V.K. Sasikala, out of jail on a five-day parole, on October 7 visited her husband M. Natarajan who is recovering at a hospital in Chennai after undergoing liver and kidney transplants. Sasikala met Mr. Natarajan and was with him for about two hours in the hospital, sources said. Later, she returned to her niece Krishnapriya’s residence in the city.
» Read moreDefence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday made an aerial survey of the Doklam-Nathula area on the India-China border, a day after the government said the status quo at the site has not changed since the disengagement on August 28. Sikkim government officials said the Defence Minister also made a survey of the new Pakyong Airport in East Sikkim and neighbouring […]
» Read moreKabbadi coach Sunil Dabas has alleged that there was an attempt to run her over with a car, after she prevented a group of people from breaking the gate of her colony, ANI reported. Police responded very late to her call for help, and arrived only after 30 minutes, the news agency quoted her as saying. Police then took her […]
» Read moreThe Las Vegas gunman who killed 58 people and himself in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history stockpiled weapons and ammunition over decades, and meticulously planned the attack, authorities believe. But what led Stephen Paddock, 64, to unleash the carnage he did remains largely a mystery. “What we know is that Stephen Paddock is a man who spent […]
» Read moreBritish author Kazuo Ishiguro, best known for his novel The Remains of the Day, won the 2017 Nobel Literature Prize on October 5, the Swedish Academy said. Mr. Ishiguro, “in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world,” the Academy wrote. Sixty four-year-old Mr. Ishiguro was born in Japan and […]
» Read moreAkhilesh Yadav was on Thursday unanimously re-elected as the Samajwadi Party’s national president for a five-year term, further consolidating his grip over the party after sidelining his father Mulayam Singh Yadav and uncle Shivpal Yadav. His re-election was announced by senior SP leader Ram Gopal Yadav at the SP national convention here. The party’s constitution was amended to extend the […]
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