Pretoria, Dec 3 (IANS) A South African court on Thursday overturned Paralympian Oscar Pistorius’s culpable homicide conviction and essentially charged him with murder for killing his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. In a brief judgment by…
Chennai: People move out from water logged areas after fresh rain lashes Chennai on Dec 2, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Chennai, Dec 3 (IANS) Normal life has been severely impacted in the flood-hit Chennai, but residents…
Washington, Dec 3 (IANS) Defying pundits and pollsters, Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has maintained his lead over party rivals even as Democrat Hillary Clinton has widened hers over key challenger Bernie Sanders. Retired neurosurgeon…
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 3 (IANS) “Pained” at charges that he sought sexual favours in the Rs.6 crore solar panel scam, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Thursday said his “conscience is clear”. Biju Radhakrishnan, prime accused…
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) The heaviest rains in Tamil Nadu in over a century and floods have claimed 269 lives, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday, describing the situation as “alarming”. Chennai: People…
Washington, Dec 3 (IANS) President Barack Obama repeated a call for gun controls reforms as another deadly mass shooting in Southern California left as many as 14 people dead and another 14 injured. Hours after…
Washington, Dec 3 (IANS) White House heaped high praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying he has a clear understanding of the India-US relationship and a clear vision for where he wants to take his…
London, Dec 3 (IANS) Royal Air Force Tornado jets on Thursday carried out their first air strikes against the Islamic State (IS) in Syria, hours after MPs voted in favour of British air strikes in…
New Delhi/Chennai, Dec 2 (IANS) All international and domestic flights to and from Chennai have been cancelled and the Chennai International Airport at Meenambakkam has been shut till 12 noon on December 6, the civil…
Chennai: Rains lash Chennai on Dec 1, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Hyderabad, Dec 2 (IANS) Leading actors of Telugu cinema on Wednesday announced contribution for relief in flood-affected Tamil Nadu with Junior NTR pledging an aid…
Chennai, Dec 2 (IANS) The financial losses from the torrential rains and floods in Tamil Nadu may exceed Rs.15,000 crore, industry lobby body Assocham said on Wednesday. “The financial loss due to record-breaking rainfall in…
Hyderabad, Dec 2 (IANS) Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella will visit T-Hub, billed as India’s largest technology incubator, during his visit to Hyderabad later this month. Satya Nadella 2012 Jayesh Ranjan, the secretary for information technology…
Hyderabad, Dec 2 (IANS) Boeing and Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) on Wednesday formally announced that a centre to manufacture aerostructures for AH-64 Apache helicopter will come up in Hyderabad. The announcement was made by…
Washington, Dec 2 (IANS) In a snub to President Barack Obama, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives has voted to block his push to curb greenhouse gas emissions. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu) The House vote — intended to…
Chennai: Rains lash Chennai on Dec 1, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Chennai, Dec 2 (IANS) Steady and continuous rains throughout the night kept people in Tamil Nadu’s capital Chennai awake due to concerns over the rising…
New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled the Tamil Nadu government has no suo moto power to grant remission and release the convicts accused of conspiracy in the assassination case of…
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said the government won’t allow intolerance at any cost and urged intellectuals who have returned their awards to take them back, as Congress vice…
Chennai, Dec 1 (IANS) After some days of respite, a torrential downpour, termed the heaviest in over 100 years, on Tuesday crippled life here, flooding numerous roads, neighbourhoods, train tracks and airport runways and crippling…
San Francisco, Dec 2 (IANS) Facebook Inc. co-founder and chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday he and his wife would give 99 percent of their Facebook shares to charitable purposes, Xinhua reported….
Hyderabad, Dec 1 (IANS) At least nine people were injured in an attack by a leopard in Telangana’s Medak district on Tuesday, police said. After a five-hour-long struggle, forest officials managed to capture the animal. The…