Chhattisgarh Governor dead
Raipur, Aug 14 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Governor Balramji Dass Tandon died here on Tuesday, Chief Minister Raman Singh said. He was 91. The Governor was put on life support earlier in the day after his health…
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Rajinikanth politically immature: Jayakumar
Chennai, Aug 14 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Fisheries Minister D. Jayakumar on Tuesday said actor Rajinikanth did not know the state’s political history and was politically immature after he converted a condolence meeting for DMK President…
India’s WPI eases to 5.09% in July
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) India’s annual rate of inflation based on wholesale prices eased to 5.09 per cent in July from a rise of 5.77 per cent in June, official data showed here on…
Musk confirms Saudi sovereign fund wants to pull Tesla off market
Washington, Aug 14 (IANS) Tesla Motors founder Elon Musk said on Monday that in late July he met with Saudi Arabia sovereign fund representatives to discuss the electric carmaker’s possible exit from the stock market….
JNU scholar Umar Khalid shot at, escapes
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) JNU scholar Umar Khalid, accused of raising anti-national slogans in 2016, on Monday survived an attempt to kill him in the heart of the capital, saying he escaped only because…
Trump’s media attacks close to incitement of violence: Top UN official
New York, Aug 13 (IANS) Outgoing UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein has singled out US President Donald Trump’s repeated designation of the press as “the enemy of the people”, terming it…
Former LS Speaker Somnath Chatterjee dead, nation mourns
Kolkata, Aug 13 (IANS) Veteran parliamentarian Somnath Chatterjee, the first Communist Speaker of the Lok Sabha who had defied his party’s call to quit the post, died here on Monday following a cardiac arrest and…
Somnath’s family rebuffs CPI-M request to drape body in red flag
Kolkata, Aug 13 (IANS) Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee’s family on Monday turned down the CPI-M leadership’s request to drape the expelled member’s body in a red flag and allow him to be taken…
Amid currency woes, Turkey accuses US of ‘stabbing it in back’
Ankara, Aug 13 (IANS) Turkey on Monday accused the US of “stabbing it in the back” as the country’s economic woes failed to stop market turmoil amid a deepening diplomatic spat with Washington. The US…
Global protectionist measures drag rupee to record low
Mumbai, Aug 13 (IANS) Global protectionist measures, along with the outflow of foreign funds, weakened the Indian rupee to its record low of 69.94 per dollar on Monday, weaker by Rs 1.11 from its previous…
After Karunanidhi’s death, Alagiri targets Stalin
Chennai, Aug 13 (IANS) Six days after the death of M. Karunanidhi, his elder son and former Union Minister M.K. Alagiri on Monday asserted that “true loyalists” of his late father were with him and…
Chargsheet filed against Kejriwal, Sisodia in CS ‘assault’ case
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) Delhi Police on Monday filed a chargesheet against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia and 11 other Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs for allegedly assaulting Chief Secretary Anshu…
Somnath Chatterjee: A die-hard Marxist forsaken by his party
By Sirshendu Panth Kolkata, Aug 13 (IANS) For long the voice of Opposition, Somnath Chatterjee was the first Communist Speaker of the Lok Sabha and one who defied his party and refused to quit the…
BJP wants simultaneous polls, Amit Shah tells law panel
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) The BJP on Monday upped its demand for simultaneous assembly and Lok Sabha polls with its President Amit Shah writing to the Law Commission asserting that this would cut the…
Koreas to hold summit in Pyongyang in September
Seoul, Aug 13 (IANS) South Korea and North Korea on Monday agreed to hold a summit meeting of their leaders in Pyongyang in September. The agreement was made during high-level talks on the northern side…
Anti-white supremacist protesters crowd downtown Washington
Washington, Aug 13 (IANS) Thousands of anti-protesters gathered in several locations in Washington on Sunday, hours before a controversial right supremacist rally is scheduled. The protesters gathered in Lafayette park, just across the street from…
England outplay India by innings & 159 run at Lord’s
London, Aug 12 (IANS) England bowled out India for 130 runs in the second innings to win the second Test by an innings and 159 runs on the fourth day of the play here on…
Kerala situation very serious, says Rajnath as he assures full help
Kochi/New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday described the situation in the flood-affected areas of Kerala as “very serious” and assured the state of all possible help from the Centre….
PVR Cinemas to acquire southern multiplex major SPI Cinemas
Mumbai, Aug 12 (IANS) Multiplex theatre major PVR Ltd on Sunday said its Board of Directors has approved the acquisition of 71.69 per cent stake in SPI Cinemas Pvt Ltd, involved in the business of…
IFFM Awards: Rani, Manoj named Best Actors, ‘Sanju’ wins Best Film
By Radhika Bhirani Melbourne, Aug 12 (IANS) Rajkumar Hirania’s “Sanju” on Sunday walked away with the Best Film honour here at the Westpac IFFM Awards night, where Manoj Bajpayee won the Best Actor for his…