For Sunita, it could be termed as call of the rural India, which motivated her to quit her plush job with a shipping company in Dubai, the UAE, and return to Rajasthan, her home state, and contest the panchayat elections.
The 23-year-old son of a mechanic applied for premature retirement and the Army was quite generous in expediting his request so that he can join the course in January next year.
New Delhi: Sports Authority of India boss Jiji Thomson has quit with immediate effect citing injustice by the Government over his promotion and the IAS officer says his departure comes at an inopportune time with
New Delhi: Former Shiv Sena leader Suresh Prabhu today formally joined the BJP before being sworn in as Cabinet Minister in the first expansion of the Narendra Modi government.Prabhu, who was Power Minister in the
Rio De Janeiro: Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez quit FIFA's strategic committee on Friday in protest at the ban football's governing body imposed on his team's star striker Luis Suarez for biting an Italian player. Tabarez
Mumbai: Sunil Tatkare who was appointed president of Nationalist Congress Party's Maharashtra unit today quit from the post of state water resources minister.Sources close to Tatkare said that he had sent his resignation to Maharashtra
New Delhi: Delhi University Tuesday witnessed high drama over the reported resignation by its vice chancellor Dinesh Singh even as the UGC said that of the 64 colleges, 57 have agreed to "comply" with its
Sydney: Luke Pomersbach has decided to end his cricket career to battle depression. He has informed Queensland Cricket that he will not be available this season.The left-handed batsman who played one T20 International at the
LONDON: Graham Gooch has quit as batting coach of the England cricket team, ending his almost five-year tenure and following the departure of head coach Andy Flower in the wake of the Ashes series defeat
Colombo, Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka coach Paul Farbrace has resigned just months into his two-year contract to take up a position with England. Sri Lanka Cricket said in a statement on Tuesday that Farbrace's resignation
MUNICH: Uli Hoeness won't appeal against his prison sentence for tax evasion, and said Friday he's quitting as president of Bayern Munich to prevent damage to the European champions. Hoeness, one of the most prominent
Hyderabad: In a setback to the ruling Congress in Coastal Andhra, state Infrastructure and Investment Minister Ganta Srinivasa Rao today quit his post and the party in protest against the Centre going ahead with state's
New Delhi: Nutan Thakur, an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) member from Lucknow, today resigned from the party expressing unhappiness over the alleged involvement of party members in a sting operation.“I have resigned from the party
Bhopal, Jun 29 : All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhopal, Director, Dr Sandeep Kumar has resigned from his post citing ill-health among other reasons.Dr Kumar took this decision after returning from a meeting
Melbourne, Apr 20: A month after he was disciplined during the disastrous tour of India, Australian all-rounder Shane Watson has stepped down as the team's vice-captain to focus his "attention on scoring runs and taking
Mexico City, April 9: The manager of the Facebook and Twitter accounts for Valor por Tamaulipas, or VxT, an outlet that reports on drug-related violence in the northeastern Mexican state, said he was shutting down
Los Angeles, Jan 2: Singer Lady Gaga won't be smoking weed as she works on her next album "Artpop".The 26-year-old singer announced the news via a chat with fans, and said she is trying very
Kingston (Jamaica), Oct 30: Out of favour West Indies batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan and attorney Dave Kissoon have resigned from the board of the West Indies Players' Association (WIPA).Sarwan's decision to quit the WIPA board appears
New Delhi, Jul 2: Fearing attempts to drag him into controversies, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar today recused himself from heading the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on telecom, three days after he replaced Pranab Mukherjee
Melbourne, May 11: Former test fast bowler Craig McDermott has quit as Cricket Australia's bowling coach after just one year because of the national team's heavy touring schedule.McDermott had been praised for his work with
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