The former Telecom Minister, Dayanidhi Maran; his brother, Kalanidhi Maran, and the latter’s wife Kaveri Maran on Monday moved a Delhi court seeking bail in the Aircel-Maxis money laundering case. Special Judge O.P. Saini posted their applications for hearing on July 21. The court summoned them and another accused in February for July 11. While taking cognisance of the complaint […]
» Read moreTwo bailiffs were shot and killed Monday inside a southwestern Michigan courthouse before officers killed the gunman, a sheriff said. The incident occurred on the third floor of the Berrien County courthouse in St. Joseph, 100 miles northeast of Chicago. Sheriff Paul Bailey didn’t provide additional details on how the shooting happened. He said he did not know anything about […]
» Read morePrime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday held talks with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on a wide range of issues aimed at boosting ties in the African continent, particularly in the economic sphere. Mr. Modi, who arrived in Kenya on Sunday on the final leg of his four-nation Africa tour, was accorded ceremonial guard of honour at the State House in […]
» Read moreAmidst reports of some Keralites joining terror outfit Islamic State, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday informed the Assembly that 21 persons have gone missing from the State. The Chief Minister, who was replying to a submission raised by Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala, said 17 were missing from Kasaragod and four from Palakkad. Mr. Vijayan asserted that extremism and […]
» Read moreBangladesh government on Sunday banned the broadcasting of India-based controversial preacher Zakir Naik ‘s Peace TV channel after reports that his “provocative” speeches inspired some of the militants who carried out the country’s worst terror attack at a cafe here. The decision to ban the Mumbai-based preacher’s ‘Peace TV Bangla’ was taken during a special meeting of Cabinet Committee on […]
» Read moreChief Minister Jayalalithaa on Saturday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to speed up establishment of an inter-State green energy corridor at the earliest to enable Tamil Nadu to sell about 1,000 MW of surplus renewable energy to other States. In her letter to Mr. Modi, Ms. Jayalalithaa said Tamil Nadu, which had met its Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO), was in […]
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