In a major strike after the Ramgarh incident, and the first in this year, Greyhounds, anti-naxal force of Andhra Pradesh, killed two Maoists, including Gemmeli Narayan Rao alias Jambri, in an exchange of fire on Friday. The exchange of fire reportedly lasted for about 20 minutes on a hillock about 1 km from Annavaram village under Mampa Police Station limits […]
» Read moreDeepa Jayakumar, niece of former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, on Friday formally launched ‘MGR Amma Deepa Peravai’, signalling her entry into Tamil Nadu politics. “My journey in politics begins today,” she said, unveiling the party flag. Ms. Deepa also said she will definitely contest from the R.K. Nagar constituency. “Loyal AIADMK party members will be behind me,” she said.
» Read moreBuoyed by the success of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the local body elections in Maharashtra and some other states after demonetisation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that he was committed to root out corruption. “Odisha, where there is so much poverty, starvation, unemployment and where the BJP did not even have a foothold to place its […]
» Read moreDealing a major blow to the Sasikala clan, the late Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa’s nephew Deepak Jayakumar, who was perceived to be supporting the Sasikala faction, lashed out at TTV Dinakaran, terming him unfit to be AIADMK’s deputy general secretary. The party leadership should rather be given to former chief minister O Panneerselvam to maintain its unity, Jayakumar […]
» Read moreAn Indian American engineer was shot dead in what appears to be a hate crime incident in Olathe city in Kansas on Wednesday night. Srinivas Kuchibhotla (32), an aviation engineer at technology company Garmin, was killed allegedly by Adam Purinton, a 51-year-old Navy veteran. Kuchibhotla and his friend Alok Madasani were in a bar on Wednesday evening when Purinto confronted […]
» Read moreThree soldiers were killed and three others injured as militants ambushed a search-and-cordon team in Shopian on Thursday morning. One civilian, a woman was also killed in the cross-fire. “The attack resulted in injuries to six army personnel, including two officers, of whom three succumbed to their injuries,” said the police spokesman.
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