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Miss Texas USA pageant sees new twist: Marissa Teijo, a 71-year-old participating in the mega event
Miss Texas USA will see a very interesting twist as they are going to allow a 71-year-old participant among almost a hundred women who are going to take part in this grand title. The organizers have done away with the age bar for the coveted pageant, leading to Marissa Teijo's participation. Here's all we know around this interesting event.
Donald Trump vows tax cuts, warns vaguely of 'danger' from immigrants
Speaking to thousands of supporters at a convention center in West Palm Beach, Florida, the Republican candidate vowed to further cut the corporate tax rate he lowered while president, while also providing tax relief to the middle class. Trump, who is locked in a close rematch race with President Joe Biden, a Democrat, did not provide specifics.
After NCP, Shinde-led Sena upset over MoS post in Modi 3.0 government: 'Expected Cabinet berth'
Shiv Sena expresses disappointment over cabinet berth allocation in the new government led by Eknath Shinde, citing 'partiality' in ministerial positions distribution within the ruling coalition.
Nitish Kumar: The man who helped in formation of INDIA bloc now to become kingmaker in NDA govt
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, a key BJP ally, plays a crucial role in the Lok Sabha as the kingmaker, with ties to the INDIA bloc and interest from the opposition alliance.
Lok Sabha polls: BJP's journo pick Vs Congress' educationist in Kanpur
Kanpur, one of the oldest major industrial and commercial centres of Uttar Pradesh which has in the past sent heavyweights such as Murli Manohar Joshi and former Union minister Shriprakash Jaiswal to Parliament, is currently held by the BJP's Satyadev Pachauri, 76, who is not contesting this time.
Akhilesh 'Bhaiyya ji' has the upper hand, but only just
Kannauj's Bada Bazaar is a popular spot for perfume shops selling small bottles of rose, jasmine, and the unique'mitti' attar. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has returned to contest from this seat after being with the SP for two decades. Yadav won the first round by announcing his own candidature hours before the nomination deadline, strategically to prevent the BJP from replacing Pathak, who was seen as a non-performer.
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TDP quitting NDA in 2018 not a mistake: Ex-Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapati Raju
Telugu Desam Party quitting NDA in 2018 was not a mistake, senior party leader and former Civil Aviation Minister P Ashok Gajapati Raju has said. The regional party rejoining the alliance (NDA) was justified as BJP is saying it would do "something" for Andhra Pradesh, he added.
Sarbananda Sonowal among oldest contestants in first phase of polls in Assam
The 62-year-old Rajya Sabha MP is among the elderly contestants, with his party colleague and MLA Ranjit Dutta, who is contesting from Sonitpur, being the oldest at 67, followed by Lakhimpur's 65-year-old Congress candidate Uday Shankar Hazarika. The youngest candidate in the fray is 27-year-old Gobin Biswakarma, who is contesting as an Independent from Lakhimpur, while Republican Party of India's Kaziranga candidate Saleh Ahmed Majumdar is the second-youngest at 29.
Joe Biden kickstarts 2024 bid with speech targeting Donald Trump
Biden lags behind Trump in some polls, and also has the worst approval rating of any modern president at this stage in his term of office. "If the election were held tomorrow, President Biden would lose," William Galston, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, told AFP.
Gujarat Assembly polls: 7 contestants who have been MLA 5 times or more
Gujarat Assembly polls: The BJP has reposed faith in five of the leaders by fielding them for yet another term, while one has sought to contest as an independent. These five candidates include Yogesh Patel (Manjalpur seat), Pabubha Manek (Dwarka), Keshu Nakrani (Gariadhar), Purshottam Solanki (Bhavnagar rural) and Pankaj Desai (Nadiad).
I am ready to contest in Tamil Nadu assembly elections: Rajinikanth
Assembly elections are due in Tamil Nadu in 2021, by which time Rajinikanth will be 71. And yet, the aging superstar has not launched a political party.
Let there be contest to assess performance of 'family' and 'chaiwala': PM Modi
Modi said his government has ensured that every poor in the country has a bank account and it was done in just four years, while the Congress gave the slogan of 'garibi hatao' (eradicate poverty) in early 1970s, but did nothing.
India-Asean relationship free from contests & claims: PM Modi
Modi dedicated a significant part of his article in highlighting the ties that India shares with the ASEAN nations in the areas of trade and security.
Battle lines drawn in Punjab with a three-way contest
Punjab is important because it is the only state out of the five going to polls between January and March where both Congress and AAP have a chance of winning.
Parties prepare themselves for contesting elections in Manipur
MPP has twice ruled Manipur. However in 2012 assembly polls MPP was not able to win a single seat. MPP is confident of good show in this election.
MGP-Sena-GSM form grand alliance to contest Goa polls
The alliance, which is contesting in all 35 out of the 40 seats in the Goa Assembly has announced Sudin as their chief ministerial face.
Iconic Madras Race Club searches for successor of India’s oldest horse-racing club
Several names are cropping up as contenders, including Ramaswamy’s disowned foster son MAMR Muthiah and Chettinad heir Karti, son of former FM P Chidambaram.
Bengaluru: Hotbed of quiz contests in India
It is tempting to take this as evidence to dub the city as the country’s top destination for what aficionados refer to as a “mind sport”.
Delhi elections 2015: A close contest likely for Malviya Nagar seat
In the 2013 election, AAP's Somnath Bharti had bagged this seat defeating former minister and Congress MLA Kiran Walia.
Bournvita Quiz Contest to move off from TV to digital space
The show will go live on December 25 with two new episodes every week for 7 consecutive weeks on the BQC YouTube Channel on every Tuesday and Friday.
The world's oldest extreme sport gets a popular makeover
Many of the participants came from third- or fourth-generation logging families with saw dust running through their veins. Their dour, thoughtful mien is not for nothing.
Youngest and oldest in Narendra Modi team are women, Smriti Irani and Najma Heptullah
Irani, who had unsuccessfully contested against Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi in Amethi, has been sworn-in as Union Cabinet Minister as is Najma.
Room with a view
Give it your best shot at the conference and then take a flight to a nearby destination and enjoy, ‘family-time’. Unbelievable, but possible.
14 candidates less than 30 yrs contesting polls in Punjab
As over one fourth of total electorate in Punjab with 14 candidates less than 30 years of age. Both Mandeep Singh Bittu and Ashish are both 25.
DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi and CPM veteran VS Achuthanandan: Oldest campaigners in poll fight
The year Karunanidhi entered the ring, his contemporaries were Feroze Gandhi, Acharya Kripalani and S A Dange. He started out contesting the 1957 Madras assembly polls.
LK Advani to contest 2014 Lok Sabha polls from Gandhinagar
“I will fight from Gujarat, same constituency. Nobody has asked me not to contest,” Advani says with a smile in his eyes.
Minister Haroon Yusuf could face a tough contest in Ballimaran
Ballimaran has been a Congress bastion since 1993 with PM Haroon Yusuf winning four back-to-back elections but it may throw up a surprise this time.
Switzerland's oldest bank shuts down. Does it mean the end of super-secret banks?
The age of super-secret banks is over? There are countries which allow the super rich to park money in their banks.
Party time for billionaires in Gujarat: Business tycoons contesting elections
Diamond merchants, textile tycoons, sugar barons and other agri-biz magnates are putting their best foot forward as candidates of political parties.
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