Chennai, 7/10: Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge has emerged as the favourite for the party’s presidential poll among the cadres in Tamil Nadu after a majority shunned a meeting called by fellow contestant Shashi Tharoor. Of the 710 voters in the Congress electoral college from Tamil Nadu, a handful attended the meeting convened by Tharoor…
New Delhi, 7/10: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday launched fresh raids in connection with its money laundering investigation into alleged irregularities in the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy, official sources said. The searches are being carried out at about 35 locations in Delhi, Punjab and some places in Hyderabad, they said. Some…
New Delhi, 7/10: The Union government on Friday asked incumbent Chief Justice of India U U Lalit to name his successor. According to the convention, Justice D Y Chandrachud is next in line to become the CJI in order of seniority. He is likely to be named as the next CJI by Justice…
Mumbai, 7/10: Veteran actor Arun Bali passed away at the age of 79 in Mumbai on Friday. The actor was last seen in Aamir Khan-Kareena Kapoor starrer Laal Singh Chaddha. Born on December 23, 1942, in Lahore, Pakistan, Bali impressed everyone with his acting in Hindi, Telugu, Punjabi films as well as…
New Delhi, 6/10: A former policeman killed 34 people including 22 children in a gun rampage at a daycare centre in Thailand on Thursday, later shooting dead his wife and child at their home before turning his weapon on himself, police officials said. Police identified the attacker as a former member of the force who…
Washington DC, 6/10: The World Bank cut India’s economic growth forecast by a full percentage point, the most for a non-crisis economy in South Asia, citing risks from a global slowdown and the hit to demand from rising interest rates. India’s gross domestic product will grow 6.5 per cent in the year to March,…
New Delhi, 6/10: Playing in the IPL helps gather information on Indian cricketers which can be easily passed on for analysis during national duty, says South African pace ace Kagiso Rabada. The South African quick, who is currently in India for a white-ball series, has gained a lot of popularity in the country…
Mumbai, 6/10: The country’s new scheduled airline Akasa Air is “well capitalised” and will allow carrying of domesticated dogs and cats onboard along with passengers from November, according to its senior executives. The airline, which began operations on August 7, also plans to launch international operations in the second half of next year….
Sweden, 6/10: French author Annie Ernaux was awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in literature for “the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory,” the Swedish Academy said on Thursday. Ernaux, 82, started out writing autobiographical novels, but quickly abandoned fiction in favour of…
New Delhi, 6/10: Congress leader Udit Raj stoked a controversy after he tweeted that ‘no country should get such a President’ referring to President Droupadi Murmu. After facing flak from BJP leaders, Raj clarified that the statement had nothing to do with Congress. The BJP on Thursday lashed out at the leader, terming his comment…
