DH Evening Brief: Power tussle within AIADMK cracks open; AAP, Trinamool now hope to fill Congress's shoes in Goa
AIADMK abolishes dual leadership, appoints EPS as interim general secy
AIADMK’s General Council, the party’s highest decision making body, on Monday appointed Edappadi K Palaniswami as the interim general secretary after abolishing the dual leadership arrangement which was arrived at a compromise formula to keep the party afloat following the death of J Jayalalithaa in 2016.
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Congress moves in to stop storm of defections in Goa
The Congress was fighting a crisis in Goa where its unit is facing a threat of defection after half of the MLAs did not turn up in the legislative party meeting.
That's not cricket! Gujarat police bust fake league
Labourers masquerading as cricket players, clever camera angles and fake team names were all part of an elaborate hoax cricket league in Gujarat shown on YouTube that was used to draw money from gamblers in Russia, police said on Monday.
Protesters 'unwind' at PM's home & Presidential Palace in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka's colonial-era presidential palace has embodied state authority for more than 200 years, but after taking it over by the protestors the palace has become a picnic spot. From playing carroms, cards, swimming in the pool to washing clothes, cooking food and resting on Presidential palace beds, the official residences of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and OM Ranil Wickremesinghe has become a picnic spot as thousands of men, women and children stormed the mansion amid the political unrest in Sri Lanka.
AAP, Trinamool now hope to fill Congress's shoes in Goa
Hopes have been reignited in AAP and Trinamool Congress as they saw an opportunity in Congress’s adversity in Goa, where both are working hard to push the main Opposition party to the corners to usurp one of the pole positions in the coastal state.