI)

Kerala: Several areas in Kottayam city face waterlogging after heavy rainfall today pic.twitter.com/mIvpASowiX

— ANI (@ANI) May 18, 2022

14:37 PM

Gujarat factory mishap, 12 dead

Gujarat | At least 12 people died after a wall of a salt factory in Morbi's Halvad GIDC collapsed

12 people have died after an incident happened at Sagar Salt Factory in Halvad GIDC. Government stands with the families of the deceased: State Minister Brijesh Merja pic.twitter.com/lSBAaw2jJB

— ANI (@ANI) May 18, 2022

13:53 PM

SSC Recruitment Scam Update

Calcutta HC directs Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee to appear before CBI by 6 pm of Wednesday in connection with SSC appointments scam. (PTI)

13:22 PM

SSC Recruitment Scam

Calcutta High Court terms irregularities in School Service Commission's appointments of teaching, non-teaching staff in 2016 panel as public scam. (PTI)

12:16 PM

Madhya Pradesh local elections

SC gives green signal to OBC reservation in local elections in Madhya Pradesh; directs MP Election Commission to notify local body election in one week

— ANI (@ANI) May 18, 2022

11:41 AM

Sheena Bora Murder Case

Supreme Court grants bail to Indrani Mukherjea, prime accused in Sheena Bora murder case.

— ANI (@ANI) May 18, 2022

11:01 AM

Rajiv Gandhi Assasination Case

Supreme Court orders release of AG Perarivalan, one of the convicts serving life imprisonment in connection with the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

— ANI (@ANI) May 18, 2022

09:47 AM

Due to the forest fire in Trikuta hills, yatra and the battery car service were suspended on the new track (route) as a precautionary measure by authorities, this morning. Yatra through traditional track (route) continues: Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, Katra, J&K pic.twitter.com/jKRzypqbjJ

— ANI (@ANI) May 18, 2022

08:59 AM

Punjab Farmers' Protest

Punjab | Morning visuals from Chandigarh-Mohali border where farmers are sitting on a protest against the state government over various demands. They were stopped by the state police from entering Chandigarh, yesterday, May 17 pic.twitter.com/fUnr0bwz4Z

— ANI (@ANI) May 18, 2022

08:55 AM

Russia-Ukraine War

Mariupol appeared on the verge of falling to the Russians on Tuesday as Ukraine moved to abandon the steel plant where hundreds of its fighters had held out for months under relentless bombardment in the last bastion of resistance in the devastated city. (PTI)

08:45 AM

CBI arrests S Bhaskararaman

He is close associate of Lok Sabha MP Karti Chidambaram in alleged bribery case: Officials. (PTI)