DMK treasurer M.K. Stalin was unanimously elected as working president of the party by the general council on Wednesday. Party president M. Karunanidhi could not attend general council meeting due to failing health. “At a time when our leader is not well I accept the position with a heavy heart,” Mr. Stalin said in his speech.
» Read moreJustice Jagdish Singh Khehar was on Wednesday sworn in as 44th Chief Justice of India. Justice Khehar, who led the Constitution Bench which scrapped the government’s National Judicial Appointments Commission law, will be the first Chief Justice from the Sikh community. Justice Khehar will have a tenure for over seven months till August 28, 2017.
» Read moreA moderate intensity earthquake measuring 5.7 on the richter scale and epicentred in Tripura jolted the country’s northeast Tuesday afternoon, triggering landslides in the hill state and leaving a woman dead and four others injured. According to the National Centre for Seismology, the epicentre of the temblor which occurred at 1439 hrs was in Dhalai district in Tripura at a […]
» Read moreThe CBI on Tuesday arrested Trinamool Congress MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay in connection with the Rose Valley chit fund scam evoking strong reactions from Mamata Banerjee, who alleged political vendetta. Sudip Bandyopadhyay was arrested after being quizzed by the CBI at its office in Kolkata. Another Trinamool MP Tapas Pal is already in police custody in connection with the scam. West Bengal chief […]
» Read moreNow, buying and paying for cooking gas (LPG) online will get consumers a discount of Rs 5 per cylinder. State-owned fuel retailers, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) will offer “an upfront discount of Rs 5 on every LPG refill to all LPG customers who will book and pay for it […]
» Read moreKarnataka Cooperation and Sugar Minister H.S. Mahadeva Prasad died of a heart attack on Tuesday morning. He was 58 yars old. A five-time MLA, Mr. Prasad breathed his last at a private resort near Chikmagalur. The Minister visited Chikmagalur for attending a programme at Koppa in Chikmagalur. Born on August 5, 1958, Mr. Prasad was elected from the Gundlupet constituency […]
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