When Juan Orlando Hernández was convicted by a federal jury in Manhattan in early March 2024, it marked a spectacular fall from grace: from being courted in the U.S. as a friendly head of state to facing the rest of his life behind bars, convicted of cocaine importation and weapons offenses.
President Droupadi Murmu honoured former Prime Ministers Chaudhary Charan Singh, Narasimha Rao, former Bihar Chief Minister Karpoori Thakur, and agricultural scientist Dr MS Swaminathan with Bharat Ratna posthumously today.
Protesting against the Sandeshkhali incident, BJP state president and MP Sukanta Majumdar and his supporters agitated around the SP office in Basirhat.
President Draupadi Murmu honoured 26-best-performing athletes and para athlete with Arjuna awards while coaches were conferred with Dronachary awards.
Sri Lanka must continue to forge ahead on a demanding path with formidable challenges in 2024 to achieve economic stability, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe said in his New Year's message.
Besides, the Sri Lankan Police used tear gas to disperse a group of protesters near the Prime Minister's Office at Flower Road in state capital Colombo.
Sri Lankan authorities today confirmed that Gotabaya had flown to Maldives with his wife and two bodyguards after full approval of the country's Defence Ministry.
"It was 50 per cent premeditation and coordination, another 30 per cent willingness of the people and 20 per cent luck."
Sri Lankan President, who announced his resignation on Saturday, was earlier said to have fled and was in a third country.
This I would do without any confrontation with the Prime Minister and purely based on the President's Glory, Prestige and Ethics (morality), he clarified.
