Jayalalithaa refuses to meet successor
Former Tamil Nadu CM and AIADMK chief J. Jayalalithaa on Tuesday reportedly refused to meet her successor and TN CM O. Panneerselvam, who had come to meet her in the prison where she is lodged after...
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Jayalalithaa supporters denied entry in jail
A supporter of AIADMK chief J. Jayalalithaa cries at a one-day hungerstrike organised by the Tamil film industry in Chennai. PTIThe supporters of jailed former chief minister of Tamil Nadu and AIADMK...
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PM Modi to hit campaign trail on October 4
Prime Minister Narendra Modi As the BJP seeks to wrest control of Haryana and Maharashtra from Congress in the October 15 Assembly polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lead the party’s campaign in...
View ArticleJayalalithaa bail plea to be heard by HC today
The special vacation bench of Justice Rathnakala will on Wednesday hear the bail plea of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa, who is in Parappana Agrahara Central Prison after being...
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PM Narendra Modi fasts at White House feast
The Prime Minister signs autographs for children in Washington DC on Tuesday. — PTIIt was only warm water for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who turned out to be the most unusual guest in the history of...
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RBI keeps policy rates unchanged in review
RBI governor Raghuram Rajan in Mumbai on Tuesday. — PTIRBI governor Raghuram Rajan kept the policy rates unchanged on Tuesday and said the key to the turnaround growth path in the second half of the...
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India, US to push ties to new level
Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with US President Barack Obama in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. APJoint effort against terror, criminal havens; trade facilitation pact...
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J. Jayalalithaa to stay in jail till October 6
J. Jayalalithaa to stay in jail till October 6 The special vacation bench of Justice Rathnakala, constituted to take up the bail pleas of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa and three...
View ArticleStrict Election Commission rules for party funds
The Election Commission has issued a set of new guidelines, which came into effect from Wednesday, making it virtually mandatory for political parties to deposit their funds in banks and not exceed the...
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14 killed, 45 hurt in Uttar Pradesh train collision
Policemen and workers try to rescue passengers from a damaged train coach after Krishak Express rammed into Barauni Express — APThe death toll in the train collision in Gorakhpur late on Tuesday night...
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Pressure Pakistan on terrorism, India tells US
PM Narendra Modi arrives at Frankfurt on a stopover during his return journey from the US on Wednesday. — PTI India has strongly raised with the United States the issue of Pakistan sponsoring terror...
View ArticleRemembering gifted architect Cyrus Jhabvala
Jhab was also a member of a group that created the Central Cottage Industries Emporium in the 1950s Cyrus Jhabvala, Jhab, as he was popularly known, was of course a gifted architect, and master of...
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India's toilet guru works to flush away open defecation
Sanitation charity founder Bindeshwar Pathak with kids (Photo: PTI/File)Surrounded by latrines and soap dispensers, sanitation charity founder Bindeshwar Pathak is most at home in the toilet, which he...
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Narendra Modi’s ‘Clean India’ campaign kicks off, 31 lakh employees to take...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi wields the broom at Valmiki Basti in New Delhi (Photo: ANI Twitter)Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan or Clean India campaign at Rajpath in...
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Narendra Modi wields broom, kick starts ‘Clean India’ campaign as a tribute...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi wields the broom at Valmiki Basti in New Delhi (Photo: ANI Twitter)Prime Minister Narendra Modi picked a broom and swept the filthy streets of the capital on Thursday,...
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AIADMK MPs observe fast at Gandhi statue in Parliament, demand 'justice for...
AIADMK supremo and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa (Photo: PTI/File)45 AIADMK MPs on Thursday observed a fast in front of Mahatma Gandhi's statue in Parliament complex, demanding...
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Clean India campaign: PM Modi wields broom, says it is inspired by patriotism...
PM Narendra Modi launched the Clean India campaign in New Delhi (Photo: PIB)Prime Minister Narendra Modi wielded a broom in New Delhi to launch his pet Swachh Bharat mission, a cleanliness drive across...
View ArticleTatkal tickets set to get expensive
In a dampener of sorts this festival season, the Indian Railways has linked the pricing of tatkal tickets with that of “premium” trains for which there is a dynamic fare system. It has decided to sell...
View ArticleCBI chief defends move to file separate affidavits
CBI director Ranjit Sinha has defended his decision to file separate individual counter-affidavits before the Supreme Court in petitions filed by the six accused seeking quashing of charges in the 2G...
View ArticleMultiple affairs lead to murder of two Maharashtra women
The illicit love affairs of two women cost them their lives after one of the boyfriends murdered the two due to jealousy over the victim’s intimacy with another man. The victims, Darshana Thakur (30)...
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