AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa and DMK president M. Karunanidhi were among the 778 candidates who filed their nominations on Monday for the May 16 Assembly polls. Ms. Jayalalithaa, surrounded by party seniors and ministers, filed her nomination at R. K. Nagar, post noon. At Tiruvarur, M. Karunanidhi made a trip from his home in Tirukuvalai to the Tiruvarur Revenue Divisional […]
» Read moreMohammed Shafi Armar, a notorious Islamic State (IS) recruiter, hailing from Bhatkal, Karnataka, is learnt to have been killed in a U.S. air strike on Syria in the last couple of days. A senior intelligence official in New Delhi tracking developments on IS said that they had received the information from their American counterparts on Sunday night. “We are in […]
» Read moreFor the first time in its history, the 1000-year-old mosque at Thazhathangady here, famous for its rich architecture and wood carvings, has thrown open its doors for Muslim women in Kerala. Women were allowed to enter the mosque on Sunday to take a look at its famed architecture. Thousands of Muslim women, including tourists, flocked to the mosque from various […]
» Read moreClose on the heels of the seizure of cash, allegedly meant to be distributed to voters, from an influential businessman in Karur district, the Election Commission’s flying squad and Income-Tax officials on Sunday raided a posh apartment in Egmore here and seized over Rs. 4.72 crore (preliminary estimate). The raids, which began late afternoon, extended into the night and sources […]
» Read moreAndhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, his Cabinet colleagues and other dignitaries will participate in the inauguration of the interim secretariat complex at Velagapudi, in Guntur district, in the early hours of Monday. Special rituals will be performed on the occasion, and the Chief Minister will inaugurate the secretariat in a traditional manner amid chanting of Vedic hymns at […]
» Read moreJawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union president Kanhaiya Kumar was allegedly attacked on a Jet Airways plane by a co-passenger on Sunday. Mr. Kumar and his friends were flying to Pune to address a rally organised by the Progressive Students Youth Action Committee, when Manas Deka, an employee of Tata Consultancy Services, tried to strangulate him. Mr Kumar also alleged that […]
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