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Thousands of young protesters and opposition parties staged protests in the national ⁠capital and Mumbai on ⁠Sunday, demanding the resignation of Election Commission Chief ⁠Gyanesh Kumar, as police detained demonstrators for a third consecutive day. Opposition leaders Raj Thackeray and Uddhav Thackeray led protests in Mumbai calling for the scrapping of revisions to the electoral roll and Kumar’s resignation. In Delhi, protesters started gathering in the early evening and police started...

The state's governor said Frank Strada would step down as an independent review examines what went wrong.

The head of Tennessee’s prison system is resigning, Governor Bill Lee announced on Saturday, the first major shake-up since the stunning failed execution of Christa Pike landed her on a ventilator at a hospital. Frank Strada, commissioner of the Department of Correction, will step down this month, Lee said. Strada said in a statement that resigning was “in the best interest of Tennesseans” while an independent review determines what happened on Wednesday when the state failed to execute Pike...

Pike survived two lethal injections on Wednesday and is currently in critical condition in hospital.

The former DGP mentions in her ward’s WhatsApp group that she had informed the Mayor through a letter on September 30 about resigning as a councillor for personal reasons. Mayor says the letter only contained her inconveniences and that a councillor has to submit resignation letter to Corporation Secretary. The latter denies receiving any such communication

CPI(M) State secretary says some people enter politics with expectations of personal benefits and may not remain in active politics for long

Mayor V.V. Rajesh says he has received her resignation letter, in which she cited personal inconveniences, and that discussions on the matter were under way

India’s opposition parties and the youth-led “cockroach” movement took to the streets on Friday, demanding action over alleged irregularities in voter rolls and calling for the resignation of the country’s chief election commissioner, as the combined pressure from the two groups poses a new challenge for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government. The protests have brought the opposition closer to the youth movement that it has sought to engage with, according to analysts. While their convergence...

Mr. Warring, who headed the State unit for more than four years, stepped down ahead of Assembly polls in Punjab due early next year, amid long-standing infighting

Demonstrators gather in Mumbai and New Delhi to demand the resignation of Election Commission chief.

Mr. Singh, a member of the erstwhile Bharatpur royal family, announced his decision in a social media post, saying he was guided by his conscience and was hurt by statements made by some party leaders

The Nagaon byelection was necessitated after Pradyut Bordoloi resigned.

Three Chilean seremis resign in one day as the count of officials leaving President Kast's government reaches 52. Who left, why, and who replaces them. The post Chile Loses Three Regional Secretaries in One Day appeared first on The Rio Times.

Dipke said that since a large number of people were affected due to the deletions, many will hit the streets; “If Gyanesh Kumar doesn’t resign, they will seek Narendra Modi’s resignation,” he said, alleging that Mr. Kumar was winning elections for Mr. Modi.

President Donald Trump said former Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell “should be forced to resign” from the Fed’s Board of Governors over findings the central bank mismanaged the renovation of its headquarters. Rachel Schilke of Bloomberg Government has more. (Source: Bloomberg)

Odisha’s Chief Electoral Officer R. S. Gopalan was quoted as saying that his application for VRS was on the grounds of personal reasons and has nothing to do with SIR process

Madurantakam and Dharapuram Assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu are gearing up for bypolls on October 6, 2026, following the resignation of AIADMK legislators Maragatham Kumaravel and P. Sathyabama, respectively.

The operating company that runs the Eiffel Tower said Tuesday its chief would step down at the end of this year in the wake of a controversy over the removal of women staff during a visit by a Hindu religious group. Patrick Branco Ruivo, who has been director general of the Paris landmark since 2018, would leave his job at the end of the year after an internal probe revealed that “operational flaws and shortcomings” in organising the visit led to the “unacceptable” removal of women staff, the...

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge demanded Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s removal and PM Modi’s resignation, alleging irregularities in the SIR of electoral rolls

Quito security chief Carolina Andrade quits after three years, citing personal reasons, to work on Amazon environmental crime. Successor unconfirmed. The post Quito Security Chief Carolina Andrade Resigns After Three Years in Ecuador appeared first on The Rio Times.

The Kalaburagi district unit of the Congress on Monday staged a protest outside the Deputy Commissioner’s office here, demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, alleging that the Election Commission was functioning with clear political bias

Andrew Bailey, one of the FBI’s two deputy directors, said on Monday he is resigning his position, leaving the most prominent US law enforcement agency after a little more than a ‌year. Bailey, a Republican ally of US President Donald Trump who left his job as Missouri attorney general to join the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation), said he was leaving to return to his family. Bailey, serving under FBI Director Kash Patel, helped oversee election-related investigations and was present earlier...

The Congress has framed its protests against the CEC around the theme of ‘vote chori ’ and has taken out protest marches in several places since last week; ‘We have to take action against him, even after his resignation,’ Mallikarjun Kharge says

Serbia’s populist President Aleksandar Vucic resigned Sunday to pursue a bid to become prime minister in an upcoming early parliamentary election that will test his firm rule in the Balkan country, which was rattled by nearly two years of protests.

Tokyo, Sept. 28 (Jiji Press)--Noriyuki Higashiyama, president of Japanese talent agency Smile-Up. Inc., formerly Johnny & Associates Inc., said Monday that he will step down from his position. Lawyer Masayuki Yamada, chief compliance officer at Smile-Up., will take over as president, effective Thursday, after Higashiyama's term expires. Julie Keiko Fujishima, Higashiyama's predecessor, will ...

Serbia’s Aleksandar Vucic has resigned as president and will lead his ruling party into a snap parliamentary election.

Despite student-led protests and political unrest challenging his rule, Vucic intends to run in the snap elections.

Aleksandar Vučić's administration has been dogged by prolonged protests over allegations of corruption.