nepotism

Itanagar, April 6 Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Monday welcomed the CBI preliminary inquiry ordered by the Supreme Court into allegations surrounding the awarding of contracts to the CM’s family members, asserting that his government had “nothing to hide”.Khandu, in a...

New Delhi, April 6 The State does not hold public resources as a "private proprietor" but as a trustee on behalf of the people, the Supreme Court said on Monday.A bench headed by Justice Vikram Nath said that whenever the State undertakes the allocation of public resources, award of public...

Itanagar, April 6 The Arunachal Pradesh unit of the Congress demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Monday, following the Supreme Court's direction for a CBI investigation into the alleged awarding of public works contracts to firms linked to family members.In a statement...

Kozhikode, April 2 – CPI(M) candidate, State Tourism Minister and son-in-law of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, P.A. Mohamed Riyas, is planning to file a complaint with the Election Commission against UDF nominee P.V. Anvar in Beypore, alleging character assassination in the intensifying...

Kathmandu, March 31 Former Chief District Officer of Kathmandu, Chhabi Rijal, was arrested on Tuesday for his alleged role in the crackdown on the Gen Z movement in September last year.Rijal, who was named in the list of high-ranking officials responsible for suppressing the Gen Z movement, in...

Balendra Shah, the parliamentary leader of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), was sworn in as Nepal's democratically elected Prime Minister today. The 35-year-old RSP leader, who became the country's youngest Prime Minister, took the oath of office and secrecy from President Ramchandra Paudel...

Los Angeles, March 22 – Hollywood actress Gwyneth Paltrow doesn’t shy away from acknowledging that she benefited from nepotism.The actress is comfortable admitting her "nepo baby" status. Paltrow, the daughter of actress Blythe Danner and film producer/director Bruce Paltrow, discussed this...

Lucknow, March 16 Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Monday that leaders of the previous Samajwadi Party government worked only to serve the interests of their own family and relatives, but for the BJP, the entire 25 crore population of the state is its family.Speaking at a...

Kathmandu, March 8 The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), led by young musician-turned-politician Balendra Shah 'Balen', is set for a resounding victory in the general elections, marking a significant defeat for established parties.Formed in 2022, the RSP has won 120 of the 165 directly elected...

Kathmandu, March 8 – Balendra Shah, the rapper-turned-politician, and his newly formed Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) have achieved a landslide victory in Nepal's general elections, significantly weakening established parties in the politically unstable Himalayan nation.According to the...

Kathmandu, March 8 – Balendra Shah, a rapper turned politician, and his Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) are set to form the government in Nepal after securing a resounding victory in the crucial general election, effectively ousting the established parties in the politically fragile Himalayan...

Kathmandu, March 8 – Balendra Shah, the rapper turned politician, is set to form the government in Nepal after securing a resounding victory in the crucial general election, results of which were declared on Sunday. This victory has significantly weakened the established parties in the...

Kathmandu, March 8 – Balendra Shah, a rapper turned politician, is set to become the next prime minister of Nepal after his Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) secured a resounding victory in the crucial general election. The results, announced on Sunday, have dramatically shifted the political...

Kathmandu, March 7 RSP's Balendra Shah defeated four-time Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli by a significant margin and is set to form the next government in Nepal, effectively dismantling traditional political parties in the first general elections since last year's violent protests by the Gen Z...

Kathmandu, March 6: The rise and fall of Nepal's former Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli can be traced between two uprisings, separated by over half a century.The 74-year-old's political identity was shaped long before he became prime minister. He first came to national attention as a...

Jhapa (Nepal), March 2 – Nepal’s Jhapa-5 constituency, located close to the India border, is buzzing with activity this Monday, but if elections are about loud loudspeakers, street corner meetings, and aggressive street marches, the resulting commotion is comparatively less in the final hours...

New Delhi, February 18 Observing that nepotism and self-aggrandizement are anathema to a democratic system, the Supreme Court has cancelled the allocation of two flats by a Haryana government housing society to a governing body member and his subordinate.A bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and K...