Resigns
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Nepal Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak resigns after protests leave 19 dead, cites moral responsibility
World | Sep 08, 2025, 11:57 PM ISTViolent protests erupted in Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, and other areas on Monday over the government's decision to ban social media. The protests prompted the government to deploy the army and additional forces and issue shoot-at-sight orders, which ultimately led to the death of 19 people.
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UK Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner resigns over tax controversy following home purchase inquiry
World | Sep 05, 2025, 06:00 PM ISTUK Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner resigned after an inquiry found she breached ethical standards over a £40,000 stamp duty shortfall on her recent property purchase, triggering a leadership shake-up in the Labour Party.
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EaseMyTrip CEO Nishant Pitti resigns due to personal reasons, brother Rikant to take over
Business | Jan 01, 2025, 01:56 PM ISTEaseMyTrip: The company was founded in 2008 by Nishant Pitti, Rikant Pitti, and Prashant Pitti. Easy Trip Planners is the parent company of online travel booking platform EaseMyTrip.
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Akriti Chopra, Zomato co-founder, resigns with immediate effect after 13-year stint
Business | Sep 27, 2024, 11:19 PM ISTZomato co-founder and Chief Public Officer Akriti Chopra has resigned after a 13-year journey with the company. Her leadership played a pivotal role in Zomato's growth, and her exit marks a significant change for the company.
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Scotland's Humza Yousaf resigns as country's leader amid fears of defeat in no-confidence motion
World | Apr 29, 2024, 05:51 PM ISTWith no prospect of victory, Yousaf quit rather than face defeat later this week when Scottish lawmakers were scheduled to vote on motions of no confidence in Yousaf and his government.
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Ireland openly gay and Indian-origin PM says he will quit due to 'both personal, political' reasons'
World | Mar 20, 2024, 06:48 PM ISTVaradkar was the country’s youngest-ever leader when first elected, as well as Ireland’s first openly gay prime minister. Varadkar, whose mother is Irish and father is Indian, was also Ireland’s first biracial taoiseach.
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Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong resigns over allegations of violating party rules
World | Mar 20, 2024, 04:56 PM ISTThe government said in a statement Thuong violated party rules, adding that those "shortcomings had negatively impacted public opinion, affecting the reputation of the Party, State and him personally."
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Telangana: Former deputy CM Thatikonda Rajaiah resigns from Bharat Rashtra Samithi
Telangana | Feb 03, 2024, 04:58 PM ISTTelangana news: In the 2023 assembly elections, the BRS fielded senior leader and former Deputy CM Kadiyam Srihari from the Ghanpur seat in place of Dr Thatikonda Rajaiah.
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Harvard President Claudine Gay resigns over plagiarism allegations, antisemitism backlash
World | Jan 03, 2024, 06:49 AM ISTGay's academic career came under intense scrutiny after her controversial congressional testimony on calls on campus for the genocide of Jews. She became the first Black president of Harvard, making her tenure the shortest in the university's 388-year-old history.
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Infosys President Ravi Kumar S resigns
Business | Oct 11, 2022, 11:30 PM ISTIn his role as president, Ravi Kumar S led the Infosys Global Services Organisation across all industry segments.
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Bahujan Samyak Sangathan founder Preeta Harit resigns from Congress, says 'party ignoring issues'
India | Oct 02, 2021, 08:17 AM ISTHarit joined Congress in March 2019. She is the founder of Bahujan Samyak Sangathan. Prior to joining Congress, Harit was serving as Principal Commissioner, Income Tax Department.
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Amarinder made scapegoat for unfulfilled promises: SAD leader Dhindsa
India | Sep 18, 2021, 08:12 PM ISTThe whole drama was only to put the blame for the non-fulfillment of promises on Amarinder Singh, SAD leader Dhindsa said.
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Gujarat CM Rupani removed as the government failed during Covid: Congress leader Bharat Solanki
India | Sep 11, 2021, 04:47 PM ISTThe Congress leader alleged that it's a face-saving exercise by the BJP to divert people's attention and focus on the Prime Minister, as it cannot afford to contest elections on the basis of the performance of the state government.
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Mahathir Mohamad resigns in Malaysian political upheaval
World | Feb 24, 2020, 02:32 PM ISTPrime Minister Mahathir Mohamad tendered his resignation to Malaysia's king Monday while his political party quit the ruling alliance in a shocking political upheaval less than two years after his election victory.
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US State Department official resigns over inflated resume scandal
World | Nov 19, 2019, 01:27 PM ISTMina Chang was twice nominated by President Donald Trump's administration to serve as an assistant administrator of the US Agency for International Development, but her nomination was withdrawn in September after the Senate requested more documents supporting her work in the past.
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Devidhan Tudu joins JMM after resigning from BJP
Nov 13, 2019, 07:23 PM ISTTudu had resigned from the post of saffron party's Pakur district president and primary membership on Monday,alleging that he was "ignored" by the party
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Lakshmi Vilas Bank's non-independent director resigns
Business | Nov 02, 2019, 03:29 PM ISTA statement issued by Lakshmi Vilas Bank on Friday said: "Anuradha Pradeep (Non-Executive and Non-Independent Director) has resigned from the directorship of the bank on November 01, 2019."
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Ashok Tanwar quits Congress, resigns from party's primary membership
Oct 05, 2019, 06:04 PM ISTOn October 3, a day after protesting outside Sonia Gandhi's residence over alleged irregularities in ticket distribution, Tanwar on Thursday resigned from all election committees of the party but said he would continue to work as an ordinary party worker.
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Sidhu sends resignation to CM Amarinder
India | Jul 15, 2019, 01:47 PM ISTEnding suspense, Punjab Cabinet Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday said he sent his resignation to Chief Minister Amarinder Singh.
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Two Congress MLAs resign from Karnataka Assembly
India | Jul 01, 2019, 05:58 PM IST"I have resigned as Gokak legislator for being ignored by the party and the coalition government," MLA Ramesh Jarkiholi said.