Resigns
- World
Iceland’s edu minister resigns after admitting past relationship with 15-yr-old
Reykjavik: Iceland’s Minister for Education and Children’s Affairs, Asthildur Loa Thorsdottir, has stepped down from her role after revealing a past relationship with a 15-year-old boy she mentored over three decades ago,…
- India
Manipur CM Biren Singh resigns
Manipur CM N Biren Singh resigned on Sunday, February 9 as the Opposition considered a no-confidence motion against his government. Singh was accompanied by 14 MLAs belonging to the BJP and NPF.…
- India
TMC MP Jawhar Sircar resigns over RG Kar horror, corruption
Kolkata: TMC MP Jawhar Sircar on Sunday wrote to West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, the chief of his party, and said he has decided to quit Rajya Sabha and leave politics altogether,…
- Kerala
Malayalam filmmaker Ranjith resigns over misbehaviour charge
Thiruvananthapuram: Malayalam filmmaker Ranjith on Sunday resigned as the chairman of Kerala Chalachitra Academy following allegations of misbehaviour levelled against him by a Bengali actor. The Bengali actress recently alleged that the…
- India
Pashupati Paras resigns from Union cabinet, accuses BJP of injustice
New Delhi: Union Minister Pashupati Kumar Paras resigned on Tuesday as he accused the BJP of doing “injustice” with his Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party by excluding it from the seat-sharing deal with allies…
- World
Harvard University President Claudine Gay resigns
San Francisco: Harvard Corporation has confirmed that it has accepted Harvard President Claudine Gay’s resignation “with overarching consideration in mind”. “These past several months have seen Harvard and higher education face a…
- Kerala
Kerala: Cardinal George Alencherry resigns as Major Archbishop of Syro-Malabar Church
Kochi: Head of the Syro-Malabar Church, Cardinal George Alencherry, announced his resignation from the post on Thursday. His decision came amid an ongoing feud in the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church,…
- Business
Hyundai Group chief resigns as chair of board at elevator unit
Seoul: Hyundai Group Chairwoman Hyun Jeong-eun will step down as chair of the board of directors at the group’s elevator unit next month to help improve its governance structure, the company said…
