The 69th head of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, Sri Jayendra Saraswathi, passed away on Wednesday morning. He was 83. His end came in a hospital near the mutt in Kancheepuram where he was taken after suffering from breathlessness. Born as Subramaniayam in Irulneeki, a small hamlet near Mannargudi, in Tamil Nadu, he was initiated into sanyasam by his predecessor at […]
» Read moreKarti Chidambaram, son of former Union Minister P. Chidambaram, on Wednesday was produced before Metropolitan Magistrate Sumeet Anand in New Delhi. He was arrested early on Wednesday morning at the Chennai airport by a special team of the CBI’s Economic Offences Wing soon after his arrival from London. A CBI official said the team from Delhi interrogated Mr. Karti in […]
» Read moreOdisha’s ruling Biju Janata Dal on Wednesday won the bypoll in Bijepur Assembly seat in Bargarh district with an impressive margin of over 40,000 votes. The party’s Ritarani Sahu bagged a total of 1,02,871 votes, while Ashok Panigrahi of BJP came second with 60,938 votes and Pranaya Sahu of Congress got only 10,272 votes after all the 21 rounds of […]
» Read moreSenior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was on Monday named captain of the IPL side Kings XI Punjab, which also has Yuvraj Singh and Chris Gayle in their ranks. “I feel honoured to be trusted with the responsibility of leading such a talented bunch of cricketers. I am confident of bringing out the best out of team mates. This is indeed a […]
» Read moreRohit Sharma will lead India’s 15-member squad in the Nidahas Trophy T20 tri-series starting March 6 in Sri Lanka. Top stars like Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya have been given rest for the event while Shikhar Dhawan has been named the vice-captain. Bangladesh are the third team in the event.
» Read moreTelecom firm BSNL on Monday signed a pact with Finnish telecom gear maker Nokia to roll out 4G services in 10 telecom circles covering western and southern regions in India. “We are really proud to have technology partner like Nokia with whom we are working in South and West Zones , rolling out the latest single RAN Technology, and further […]
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