Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) completing the identification of constituencies for all its allies on Friday, the party would field candidates in 176 seats in the Assembly elections. While retaining all its sitting constituencies, the DMK allotted seats to its alliance partners from their respective wish list. The party will release its election manifesto on April 10. Besides the 176 candidates, […]
» Read moreIndia and the U.S. will attempt to elevate their strategic cooperation by several notches when U.S. Defence Secretary Ash Carter begins his India visit from Goa, home state of his Indian counterpart Manohar Parrikar, on Sunday. For both sides this will likely be the last such high-level engagement on the defence side ahead of Presidential elections in the U.S. in […]
» Read moreIndia is the sixth largest military spender in 2015 having spent $51.3 billion even as the world spent $1,676 billion reversing a global trend which was on the decline since 2011., as per the latest report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). India moved one rank up from last year accounting for 3.1 percent of global military expenditure. […]
» Read moreYielding to a high voltage campaign by activists, the Shani Shingnapur temple trust on Friday allowed women to enter the sanctum sanctorum, breaking the tradition followed for several decades. Significantly, lifting of all gender barriers for access to the core area came on the auspicious occasion of “Gudi Padwa”, New Year for people across Maharashtra. Sayaram Bankar, a trustee of […]
» Read moreFormer Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, who had lost his post after being accused of corruption, is back in a prominent role as the BJP’s Karnataka unit president. The man credited with providing the BJP its first success in south India faced a tough tenure from 2008 onwards. He did not get along with the Bellary mining barons, the Reddy […]
» Read moreNew York, Apr 7 (PTI) “Top Chef” host Padma Lakshmi says she would never vote for Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump from being elected. “Even if he wasnt the racist buffoon that he is making himself out to be, I probably wouldnt vote for him,” Lakshmi said. “But as an immigrant, I obviously dont see his worldview as mine,” she […]
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