An airliner on an internal flight in Libya was hijacked and diverted to Malta where it landed on Friday, Maltese media reported. The Airbus A320 was flying inside Libya for state-owned airline Afriqiyah Airways with 118 people aboard, the reports said. The two hijackers had threatened to blow the plane up, outlets including the Times of Malta reported. Maltese Prime […]
» Read moreThe Ministry of External Affairs today said a passport applicant’s Aadhar or e-Aadhar cards will now be accepted as proof of their date of birth.
» Read moreDMK president Karunanidhi was discharged from Kauvery Hospital in Chennai where he was admitted for breathing difficulty. In a press release, the hospital Executive Director, Dr. S. Aravindan, said that Mr. Karunanidhi has recovered fully and the antibiotic course for the breathing difficulty was over. The doctors have advised Mr. Karunanidhi complete rest and restriction on visitors. The release also […]
» Read moreA security guard who fatally shot a robbery suspect outside an under-construction building in the city early Friday acted in self-defence, according to the early stages of the investigation, police said. A security guard, Mohan, called police to report that he had shot a man just after midnight outside an under-construction building near Bangalore Development Authority Complex in Nagarbhavi area. […]
» Read moreIncome tax (I-T) sleuths have discovered that Rs 7 crore cash was deposited in a bank account of an Uber cab driver from Hyderabad. During scrutiny of huge cash deposits in bank accounts after demonetisation of high-value currency, the I-T (investigation) wing sleuths of Hyderabad had zeroed in on the account of the Uber cab driver from Hyderabad, where Rs […]
» Read moreThe new Chief Secretary to the Government of Tamil Nadu, Ms. Girija Vaidyanathan, took charge on Friday at the Secretariat in Fort St. George in Chennai. She also took additional charge as the State’s Vigilance Commissioner. An officer of the 1981 batch of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Ms. Vaidyanathan met Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam formally, who wished her on […]
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