Trump nominates Indian American Kash Patel as FBI Director

Washington, ,1/12: President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday nominated close confidante Kash Patel for the powerful position of Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, making him the highest ranking Indian American in his incoming administration. I am proud to announce that Kashyap ‘Kash’ Patel will serve as the next Director of the Federal Bureau of…

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Amid CM impasse, Eknath Shinde to leave for Mumbai today; health condition improves

Mumbai, 1/12: Maharashtra’s caretaker Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, who took ill at his native village in Satara district, is recovering and will return to Mumbai on Sunday evening, an associate said. A team of doctors checked on Shinde as he developed high fever on Saturday. The Shiv Sena leader headed to his native village Dare…

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Cyclone Fengal remains stationery, heavy rains continue to lash Puducherry, Tamil Nadu

Chennai, 1/12: After making landfall late Saturday night, Cyclone Fengal remained stationery for over six hours bucketing down extremely heavy rains in Puducherry and Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu on Sunday, leading to floods in several parts in the Union Territory’s capital. Chennai, which bore the brunt of the cyclonic storm, with winds gusting up…

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New govt in Maharashtra to be formed on Dec 5, Fadnavis frontrunner for CM post: BJP leader

Mumbai,: Maha Yuti alliance’s new government in Maharashtra will be formed on December 5 with Devendra Fadnavis emerging as the frontrunner to become the next chief minister again, a senior BJP leader said on Saturday. In the November 20 Maharashtra assembly polls, the Maha Yuti alliance of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Eknath Shinde-led Shiv…

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Pakistan deploys helicopter gunships in anti-terror ops; 17 terrorists killed

Peshawar,30/11: Seventeen terrorists were killed on Friday in two separate operations when Pakistani security forces’ helicopter gunships targeted their hideouts in the country’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The intelligence-based operations were conducted in the Bannu and the North Waziristan districts, according to security sources.  

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No evidence that Renukaswamy died at shed: Defence counsel

Bengaluru, 30/11: The High Court of Karnataka will resume hearing the bail petitions of Kannada film star Darshan Thoogudeepa and others accused in the murder of Chitradurga native Renukaswamy on December 3. Senior advocate Sandesh Chouta, who appeared for accused number 11 Nagaraju, concluded his arguments on Friday. Chouta claimed that not a single piece…

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Kolkata hospital refuses to treat Bangladeshi patients amid atrocities against Hindus in neighbouring country

Kolkata, 30/11: A hospital in north Kolkata’s Manicktala area said it would not treat patients from Bangladesh amid protests over the alleged atrocities on minority Hindus in the neighbouring country An official of the J N Ray Hospital on Friday said the decision was forced by insults meted out to the Indian flag by Bangladeshi…

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